{"id":"cicada","title":"Cicada","content":"**Cicada Market Making** is a full-service market-making provider that offers comprehensive solutions to enhance the liquidity of crypto tokens. \n\nEstablished in 2021, the company caters to crypto projects at various stages, providing market-making, listing support, and advisory services to ensure sustainable market presence and price stability for its clients. \n\nBased in Dubai, Cicada prides itself on leveraging advanced algorithmic strategies and a deep network of partnerships to serve over 50 projects globally. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL) [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-PcJZgafg68A3b0dE)​\n\n## Overview\n\nCicada streamlines the process of entering the crypto market by assisting projects from their inception through to listing and ongoing market maintenance. \n\nThe primary goal of Cicada is to offer tailored solutions that enhance a project's market penetration, ensuring liquidity and optimal trading conditions. With a team of seasoned professionals and a vast array of strategies, Cicada is equipped to tackle the various challenges associated with market-making, such as maintaining tight spreads and reducing volatility. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL)​\n\n## Services\n\nCicada provides a range of market-making services designed to cater to the diverse needs of its clients:\n\n* Market Making: Cicada designs custom market-making strategies that are adaptable to a client's specific scale and objectives. This includes deploying proprietary trading algorithms and maintaining robust order books across over 30 centralized and decentralized exchanges. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL)\n* Listing Support: The company assists in navigating the intricacies of the exchange listing process, leveraging its experience from handling thousands of exchange listings to maximize launch impact and ensure strong liquidity from day one. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL)\n* Advisory Services: Cicada offers a full spectrum of marketing and advisory services, including influencer marketing and digital campaigns, supported by analytics and optimization options aimed at fulfilling specific business goals. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL)\n* OTC Desk: For large trades that need to be executed off-exchange, Cicada connects clients to deep liquidity through a trusted partner network, delivering competitive pricing and flexible settlement terms. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL)\n\n## Products\n\nAccording to the company, Cicada has developed several products alongside its market-making business.\n\n### Up10\n\nUp10 is a launchpad designed to support blockchain projects during fundraising and token launches. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL) \n\n### PromptRise\n\nPromptRise is an AI visibility platform that aims to improve how blockchain projects appear across AI-powered search engines and large language models. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL) \n\n### TokenLockr\n\nTokenLockr is a token management platform that enables projects to lock digital assets and configure KPI-based token unlock schedules. [\\[7\\]](#cite-id-fKveriqEyzVCc72C) \n\n## Use Cases\n\n* Token launch liquidity management\n* Exchange market making\n* Liquidity optimization\n* Exchange listing preparation\n* Tokenomics consulting\n* OTC settlement\n* Market expansion strategies [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL)\n\n## Team and Governance\n\nNotable members of the Cicada leadership team include:\n\n* Maxim Motin (Moris) – Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder \n* Andrew Rozenfelds – Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder\n* Daniel Kislinskiy – Chief Business Development Officer\n* Vitalik Chistiakov – Business Development Manager\n* Roman Kniazev – Business Development Manager\n* Timur Salavatov – Head of Trading\n* Egor Orlov – Deputy Head of Trading\n* Roman Dervoed – Head of OTC Tradingh  [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pQLvJNuhQqnWNFSL)\n\n## Partnerships\n\nCicada has participated in collaborations with blockchain projects and ecosystem organizations focused on liquidity provision, token launches, infrastructure development, and ecosystem growth.\n\n### **Sonic Labs and Shadow**\n\nIn February 2025, Cicada announced a strategic investment in Sonic Labs, an EVM-compatible blockchain network. According to the announcement, the investment was intended to support the Sonic ecosystem. \n\nIn September 2025, Cicada also announced the deployment of its [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) Liquidity Provision Fund to provide liquidity support for Shadow, a decentralized exchange operating on the Sonic network. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-jb5Hllqod1LlhMdQ)  [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-QPDkrBpg11JkDHkT) \n\n### Blocklogica\n\nIn October 2025, Cicada partnered with Blocklogica to launch the Catalyst Token Launch Program, an initiative designed to support blockchain projects preparing for their token generation event (TGE). According to the partners, the program combines Blocklogica's advisory and investor network with Cicada's market making, exchange listing, and liquidity management services. [\\[5\\]](#cite-id-haqBtuv1y4rWW1Rx) \n\n### U2U Foundation\n\nIn July 2025, Cicada and the U2U Foundation announced a grant program for projects building in sectors including decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), decentralized finance (DeFi), artificial intelligence (AI), GameFi, and blockchain infrastructure. According to the announcement, selected projects may receive funding as well as technical and market support. [\\[6\\]](#cite-id-Zsy3kkK4xnJuqmxY) \n\n## Events & Ecosystem Participation\n\nCicada takes an active part in conferences, hackathons and accelerator programs. \n\nThey actively participate in programs like Token2049, Consensus, Devconnect, EthCC Cannes, Paris Blockchain Week, Dutch Blockchain Week, Web Asia, etc.\n\n* Kaia Next Builders Demo Day (November 2025)\n* Talus/Acc (2026) — Cicada took part as a partner and judge;the winners announced in June 2026 were SuperStake (1st),\n* Agama (2nd) and Noodles Finance (3rd). The program was\n  co-hosted with Talus Labs and the Sui Foundation.\n* Starknet Proof Cohort 01 (July 2026) — an eight-week\n  program for teams building privacy apps on STRK20.\n* Demo Day grant program — in May 2026 Cicada awarded\n  $10K service grants to two winning projects: NOMADZ\n  and Guardian AI.\n* Dubai builders meetup (April 2026) — attendees received a\n  complimentary LLM/AI visibility audit of their project. 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