Across The Cryptoverse #71 - A Great Year For Across Protocol And I...

Rangers, buckle up! Let's read about intents and 2024... the year Across went supernova! While the rest of crypto Twitter was stuck doom-scrolling, debating market cycles, and waiting for the next big thing, our rangers were busy making big moves.... $11.6 billion worth of moves!

That’s right! Across bridged over $11.6B across chains. To put the numbers into perspective, that’s the equivalent of moving the entire GDP of a small country.... and for the Across community, that was just another day at the office.

So, what made 2024 so special? Sure, we could just drop some flashy numbers and call it a day. But Across is more than stats and figures! Across is a story of innovation, resilience, and a relentless drive to push boundaries. It’s about a community that refused to settle for slow, expensive, or inefficient bridging and instead pioneered the future of interoperability.

Grab your favorite beverage... either coffee, kombucha, or a double-shot of espresso... and let’s dive into what made 2024 a year to remember. Socrates once said that every transaction is a bridge to someone’s goals. And fam, we didn’t just cross bridges in 2024... we blasted through them at lightspeed.

I still remember when we were popping champagne over $4B in cumulative bridge volume last year! That's a cute memory but fast forward to 2024, and Across didn’t just level up... it went parabolic! The $11.6B bridged in 2024 alone is nearly 4X growth from 2023.

This isn’t just about numbers... it’s about speed, efficiency, and a community that moves size like it’s nothing. And if you think we’re slowing down in 2025… you haven’t been paying attention. Stay strapped in, Rangers. The best is still ahead!

However... volume is just part of the story! It’s all about the transfers, because numbers don’t lie. The message is loud and clear! In 2024, the Across Rangers crushed it with 8.3 million transfers. That’s a 501% surge over 2023. Five... Hundred.... Percent.

To put it in perspective, if each transfer were a step, we just lapped the Earth like a hundred times. Jules Verne will love this! But I know you love using Across, and we love you right back! That’s just how we roll.

If you think this momentum is slowing down, you clearly don’t know how we do things around here. The fast, efficient, low-cost bridging bridging experience is here to stay... but the devs are cooking even bigger things and 2025 is about to go even crazier!

To all the new recruits, the 1.68 million of crypto savvy people that jumped into the Across ecosystem in 2024... I salute you! That’s not just a number, it's like packing Bucharest with degens, builders, and bridge fiends.

And the momentum? Relentless. Every single day, we can count on 400K monthly active wallets making moves, stacking wins, and keeping the Across engine roaring. If you’re here, you’re early. Let’s keep building.

So many stories, so many milestones, but the biggest flex? Unstoppable growth. Back in 2022, Across was all about Arbitrum and Optimism, with 77% of transfers came from just two chains. Fast forward to 2024? That playbook is ancient history.

Now you are confidently bridging from 18 chains! Across is not just expanding... Across is rewriting how cross-chain movement works! The best part? We’re just getting started. New chains are loading… stay tuned.

It’s wild to watch Base go from the new kid on the block to an absolute powerhouse. At the start of the year? Just 4.8% of flows landed there, and now over 28% of the volume! Nearly a third of all transfers are hitting Base like it’s the main stage at a crypto festival.

You’re all degens and we respect it. It's so early and we already bridging to Ink or Soneium nearly instant and nearly for free! We are living in the future and Across is teleporting assets cross-chain for $0.00 fees!

When I say Across is the fastest crypto bridge, I am not throwing around some marketing buzzwords. It’s cold, hard facts backed by a median fill time of 2 seconds. That's faster than you can refresh Elon's X profile! That's faster than you can FOMO into the latest memecoin! That’s the standard now and we won’t stop until every single transaction is bridging at light speed.

The 2025 vision is making intents the standard for cross-chain transactions. No more clunky, manual swaps but seamless execution. Remember November 7th? That was the day 45+ projects stood together and backed ERC-7683. Not just a standard, but THE standard. The one that’s unifying the Ethereum ecosystem!

The success of the bridge was reflected into community growth, as Across wasn’t just growing as a protocol! Discord went from 15,000 users to over 70,000 rangers! Double the memes and alpha on X, from 60,000 to over 120,000 followers!

We didn’t just grow in size... we leveled up our community structure to make joining Across easier than ever. We had events for everyone, from baking and carving pumpkins to a writing competition. The rangers turned into keyboard warriors, writing articles on Publish0x was a pinnacle of creativity!

We’re about to crank it up even more. Who’s ready for the Across Ambassadors program? More rewards, more influence, more reasons to be part of the greatest cross-chain community in crypto.

2025 is the year Intents and Across power seamless onchain experiences, leading the next wave of web3 user adoption. At Across we're not just dreaming bigger... we're building bigger!