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Arweave: history, founders and key events

From Jun 2018 to today, every major rally, crash and upgrade, each with a dated, sourced price.

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3dated events
2years covered
1980daily closes charted
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Latest close in our data: $3.80 (Binance AR/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14).

LaunchedJun 2018
Consensus or platformProof of access mining (SPoRA)
Circulating supply65.7 million (CoinGecko, Oct 14, 2026)
Max supply66.0 million (CoinGecko)

Origin story

Arweave is a storage network for permanent data, started by Sam Williams and William Jones in the UK. Users pay once to store data that miners are rewarded to keep forever, funded by an endowment. Its mainnet launched in June 2018.

Founders: Sam Williams and William Jones.

Arweave price, USD
launchrallycrashupgradelegalforkoutagemilestone

Source: Binance AR/USDT daily closes 2021-05-14 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.

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Key events

  1. May 14, 2021milestone
    First daily close in our data $29.21 (Binance AR/USDT daily close, 2021-05-14)
    Our sourced AR price history begins on this day.
  2. Nov 4, 2021rally
    Highest close in our data $85.53 (Binance AR/USDT daily close, 2021-11-04)
    The highest daily close for AR in our price history.
  3. Mar 1, 2026crash
    Lowest close after the peak $1.53 (Binance AR/USDT daily close, 2026-03-01)
    The lowest AR close in our data after its highest close.

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Sources

Facts written in our own words. Last checked Oct 14, 2026.