Recently, zkLink released a new roadmap that shows its goals far exceed the traditional scope of 'cross-chain protocols'.
zkLink is building an AI-driven cross-chain trading network with features such as permissionless access, no protocol fees, and direct peer-to-peer trading. Asset cross-chain transfers, price matching, and trade execution are all automated by AI, aimed at simplifying the multi-chain operation experience into a seamless process similar to single-chain, completely eliminating cumbersome steps like switching networks, cross-chain bridging, and multi-platform aggregation.
According to the roadmap, the project will complete the whitepaper release, PoC testing, and protocol open-sourcing by 2025, enter global Alpha/Beta testing phase in 2026, and carry out node validation and developer ecosystem construction. The mainnet zkLink Nova has officially launched, supporting asset aggregation capabilities across multiple Layer 2s.
The capital support behind the project is also quite strong, including institutions such as Coinbase Ventures, OKX, Crypto.com, Republic, and SIG. Currently, the $ZKL token has been listed on exchanges like Bybit, Gate, Bitget, Hashkey Global, and Coinone.
It is worth noting that zkLink has not adopted large-scale airdrops or emotional marketing but is building a modular system based on the protocol, gradually advancing the liquidity network closed loop. Its product logic is relatively solid, prioritizing the construction of the underlying protocol before gradually improving upper-layer functions.
Overall, zkLink does not just hope to become a more efficient 'cross-chain bridge' but is attempting to reconstruct the way transactions occur between chains. It is worth continuing to pay attention to its subsequent technological implementation and ecosystem advancement.
