Sheridan, Wyoming, August 20, 2026, Chainwire — Autheo said its native utility token, THEO, is now live on Hydrex, the Base-native Omni-Liquidity MetaDEX, and has begun trading in the public market at a reference price of $0.05 against USDC. Enflux is serving as the official market maker.

Autheo said THEO is launching into an operational ecosystem rather than into a pre-launch market. The company said its Mainnet is secured by 125 validators and that its testnet has surpassed 2 million wallets, 1.1 million smart contracts, and 10 million transactions. That places the token launch alongside an already active network, with the token intended to coordinate activity across the infrastructure that Autheo says it has been building ahead of public trading.

Tokenomics

THEO has a maximum supply of 7.0 billion tokens. About 5.33% is designated as initial circulating supply at token generation event, for an initial market capitalization of approximately $18.66 million at the $0.05 reference price.

Autheo said most of the initial allocation is reserved for liquidity, and that most of that liquidity is locked or otherwise unavailable for trading. The project said the fully diluted valuation is $350 million if all tokens were circulating. Emissions are intended to be distributed gradually over a 10-year period, and the token model was developed over several years with contributions from two Ph.D.-level tokenomics researchers.

THEO utility

Autheo said THEO is the economic and coordination asset for the Autheo Internet Operating System, connecting users, developers, infrastructure providers, and validators. The token is used to pay for compute, storage, networking, messaging, AI services, containers, and other decentralized infrastructure, while also rewarding providers that contribute resources to the mesh network.

THEO also supports validator and infrastructure node participation, staking, network security, governance, transaction fees, and provider incentives. Autheo said the token provides the mechanism through which demand is measured, paid for, and distributed among participants who provide and secure the infrastructure.

Launch partners and next steps

Launch partners include Hydrex and Enflux. Autheo said its infrastructure has undergone independent security audits across multiple layers: Halborn audited the testnet and validator node platform, CertiK audited Mainnet and smart contracts, and Avelar Labs audited the Base Autheo Mainnet bridge. Decentralized infrastructure deployment and hosting are supported by Zeeve, InfStones, and Antier.

ApeBond is expected to launch an on-chain OTC bond program shortly after listing. Autheo said participants will be able to acquire THEO under a discounted, vested structure designed to support protocol-owned liquidity.

With THEO now publicly trading, Autheo said it is entering the next phase of its rollout and expects to announce additional strategic partnerships, exchange listings, product launches, and ecosystem initiatives in the coming weeks.

“For years, we built in quiet — the network, the infrastructure, the audits — knowing that a token without a working platform is simply a token, not an economy,” said Todd Mortenson, Founder and Managing Director of Autheo. “THEO is live — and for the first time, the public can participate directly in building the Internet Operating System, expanding the Autheo ecosystem, and shaping the THEO economy — an economy designed for developers, infrastructure providers, validators, enterprises, and users alike. The world has no shortage of tokens. It has a shortage of economies worth participating in — built on working infrastructure, secured by real validators, and driven by real network participation. That’s what an Internet Operating System makes possible. Today, that economy opens to the world with THEO.”

How to buy THEO

To purchase THEO on Hydrex, Autheo said users should: (1) install an EVM-compatible wallet and add the Base network; (2) fund the wallet with USDC on Base; (3) navigate to hydrex.fi and connect the wallet; (4) verify the official THEO contract address and select the THEO/USDC pair; and (5) confirm the swap. Hydrex provides permissionless, non-custodial trading through connected wallets.

Official THEO Contract — Base Mainnet (Chain ID 8453): 0xebe516a20238F79dc20b07ead6768e08891Ed309

Building on Autheo

Autheo said developers can begin building on Mainnet as THEO starts trading publicly. The company said the network can be used for decentralized applications, financial infrastructure, AI-powered applications, and identity solutions.

Autheo listed the following resources:

• Buy THEO on Hydrex: hydrex.fi
• Base Autheo Mainnet Bridge: hyper.autheo.com
• RPC Endpoints \u0026 Network Configuration: docs.autheo.com/getting-started/network/endpoints
• Wallet Integration: docs.autheo.com/getting-started/quickstart
• Smart Contract Deployment: docs.autheo.com/developers/tutorials/deploy-smart-contract
• Validator Purchase: commerce.autheo.com
• Validator \u0026 Staking: docs.autheo.com/web-apps/validator-portal/delegation
• Validator Node Self-Hosting: docs.autheo.com/validator-program/self-hosting-guide
• One-Click Validator Node Deployment \u0026 Managed Hosting: validator.autheo.com — powered by Zeeve

About Autheo

Autheo said it is building the Internet Operating System, a decentralized coordination and execution layer that unifies compute, cloud, storage, AI, networking, microservices, identity, security, and blockchain, with native IBC interoperability.

Founded by Scott Bayless and Todd Mortenson, Autheo launched Mainnet on May 14, 2026. The project is stewarded across four entities: Autheo, LLC (Wyoming — operations), Autheo Labs, LLC (Wyoming — development), THEO Token Ltd (BVI — token issuer), and the Autheo Foundation (US nonprofit — protocol steward). The company said users can visit autheo.com or follow @Autheo_Network on X.

Links and resources

Autheo: autheo.com · X: @Autheo_Network

Buy THEO: hydrex.fi · Bridge: hyper.autheo.com

Hydrex: hydrex.fi

Official THEO Contract (Base Mainnet): 0xebe516a20238F79dc20b07ead6768e08891Ed309

Developer Docs: docs.autheo.com/start-here/your-path

Mainnet Explorer: evm-explorer.autheo.com

Testnet Explorer: testnet-explorer.autheo.com

Buy a Node: commerce.autheo.com

Enflux: enflux.io

ApeBond: ape.bond

Media contact

Ryan Teigen, Director of Product Marketing

Email: ryan@autheo.com · press@autheo.com · Phone: 608-713-1028

autheo.com · X: @Autheo_Network

Forward-looking statements

Autheo said certain statements in the release are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially. The company also noted that digital assets carry significant market, regulatory, and technical risk.