The Bridge Is Home.

The Stargate DAO has approved our acquisition of Stargate (STG). We’ve spent four years building the rails to reinvent how value moves. Today, we accelerate our network effects.

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The future of crypto is here, just not evenly distributed.

Onchain capital and applications are scattered across Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Base, and hundreds of emerging chains. Stripe is building a chain. So is Robinhood. And Circle. By 2026, there could be 1,000+ chains, each with its own rules, ecosystems, and token standards.

The pace of asset issuance is accelerating. State governments like Wyoming and payment processors like PayPal USD are issuing stablecoins, traditional financial giants are entering crypto to tokenize stocks, and crypto-native assets like WBTC are now worth billions of dollars. 

The way value moves across the world is changing as it transitions to crypto rails. Because crypto rails are faster, cheaper – better. 

It is in this environment – of many chains and assets that need to be everywhere – in which we are excited to announce that we have acquired Stargate (STG). 

When Two Becomes One

Acquiring Stargate strengthens the value movement stack, positioning us for the next leg of blockchain adoption: The Tokenization of Everything.

LayerZero is better money technology. Stargate is the interface for value transfer.

• Token Issuance Flywheel and Increased Asset Velocity: Tokens want to move. This enables asset issuers to expand across every chain with LayerZero and allows users to move anywhere with Stargate. Already, 61% of stablecoins and $90B of assets move across chains with LayerZero. This will only continue with a consolidated product suite. Institutions or dApps can issue a token with LayerZero's OFT standard and gain distribution to end users and chains through Stargate's interface. 
• Bridging → Exchange → Everything: Stargate pioneered pool-based transfers that helped it facilitate $70B in value transfer. By bringing Stargate in-house, LayerZero can now iterate at startup speed to add new features for users, such as launching swaps, deposits, and more. 
• Single Token, Consolidated Stack: LayerZero and Stargate are a single asset ecosystem. ZRO is the asset of the lowest level communication layer in crypto and now touches value transfer at the app level – along with whatever is built next. 

The Inevitable Interoperable Future is Here

If you believe crypto becomes the backbone of the global financial system, then you believe in massive fragmentation followed by massive connectivity. Thousands of chains, millions of assets, billions of users - all needing to interact seamlessly.

LayerZero sits at this intersection of the inevitable tokenization of all assets and the proliferation of blockchains. 

Stargate is already home to millions of users and is the central liquidity hub across chains. So far, it's focused on bridging, token expansion, and stablecoins. With LayerZero, it will rapidly ship a full suite of financial infrastructure, including swaps, vaults, and more.

The Bridge is Home. 

The tokens used in this transaction were drawn from the LayerZero Foundation’s unlocked allocation and did not affect ZRO’s unlocked, maximum, or total supply.

STG holders are be able to convert their tokens to ZRO on stargate.finance now. STG stakers stay tuned for more information on the revenue share program.