USS Status launch: Crypto veteran returns with satirical cartoon, privacy app, and gasless L2

Zug, Switzerland, January 29th, 2026, Chainwire Status, one of Ethereum’s longest-running open-source projects, has re-entered the spotlight with USS Status, a satirical sci-fi cartoon that turns crypto’s chaotic past into comedy, along with the launch of a unified privacy super-app and gasless L2 network. An Old Giant Awakens Status, the open-source privacy super-app, has launched an overhauled unified app, a gasless L2 network, and a new identity personified in an irreverent and satirical web cartoon. One of the oldest established projects in the Ethereum ecosystem, Status has weathered the industry’s volatility while continuing to quietly build an open-source platform that combines a secure crypto wallet, privacy messenger, and web browser within a single application. Founded in 2017, Status has lived through ICO mania, regulatory whiplash, centralised exchange collapses, memecoin cycles, and repeated attempts to rebuild the internet with better primitives. Now they’re back with a m