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Wilder World has unveiled the launch of CYPHER INC., a new US-based funding vehicle built to expand and strengthen its growing ecosystem. This ecosystem includes the ZERO social platform and the photorealistic Wilder World metaverse. The news was shared by n3o, co-founder and CTO of Wilder World, who is also stepping in as CEO of CYPHER. The new venture focuses on supporting projects at the intersection of crypto, AI, and extended reality (XR), with a commitment to privacy, decentralization, and creator sovereignty.
"Today, we are introducing CYPHER INC., a new US Treasury vehicle designed to support the growth of core assets within the ZERO and Wilder World ecosystem," n3o said in the official post. "The mission of CYPHER is simple: ignite the creator within."
Building Tools for the Next Digital Age
CYPHER's goal is to fund the creation of tools, platforms, and systems that help creators bring their ideas to life. These tools will support the production of virtual content such as digital art, code, 3D models, games, avatars, and stories. The vision is to build a creative economy where everything is open, permissionless, and fully owned by its creator. Much of this economy will take place inside ZERO and Wilder World, with interoperability across chains and the open web.
The platform will unify nine major projects under one "superstack." These are ZERO, Wilder World, MEOW, Z Chain, Labyrinth, ZID, AURA, NOVA, and THE GRID. While each project will continue to operate as its own decentralized ecosystem, all will be connected and strengthened under CYPHER. Updates and announcements for all projects will be covered by ZINE, the official news source for the ecosystem.
A new public hub, cypher.net, has also gone live to showcase and connect all of these projects.
The Inspiration Behind CYPHER
The idea for CYPHER draws from the cypherpunk movement, which started in the late 1980s and gained momentum in the early 1990s. Cypherpunks promoted the use of cryptography to ensure privacy and individual freedom in the digital age. They were early advocates for decentralization, personal autonomy, and protection from centralized control. Bitcoin and modern cryptocurrencies emerged from this movement.
n3o explained that CYPHER aims to shift society from being passive consumers to active creators. He emphasized that the tools being built are meant to help people create what they love, not just what they are required to do to earn a living. The funding vehicle will also give the Wilder World platform more direct access to global capital markets. By reaching beyond crypto-only funding, the team believes they can secure a long-term strategic edge.
Funding and Strategic Growth
CYPHER is working with Republic to raise an initial $21 million in late Q3 or early Q4 2025. The offering will allow both US and international investors to take part, including non-accredited investors. This approach is meant to make the opportunity as accessible and global as possible.
The first round of funding will be used to acquire ecosystem assets such as WILD, MEOW, official Wilder World NFT collections, land, strategic ZNS World Domains, and other future tokens. Some funds may also be put into BTC, ETH, and other hard assets to strengthen the balance sheet. The longer-term goal is to raise over $100 million by mid-2026.
Token Generation Events (TGEs) for CYPHER projects will be done only after each one has proven strong adoption and clear product–market fit. Early on, around 30% of all WILD and MEOW tokens will move from Wilder World's foundation to CYPHER's balance sheet. Holders who stake WILD or MEOW and active users of ZERO and Wilder World will be able to earn CATNIP, an onchain rewards token used to calculate future airdrop allocations.
Z Chain: The Backbone of the Ecosystem
A major part of the CYPHER plan is Z Chain, a Layer 1 network designed to meet the high-performance needs of the onchain metaverse and next-generation social networking tools. Z Chain will have its own cryptocurrency, Z, which will be the focus of the first major ecosystem airdrop.
According to n3o, Z Chain exists for three main reasons: to ensure full sovereignty over the network, to capture more value at the application layer, and to deliver ultra-fast execution with unlimited scalability. Over the past 18 months, Z Chain has completed six testnets and has its first shard live in production. It will connect to Polygon's AggLayer for fast cross-chain finality and interoperability.
The Z Chain whitepaper will be released ahead of the Z token launch, and activity on the chain is expected to rise sharply with the Super Early Access release of Wilder World later this month.
July's Big Moments for Wilder World
The CYPHER announcement follows a busy July for Wilder World.
On July 7, Lamborghini partnered with Wilder World to launch 600 NFT versions of its new Temerario supercar, including 10 rare GT3 editions. These digital cars are playable not only in Wilder World but also in games like REVV Racing and Torque Drift 2, thanks to Animoca's Motorverse platform. The drop coincided with the car's physical debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, marking Lamborghini's first joint real and digital car launch.
On July 14, Wilder World revealed 3 major reward programs: Metropolis, ZBI, and MEGADROP. Metropolis is a WILD staking system now moving to Z Chain. ZBI rewards MEOW for activity across the ecosystem, including play and trade in ZERO. MEGADROP allows users to stake WILD or MEOW to earn CATNIP for future token airdrops.
On July 25, Wilder World announced Wiami.Fun, an AI creator platform. It lets players design custom in-game skins using templates and gen AI. Each skin starts as an ERC-20 token on Z Chain backed by a bonding curve in WILD. If a skin's token reaches a certain market cap, it "graduates" into a tradable ERC-1155 NFT with in-game utility.
What's Next for the Wilder World Universe
The next big step is the Super Early Access launch of Wilder World on the Epic Games Store. This release will bring TPS/FPS gameplay, arena modes, and a gear economy. Players will get to buy in-game skins and items using both fiat and crypto. All purchases will trigger a deflationary mechanism that buys back and burns WILD from the market.
The ZERO social platform is also set to open to the public later this year. With CYPHER, Wilder World is planning to link its metaverse, blockchain, and creator tools into one seamless, creator-first ecosystem.
