Trade MASK/USD

Mask uses public-key cryptography to encrypt the content of a tweet or Facebook post before it is submitted to the platform. The encrypted ciphertext is published publicly, but only users who have the Mask extension installed and are connected to the sender's key can decrypt and read the original message. To external viewers without the extension, the post appears as a block of encrypted text. Mask users can then have private communications within public social media infrastructure.

Mask Network launched MASK through an ITO in February 2021, distributing tokens directly within Twitter to users who participated via the Mask extension. Participants could sign up for allocation through a tweet and claim tokens using their crypto wallet linked through the extension. The distribution method was novel because it used Twitter as the distribution channel rather than a dedicated website or exchange, showcasing Mask's core capability of bringing on-chain interactions into social media.

Mask offers a suite of built-in and third-party plugin applications accessible within Twitter and Facebook. These include token swaps aggregated from 1inch and other DEXes, NFT galleries that render token images directly in tweets, a crypto red envelope feature for gifgling tokens in posts, ITO (token sale) participation, and integrations with DeFi protocols for yield dashboards. The plugin architecture allows new web3 applications to be surfaced within social feeds without the user leaving the platform.

No. MASK/USD on StoicFX is a Contract for Difference. You trade MASK's price against the US dollar without holding any tokens. To access Mask Network's encryption, DeFi plugins, or governance features you would need actual MASK tokens in a compatible wallet with the Mask browser extension installed.