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Proof of Attendance Protocol shuts down after five-plus years and 46,210 issuers

8/3/2026

46,210 issuers used Proof of Attendance Protocol to create onchain mementos across the platform's operational life, the company confirmed as it announced a shutdown following more than five years in service.

The issuer base included Coinbase and American Express, a pairing that placed the same crypto infrastructure inside a major digital asset exchange and a traditional financial institution.

The protocol closes without a stated successor or acquirer. The issuer count in context 46,210 is the total number of organizations and individuals that created POAP drops over the platform's lifetime.

Each issuer generated a mintable token tied to a specific event or moment; users collected those tokens to their wallets as permanent onchain records of attendance.

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