Hassan Maishera
The Graph Protocol announced via X on Thursday that it has released its 2026 technical roadmap. For Developers & AI Agents:
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Subgraphs: The original indexing standard, now with AI compatibility via MCP, A2A, x402 payments, and Amp-powered extraction
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JSON-RPC: Basic blockchain read/write through The Graph's infrastructure (Q3 experimental launch)
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Token API: Pre-indexed token data across 10+ chains with real-time pricing (production-ready Q1)
For Real-Time Apps & Institutions:
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Substreams: High-performance streaming for DeFi, DePIN, AI & TradFi (Horizon integration Q2-Q4)
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Amp: SQL-native blockchain database with verifiable data for enterprise scale (developer preview live, SQL platform Q4)
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Tycho: Real-time onchain liquidity indexing for trading systems & solvers (private MVP Q1, public beta Q2)
The Graph is an indexing protocol for querying data for networks like Ethereum and IPFS, powering many applications in both DeFi and the broader Web3 ecosystem. Anyone can build and publish open APIs, called subgraphs, that applications can query using GraphQL to retrieve blockchain data.
There is a hosted service in production that makes it easy for developers to get started building on The Graph, and the decentralized network will be launching later this year. The Graph currently supports indexing data from Ethereum, IPFS, and POA, with more networks coming soon.
The Graph is an indexing protocol for decentralized applications that allows developers to access blockchain data efficiently. Developers can build subgraphs that define how to ingest, index, and serve blockchain data in a verifiable way. GRT, the native token of The Graph Network, is down 0.2% in the last 24 hours and is currently trading at $0.02657.
