Caldera isn't simply another Layer-2 solution—it's an infrastructure engine driving the next generation of Ethereum scalability.
With Ethereum congestion and gas charges still hampering mass adoption, Caldera brings to the table a real-world, modular setup that allows developers to deploy tailored rollups in minutes. Over 50 projects are currently live on chains built by Caldera, with a combined $600M+ of TVL and serving 10M+ wallets. That's momentum with meat.
At the heart of Caldera's value proposition is its Rollup Engine, covering Arbitrum Nitro, Optimism Bedrock, zkSync's ZK Stack, and Polygon CDK—all via an easy-onboarding launch process. But what really makes it strong is the Metalayer: a layer of interoperability that allows cross-rollup messaging and shared liquidity from launch day. No patch-up bridges or third-party-solution waiting game—this is natively interconnected infrastructure.
Developers have complete liberty: EVM or SolanaVM for runtime, Ethereum or Celestia for data availability, and token-agnostic gas token choice. It's such modularity that's allowing purpose-built chains like ApeChain and inEVM to innovate in NFTs, DeFi, and more.
Caldera's native token, ERA, powers the ecosystem—paying for transaction fees, governance, and staking operations. The token allocation prioritizes alignment with the community, with 30% going toward retroactive rewards and 20% for builder incentives. After listing on Binance in July 2025, ERA experienced a positive price response—more than doubling in value on day one, indicating strong investor support.
But Caldera's edge isn't purely technical. Backed by world-class investors such as Sequoia, Dragonfly, and Founders Fund, the project has institutional support and a roadmap with a sustained scaling strategy—ranging from deeper ZK integrations to real-world asset rollups such as Clearpool's Ozean.
With the many RaaS players out there, Caldera's built-in Metalayer, modular stack, and easy deployment tools have it ahead of the game.
The future isn't monolithic. It's modular, connected, and developer-led. Caldera is developing for that future.
