Moca Chain Launches Mainnet for Portable Credentials

Moca Network, developed by Animoca Brands, rolled out its mainnet on September 29. The blockchain is designed to support decentralized digital identity by enabling users to carry verified credentials, such as proof of identity or membership status, between different applications. Users retain custody of these credentials and decide exactly when and where to share them, with cryptographically enforced consent. Applications receive a digitally certified confirmation rather than copies of source documents, and credentials can be updated or revoked, with changes reflected across the network.

The system relies on zero-knowledge proofs to allow verification without revealing underlying data, decentralized storage, a cross-chain identity oracle, and zkTLS to confirm information from web-based services. The MOCA token supports staking, gas fees, credential issuance, storage, verification, and identity-oracle services. This setup addresses repeated verification processes that many businesses and platforms currently require.

AIR Layer Connects Identity, Payments, and Loyalty

Alongside the Moca Chain mainnet, Moca Network introduced AIR, its integration layer built on the chain. AIR gives businesses a single point to onboard users and their AI agents while sharing data in a privacy-preserving way. Companies can convert existing customer verification checks into credentials on the chain or accept credentials issued by trusted partners. The platform also includes AIR Money for payments and payouts, AIR Loyalty for programmable rewards, and extensions for AI agents that let users set permissions and authorization rules.

The architecture limits the amount of sensitive personal information that businesses need to store, while providing auditable identity states. Moca Network describes the chain as foundational infrastructure for the availability of identity data and the auditability of identity states.

Partnerships Focus on AI Agents and Consumer Platforms

More than nine organizations have joined the AIR ecosystem and plan integrations during 2026. These include South Korea’s SK Planet, ticketing platform Biletinial, gaming marketplace Oyunfor, Open Campus, soccer platform OneFootball, luxury brand Automobili Lamborghini, Inveo Kripto, Plume, and blockchain analytics firm Nansen.

Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, said: “Users should not be forced to surrender sensitive personal information redundantly every time they use a new service and platform—not only is the process time-consuming and tedious, but it also stifles competition by erecting barriers to alternative merchants and providers, keeping users locked in to the platforms where they are already authenticated. As more and more AI agents navigate the digital economy on behalf of more and more people, Moca Chain is ideally positioned to provide individuals with sovereign ownership of their credentials, and to give businesses a mechanism that can establish trust without unnecessary data custody.”

Kenneth Shek, CEO of Moca Network, said: “Moca Chain is the foundational infrastructure for availability of identity data and auditability of identity states. Scalable data sharing is necessary for AI agents to act on behalf of humans; however, the trust framework for delegation and authority is lacking. In the past, platforms have compromised user privacy to enable agent automation. AIR solves this by keeping users in control of their data while enabling AI agents to execute tasks safely and seamlessly via secure, scalable, and privacy-preserved data sharing.”

Developer documentation and partnership details are available through Moca Network resources. The launch builds on earlier plans for testnet and mainnet in 2025 and extends the identity infrastructure into a live system focused on credential portability and privacy-preserving verification.