🚨 We want to address the misinformation currently being spread regarding Aegis. Some community members have shared posts claiming that Aegis was launched by us or is secretly connected to Ice Open Network / Ice Labs. This is false. Aegis is not our product. Aegis is not launched by us. Aegis is not the product we referred to in our recent announcements. We made it very clear that the new product we launched on Monday would not be revealed publicly yet. We also explained that it is being launched under a separate product brand, the same way Online+ has its own name, brand, and domain while still being part of Ice Labs. Unfortunately, instead of reading the announcements properly and waiting for facts, certain individuals decided to create unnecessary speculation, spread misinformation, and drag an unrelated project into baseless accusations. That is unacceptable. We also want to apologize to the Aegis team and community if they received negative comments, accusations, or harassment because of false assumptions made by people connected to our ecosystem. No legitimate project should be attacked because someone decided to turn speculation into “facts” without doing proper research. Regarding our former CMO, we are disappointed to see her continue spreading misinformation and creating confusion around ION. This is not the first time we have seen narratives pushed in a way that damages the project, the team, and the community. How can someone like her claim to stand for transparency and values. Instead, we have seen comments removed from her channels, members of her own community blocked from participating in discussions, and conversations restricted when questions or facts challenged the narrative being presented. This does not help the community. This does not protect ION. This only creates more FUD. To everyone in the community: please read our official announcements carefully. We said the product would launch on Monday. It did. We said the product name would not be revealed yet. That remains the case. We said it is a product brand under Ice Labs. That is still true. We are keeping the product private for now because the current level of FUD, personal attacks, and unnecessary speculation proves exactly why this approach is needed. Our priority right now is to protect the work, protect the launch, protect the team, and give the product the clean start it deserves. Our goal is not to satisfy every demand for immediate disclosure. Our goal is to save and rebuild the project with real products, real revenue, and real utility for the $ION ecosystem. We will share more when there is something meaningful to share. Until then, please stop turning assumptions into accusations. If you care about ION, focus on facts, official updates, and the long-term direction we are building. We are here. We are working. We are protecting the project. And we will continue moving forward. Zeus