The journey of WalletConnect has always been about removing friction: letting wallets and dApps speak to one another without clunky bridges or insecure hand-offs. What’s changing now is the rising integration with compliance, enterprise tooling, and governance. It’s no longer just about user convenience; it’s about building trust so institutions, creators, and serious builders feel safe using it daily.
Recent Milestones & Product Evolution
In mid-2025, WalletConnect rolled out its new toolkits: AppKit and WalletKit. These are full-stack developer solutions designed to give apps and wallet teams essential building blocks so they can deploy social login, email login, on-ramp, notifications, smart accounts, and more—all in a unified, secure framework. This is significant because previous fragmentation forced teams to stitch together third-party tools; now the stack is integrated, vetted, and maintained.
Growth metrics show the network is scaling fast. Connections passed 290-300 million; unique wallets grew into the high 40 millions; app integrations are above sixty thousand. These aren’t vanity stats-they reflect real adoption, dev traction, and ecosystem expansion as more chains and wallets join.
Enterprise integrations are accelerating. BitGo’s integration via WalletKit and react-friendly SDKs brings in institutions that demand compliance controls, auditability, and reliable infrastructure. Through these, WalletConnect isn’t just an on-ramp for retail users-it’s becoming the backbone for services that require rigorous standards.
New Features & Developer Focus
Smart Sessions & Universal Wallets: Persistent wallet-app sessions that reduce repetitive connections; Universal Wallets (Social/Login or Email) enabling lower friction for first-time users or less technical consumers. These features push toward usability without sacrificing decentralization or control.
Analytics with AppKit: Developer dashboards now track how users interact, what chains they prefer, onboarding flow drop-offs, wallet modal usage. With such data, app builders can refine user experience, reduce friction, and better allocate development efforts.
WCT Token & Decentralization: $WCT (WalletConnect Token) is driving governance, staking, and commitment. Staking metrics are rising, more holders are coming in. The roadmap includes enabling permissionless node operators, fee routing, and moving incrementally toward on-chain governance. These steps shift the power from a centralized foundation to the community and users.
Why This Matters - The Web3 Context
As DeFi and Web3 mature, apps are held to higher standards: security, UX, compliance. WalletConnect’s tooling bridges that gap—helping developers and wallets deliver features that look polished and secure without compromising on decentralization.
For users, the difference shows up as less friction: fewer “connect wallet” pop-ups, fewer wallet approvals, smoother onboarding, better cross-chain support. All of which increases trust and retention.
For institutions, this maturity is essential. Secure wallet integrations, enterprise SDKs like WalletKit, custody partners like BitGo-all signal that WalletConnect is closing the gap between promise and practice.
What Sets WalletConnect Apart
The toolkit integration (AppKit/WalletKit) is not just incremental; it reorganizes how developers build wallet-app experiences.
Enterprise compliance built into infrastructure, not afterthoughts.
Metrics demonstrating broad, growing adoption across chains, wallets, apps-not just isolated or niche builders.
The governance transition through WCT, permissionless nodes, and fee routing is pushing toward decentralized infrastructure control rather than closed foundations.
Conclusion - WalletConnect’s Path to Web3 Infrastructure Standard
WalletConnect is moving from being simply a connector to becoming foundational infrastructure-the layer developers build upon when needing trust, usability, and enterprise-grade compatibility. By combining usability features like Smart Sessions and Universal Wallets with compliance tools, staking incentives, and strong governance, it positions itself as one of the pillars for Web3’s future. For those building, using, or investing in Web3 tools, WalletConnect offers not just convenience but credibility-meaning every wallet connect isn’t just a link, it’s a trust bridge.
