🔗 What is Hyperlane?
Hyperlane is an open-source interoperability protocol that enables developers to build and connect cross-chain Web3 applications without worrying about complex security issues. With Hyperlane, transferring assets and data between blockchains becomes simpler and more secure than ever.
⚙️ Outstanding features
• Modular Interoperability Protocols: Hyperlane provides a toolkit that allows developers to customize security modules and interoperability protocols according to their application needs.
• Multi-chain support: The protocol is compatible with over 50 different blockchains and virtual machine (VM) environments, including Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, and more.
• Integration with major protocols: Hyperlane has partnered with major projects such as Circle (CCTP), Celestia, Polygon zkEVM, Cosmos IBC, and Injective to expand interoperability and asset support.
• Open Intents Framework: In February 2025, Hyperlane launched the Open Intents Framework, a public initiative to standardize and optimize the intents mechanism on Ethereum in an open and permissionless manner.
🧩 How it works
Hyperlane is based on Interchain Security Modules (ISM), which allow developers to select and configure modules that fit their application requirements. This reduces risk and increases flexibility in deploying cross-chain solutions.
🌐 Ecosystem
The Hyperlane ecosystem includes many projects and applications, such as:
• ezETH Bridge: A bridge that helps convert between Ethereum and other blockchains.
• Yama and Dam Finance: Cross-chain stablecoin protocols.
• Nautilus and Injective’s inEVM Bridge: DeFi bridges that support cross-chain transactions.
• Superform: A yield routing platform that supports cross-chain yield trading.
🪙 Tokenomics
Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 HYPER
HYPER Token Allocation
• Expansion Rewards: 25.5% (Airdrop 6.25%, of which 5.31% for eligible users).
• Staking Rewards: 20% (Unlocked over 25 years).
• Strategic Launch Provision: 11.52% (Airdrop 1.2% for Hyperlane partners).
• Team: 25% (Unlocked gradually after 12 months).
• Foundation Treasury: 7.11% (Locked for 6 months, gradually opened in 30 months).
• Early Investors: 10.87% (Unlocked by team).
👥 Development team
• Jon Kol: CEO, former head of venture capital at Galaxy Digital.
• Asa Oines: Co-founder, former engineer at Celo.
• Nam Chu Hoai: Co-founder, former engineer at Celo.
• Trevor Porter: Senior Software Engineer, formerly worked at cLabs and Nodito Labs.
• Yorke Rhodes IV: Founding member, formerly an engineer at cLabs and Gauntlet.
💰 Investors
Hyperlane raised $18.5 million in a seed round in 2022, with participation from major investors such as:
• Variant
• Galaxy Digital
• CoinFund
• Circle
• Kraken Ventures
• Blockdaemon
• NFX
Summary
Hyperlane is a protocol developed to provide data migration solutions for dApps. The project has supported more than 10 different blockchains, including most of the leading blockchain networks at the moment.