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Today, we celebrate a huge milestone: ZetaChain’s One Year Anniversary! Over the past year, we’ve worked tirelessly on a mission to build a Universal Blockchain with native access to any blockchain, making crypto as accessible, diverse, and connected as the internet. This day is a celebration of what we’ve achieved together with our community and ecosystem and a commitment to continue advancing our mission. Let’s take a moment to reflect on our incredible journey and milestones we’ve accomplished with the support of our community and partners.

The Arrival of ZetaChain Mainnet Beta!

January 2024 marked the most significant period in our three year history with the launch of ZetaChain Mainnet Beta. Mainnet was a pivotal step to make blockchain technology truly universal and accessible in the real world. Solving the fragmentation problem in crypto has brought us closer to enabling Web3 apps to work for the next billion users who are still blocked by complexity, risk, and lack of accessibility.

Top 10 Accomplishments Over the Past Year

In the last year, ZetaChain has made great strides to grow the Universal Blockchain. From organizing global events to releasing major product and protocol upgrades, here are some of our top accomplishments:

Growing Community and Ecosystem on the Universal Blockchain

• 4,170,000 wallets connected: ZetaChain has seen incredible adoption, with millions of wallets interacting with the Universal Blockchain [Source: ZetaScan].

• Top 10 Layer 1 by Weekly Users: Our growing community highlights the demand for seamless multichain access [Source: DappRadar].

• 300+ Ecosystem Partners: From Google Cloud to Coinbase, major app developers and institutions have joined forces with ZetaChain to drive innovation and adoption of Universal Apps that span all chains.

• 597,918,715 ZETA Staked: A strong validator network with leading companies like NTT Digital ensures the security and decentralization of the Universal Blockchain. In line with these efforts, ZetaChain launched a 10,000,000 ZETA Delegation Program.

• 100,000,000 ZETA Distributed: The User Growth Pool rewarded users through initiatives like ZetaLabs testnet, exchange and wallet campaigns, and innovative models like Instant Rewards to drive growth and engagement. So far, we’ve seen 85 million XP quests completed, 3.3 million daily activity proofs, and 100,000+ ZETA rewards claimed. Enter ZetaHub and get started today!

Empowering Developers on the Universal Blockchain

• Expanding Universal Blockchain Support: ZetaChain’s universal connectivity now extends natively to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, BSC, and Base, with Solana and TON integrations in progress. Developers can build Universal Apps that span all chains seamlessly.

• Breakthrough Universal Apps: Developers like top 10 DeFi protocol Avalon Labs and bitSmiley are leading the charge, creating innovations like the first Universal Lending platform and native BTC-backed stablecoins.

• Support from Top Tools and Infrastructure: Major partners join ZetaChain like Binance Wallet, Alchemy, Tenderly, Ledger, OKX, and Keplr have activated support, making ZetaChain a developer’s playground for building Universal Apps that span all chains.

• DevX upgrades for Universal Apps: Introduced the Gateway Upgrade for streamlining Universal App development with a unified hub and single API, the UniversalKit launch with simple react-based components, and the Localnet & Devnet launch to enable faster and easier testing of Universal Apps.

• Expanding Universal Token Standards: Expanded support for popular memes like PEPE as a ZRC-20 asset so developers can build Universal Apps that involve meme tokens together with native assets from any connected chains, and created new standards like Universal NFTs and Universal Tokens, empowering creators to easily issue cross-chain transferrable tokens.

What’s new at ZetaChain!

Discover the highlights of ZetaChain’s Q4 2024 achievements in our detailed infographic below.

Looking Ahead

Whether you’re a developer, a user, or a business, we’re excited to build with you to make blockchain technology truly universal and accessible. Stay tuned for an update on our 2025 mission, vision, and strategy and how you can get involved.

About ZetaChain

ZetaChain is the first Universal Blockchain with native access to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and more, offering seamless user experience and unified liquidity to the next billions of users. With its Universal EVM, ZetaChain empowers developers to build Universal Apps that operate natively across any blockchain, creating a fluid crypto ecosystem from a single platform.

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Any projects mentioned are 3rd party, not ZetaChain.