# Sophon Sets Nov. 25 Deadline for SOPH, ETH and USDC Withdrawals

By Simon Yoon

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Published: 2026-10-20T10:54:46.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-20T10:54:46.000Z
Section: Technology

> The mainnet is scheduled to shut down Nov. 30, but supporting infrastructure will begin closing five days earlier.

Sophon has set a Nov. 25 deadline for users to withdraw assets from Sophon Chain, warning that funds left on the network may become permanently inaccessible ahead of its planned Nov. 30 mainnet shutdown.

The withdrawal deadline falls five days before the network is due to close. Sophon plans to begin taking key infrastructure and related websites offline on Nov. 25, so users cannot rely on the later shutdown date to retrieve assets.

The withdrawal request covers Sophon (SOPH), Ether (ETH), USDC (USDC) and other assets held on Sophon Chain. Users have also been asked to claim outstanding staking or Guardian rewards. Balances left on the chain after the deadline risk becoming inaccessible as the systems supporting it are retired.

Sophon announced the wind-down in June after deciding that the cost of maintaining its own blockchain no longer justified the benefits. It plans to focus on consumer finance and artificial intelligence applications on Base. Sophon had built its zero-knowledge-powered Ethereum layer-2 network for consumer uses including gaming and entertainment.

The deadline for withdrawing assets from Sophon Chain is Nov. 25.