LayerZero : January Monthly Recap
January showed real momentum for LayerZero, not just announcements, but real-world adoption, research, expansion, and strong community growth.
Real-World Adoption
Wyoming made history as the first U.S. state to launch a fiat-backed, fully-reserved stablecoin available for public purchase on Solana and Kraken, with value transfer powered by LayerZero.
This is real infrastructure being used for real money, at real scale.
Research & Innovation
LayerZero Labs, together with @commonwarexyz, released new research titled:
“Can Simplex Keep a Secret?” : pushing forward the research layer of secure cross-chain communication and cryptography.
< https://t.co/pjIVFQIhy0 >
Founder Spotlight
Cofounder & CEO Bryan Pellegrino was featured in a long-form interview with Robert Hackett, covering:
- Why crypto became multichain
- How crypto competes with legacy finance
- Lessons from Elon Musk
- Founder psychology, leadership transitions, and long-term conviction
A deeper look into the mindset, culture, and long-term vision behind LayerZero.
Watch full interview < https://t.co/eaOOwdiwBX>
Network Expansion
LayerZero went live on Starknet Mainnet, connecting Starknet to 150+ ecosystems and unlocking omnichain liquidity at scale , a major step for multichain interoperability.
Payments & Stablecoins Infrastructure
Tempo introduced TIP-20, a native token standard for stablecoins and payments, rolling out across key infrastructure partners, including LayerZero.
LayerZero continues to position itself as core infrastructure for global on-chain payments. < https://t.co/XmuTxHntWR>
Interoperability Teaser
LayerZero hinted at what could be the biggest upcoming milestone for interoperability with a simple message:
“What if the inevitable future was finally here?”
2.10.26
A clear signal that something major is coming.
< https://t.co/I9BUBgbtNN >
Community Growth
The official LayerZero Community Program launched on Whop, bringing in a wave of new faces and contributors across the ecosystem.
Strong participation, growing engagement, and the first campaign is set to end today (05/02/2026), marking the start of a more structured, active community phase.
< https://t.co/hZ2GuSv0VG >
Community Update
LayerZero also released its official December recap, highlighting ecosystem growth, integrations, and milestones to close out the year.
< https://t.co/bsKAzBLg5k >
The tokenization of everything continues.
With 173 new tokenized stocks and ETFs live across Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain, Ondo Global Markets now brings 430+ of the world's most in-demand assets to users everywhere.
Powered by LayerZero.
https://t.co/KTlorK3oy0
The tokenization of everything continues.
With 173 new tokenized stocks and ETFs live across Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain, Ondo Global Markets now brings 430+ of the world's most in-demand assets to users everywhere.
Powered by LayerZero.
https://t.co/KTlorK3oy0
I’ve seen the team ship
• colour trace
• fast swaps
• solved bridge trilemma
• onesig
• fafo
• qmdb
• the most advanced security framework > $100M rev
• new programming languages for new chains
• the most detailed omnichain explorer on the market
now, something even bigger is coming
$260B+ across 830+ OFTs on 170+ chains.
From memecoins to tokenized treasuries to state-issued stable tokens, builders of all shapes use LayerZero, configured exactly to suit their needs. Read more about the Builder Spectrum at the link below.
https://t.co/77sMqimExT
$260B+ across 830+ OFTs on 170+ chains.
From memecoins to tokenized treasuries to state-issued stable tokens, builders of all shapes use LayerZero, configured exactly to suit their needs. Read more about the Builder Spectrum at the link below.
https://t.co/77sMqimExT
something most people might not know:
ethereum:0x6985884c4392d348587b19cb9eaaf157f13271cd is the only token for Zero, LayerZero (labs and protocol) and Stargate.
• Gas
• Staking
• Every fee from every zone
• LayerZero fee switch
• Stargate buybacks.
All of it routes to one asset.
Most L1s(e.g sui:native ) launch a fresh token to capture their own activity.
Zero refused.
One asset captures it all.
🇭🇷 VATRENI, the official token of the Croatian Football Federation, is now live on @solana .
VATRENI already has years of development, an existing HNS app utility and football-triggered fan rewards behind it.
Here is how the expansion works and why it matters. 👇
The world's most anticipated IPO, live onchain from day 1.
Starting today, Ondo brings SpaceX exposure to Ondo Global Markets across Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain.
Powered by LayerZero.
https://t.co/LEQ09ZwfM4
On April 18, attackers drained $292M from the kelp bridge without breaking a single line of code.
The vulnerability was a config change. It sat public onchain for months, and nobody looked.
I built the agent that looks.
Being able to see cross-chain volume, user activity, market share, and chain-to-chain flows in one place makes it much easier to understand how value moves across the crypto ecosystem.
Allium and LayerZero bringing more transparency and clarity to interoperability
Cross-chain interoperability moves billions of dollars across crypto every month.
Yet understanding where that value flows and which protocols facilitate it remains difficult.
Today we're launching the Interoperability Dashboard with @LayerZero_Core.
Track:
> Cross-chain volume
> Messages sent
> User activity
> Market share
> Chain-to-chain flows
Across the leading interoperability protocols.
Cross-chain interoperability moves billions of dollars across crypto every month.
Yet understanding where that value flows and which protocols facilitate it remains difficult.
Today we're launching the Interoperability Dashboard with @LayerZero_Core.
Track:
> Cross-chain volume
> Messages sent
> User activity
> Market share
> Chain-to-chain flows
Across the leading interoperability protocols.
Cross-chain data has always been complex to track and measure. As more value flows through crypto, good data is that much more important.
The new Interoperability Dashboard from @AlliumLabs provides a standardized view of cross-chain volume, messages, market share and user activity among GMPs.
Binance still leads crypto price discovery.
New research tested lead-lag across 29 assets on @binance , @HyperliquidX , and @Lighter_xyz.
Result: Binance led HL by ~700ms. Lighter led HL by ~700ms too. Binance led Lighter by only ~100ms.
The culprit: HL's consensus layer requires 2 full HyperBFT cycles before a Binance price move shows up in fills.
Lighter proves it's not a "DEX problem": in-memory matching + ZK settlement cuts lag to ~100ms.
HL dominates on liquidity, OI, and novel markets (pre-IPO perps, weekend RWAs). But the next PerpDEX war will be fought on latency.
@LayerZero_Core's Zero is building exactly that stack QMDB (verifiable state, 6x RocksDB), FAFO (1.1M EVM TPS, single node), vApps (in-memory match + ZK proof).
The latency frontier is where the next PerpDEX war gets won. Zero and @GTE_XYZ will show up armed. Excited about what @PrimordialAA is building
Data from @ArrakisFinance