After a year of finalizing the migration to ZKsync and preparing the app infrastructure in 2025, 2026 is set up as the year where Nodle leaves an impact through user-centric feature drops and ecosystem growth. Nodle’s Q1 2026 focus is to turn the Nodle App into a utility-rich social and DePIN hub, while pushing NODL deeper into multichain DeFi and real-world payments.​

The Group Chat for Whales is the first collective chat experience on the XMTP protocol inside the Nodle Cash App. Wallets holding more than 5 million NODL tokens are automatically invited, giving high-conviction holders a dedicated space to connect, coordinate, and stay close to what’s happening in the network.​

Beyond being a social perk, this room turns large holders into an active, reachable sub-community that can quickly amplify announcements and provide fast feedback on product and network decisions. It’s an early step towards making Nodle’s communication layer as programmable and on-chain-aware as the rest of the stack.​

The Search Bar brings identity and discovery directly into the app. Users will be able to search for other participants by username or ENS name, open their profiles, send a NODL tip, and start a conversation in a few taps.​

If a conversation does not work out, you can block the contact, but the initial tip remains with the recipient—making tipping a one-way social signal rather than a reversible transaction. This design nudges the app toward a more permissionless, reputation- and identity-aware messaging layer built around NODL token as a native nudge and signal.​

The Nodle AI Agent is the first step toward an AI-powered interface into the Nodle Network. Embedded into the chat, it helps with foundational questions like how to join as a node, how to think about staking strategies, how to use the Nodle SDK, or how to evaluate a potential partnership.​

More importantly, it will act as the gateway for community-led missions and tasks coordinated through the Nodle Network. Users can be routed to missions such as amplifying official Nodle posts, with the agent orchestrating instructions and confirmations while NODL settles the underlying economic incentives.​

The Social Connector turns social reach into a verifiable, on-chain aligned activity. Starting with X, users can link their accounts and earn NODL tokens for amplifying and actively growing Nodle’s presence on social platforms.​

What matters from a network design perspective is not the “rewards” narrative, but that NODL becomes the coordination asset for attention and distribution. Over time, more platforms can be plugged into this connector so Nodle’s social graph and its economic graph line up more tightly.​

The Click AI Agent focuses on media and NFTs, specifically Click NFTs. It validates NFT ownership on-chain, retrieves metadata, and guides users through submitting their Click photos into AI-powered contests.​

This makes it the default interface for turning media into on-chain objects that participate in Nodle’s incentive layer. With NODL at the center, the Click AI Agent connects content, verification, and contest-style missions into one streamlined flow.​

With In-App Swaps, users of the Nodle App will be able to swap cryptocurrencies directly inside the app. Instead of jumping out to external DEX interfaces, users can move between NODL and other assets at their convenience in the same environment where they run missions and interact with the network.​

This is a crucial piece for NODL’s utility: as NODL gets bridged, used in DeFi, or earned via missions, the built-in swap layer ensures that users can reallocate or consolidate liquidity without friction.​

The Credit Card integration bridges on-chain balances with everyday spend. Initially available through the Nodle Web Portal and later embedded into the Nodle Cash app, it allows users to tap into their digital assets when paying for groceries, online shopping, or going out.​

Here, the emphasis is on using NODL tokens and other supported assets as a spendable balance that interacts with real-world commerce. As this matures, NODL becomes not just a network coordination token but part of a practical, daily payment stack.​

The Ethereum L1 Bridge connects NODL to Ethereum Mainnet and its DeFi ecosystem. Users can bridge NODL from environments like zkSync to Ethereum, where they gain access to protocols, liquidity, and listings on a broader range of DEX and CEX venues.​

This bridge supports Nodle’s multichain vision and unlocks the ability to deploy Smart Missions from other EVM chains. In practice, that means NODL can be used to coordinate tasks that originate on one chain and settle or rely on data from another, turning Nodle into a cross-chain DePIN primitive.​

The Permissionless DePIN initiative opens Nodle’s location services to a much wider audience. Initially, the platform targets enterprise customers, and over time it will gradually open up to users and developers across the network.​

This marks a structural shift: contributors evolve from pure earners into service providers, while enterprises and other consumers become subscribers to location data. NODL sits at the center of this marketplace as the unit that mediates value exchange between those who provide coverage and those who consume location signals.​

Q1 is a steep start into 2026, but that’s exactly the point: we want this year to be defined by shipped product, visible network impact, and clear utility for everyone building on and using Nodle. We will keep you posted on every major milestone as it lands and are already mapping out our goals for Q2 2026 to keep the momentum going.

After a year of finalizing the migration to ZKsync and preparing the app infrastructure in 2025, 2026 is set up as the year where Nodle leaves an impact through user-centric feature drops and ecosystem growth. Nodle’s Q1 2026 focus is to turn the Nodle App into a utility-rich social and DePIN hub, while pushing NODL deeper into multichain DeFi and real-world payments.​

The Group Chat for Whales is the first collective chat experience on the XMTP protocol inside the Nodle Cash App. Wallets holding more than 5 million NODL tokens are automatically invited, giving high-conviction holders a dedicated space to connect, coordinate, and stay close to what’s happening in the network.​

Beyond being a social perk, this room turns large holders into an active, reachable sub-community that can quickly amplify announcements and provide fast feedback on product and network decisions. It’s an early step towards making Nodle’s communication layer as programmable and on-chain-aware as the rest of the stack.​

The Search Bar brings identity and discovery directly into the app. Users will be able to search for other participants by username or ENS name, open their profiles, send a NODL tip, and start a conversation in a few taps.​

If a conversation does not work out, you can block the contact, but the initial tip remains with the recipient—making tipping a one-way social signal rather than a reversible transaction. This design nudges the app toward a more permissionless, reputation- and identity-aware messaging layer built around NODL token as a native nudge and signal.​

The Nodle AI Agent is the first step toward an AI-powered interface into the Nodle Network. Embedded into the chat, it helps with foundational questions like how to join as a node, how to think about staking strategies, how to use the Nodle SDK, or how to evaluate a potential partnership.​

More importantly, it will act as the gateway for community-led missions and tasks coordinated through the Nodle Network. Users can be routed to missions such as amplifying official Nodle posts, with the agent orchestrating instructions and confirmations while NODL settles the underlying economic incentives.​

The Social Connector turns social reach into a verifiable, on-chain aligned activity. Starting with X, users can link their accounts and earn NODL tokens for amplifying and actively growing Nodle’s presence on social platforms.​

What matters from a network design perspective is not the “rewards” narrative, but that NODL becomes the coordination asset for attention and distribution. Over time, more platforms can be plugged into this connector so Nodle’s social graph and its economic graph line up more tightly.​

The Click AI Agent focuses on media and NFTs, specifically Click NFTs. It validates NFT ownership on-chain, retrieves metadata, and guides users through submitting their Click photos into AI-powered contests.​

This makes it the default interface for turning media into on-chain objects that participate in Nodle’s incentive layer. With NODL at the center, the Click AI Agent connects content, verification, and contest-style missions into one streamlined flow.​

With In-App Swaps, users of the Nodle App will be able to swap cryptocurrencies directly inside the app. Instead of jumping out to external DEX interfaces, users can move between NODL and other assets at their convenience in the same environment where they run missions and interact with the network.​

This is a crucial piece for NODL’s utility: as NODL gets bridged, used in DeFi, or earned via missions, the built-in swap layer ensures that users can reallocate or consolidate liquidity without friction.​

The Credit Card integration bridges on-chain balances with everyday spend. Initially available through the Nodle Web Portal and later embedded into the Nodle Cash app, it allows users to tap into their digital assets when paying for groceries, online shopping, or going out.​

Here, the emphasis is on using NODL tokens and other supported assets as a spendable balance that interacts with real-world commerce. As this matures, NODL becomes not just a network coordination token but part of a practical, daily payment stack.​

The Ethereum L1 Bridge connects NODL to Ethereum Mainnet and its DeFi ecosystem. Users can bridge NODL from environments like zkSync to Ethereum, where they gain access to protocols, liquidity, and listings on a broader range of DEX and CEX venues.​

This bridge supports Nodle’s multichain vision and unlocks the ability to deploy Smart Missions from other EVM chains. In practice, that means NODL can be used to coordinate tasks that originate on one chain and settle or rely on data from another, turning Nodle into a cross-chain DePIN primitive.​

The Permissionless DePIN initiative opens Nodle’s location services to a much wider audience. Initially, the platform targets enterprise customers, and over time it will gradually open up to users and developers across the network.​

This marks a structural shift: contributors evolve from pure earners into service providers, while enterprises and other consumers become subscribers to location data. NODL sits at the center of this marketplace as the unit that mediates value exchange between those who provide coverage and those who consume location signals.​

Q1 is a steep start into 2026, but that’s exactly the point: we want this year to be defined by shipped product, visible network impact, and clear utility for everyone building on and using Nodle. We will keep you posted on every major milestone as it lands and are already mapping out our goals for Q2 2026 to keep the momentum going.