ZetaChain at a glance.
ZetaChain is a proof-of-stake Layer 1, live on mainnet since February 2024, that aims to let one app work across many chains without wrapping or bridging tokens. Here is how it works and what it is used for, not the price.
$369,171
Value locked in DeFi protocols on ZetaChain. Updated Jun 8, 2026. Source: DefiLlama.
ZETA
Used for fees and securing the network. See the live ZETA price.
How ZetaChain works.
ZetaChain is built with the Cosmos SDK and reaches agreement using CometBFT, a Byzantine-fault-tolerant proof-of-stake engine. Validators stake ZETA to produce blocks and confirm transactions, and a block is final once enough of them sign it. Alongside ordinary validation, ZetaChain validators also observe the connected external chains so the network can react to deposits and withdrawals on those chains.
ZetaChain is built with the Cosmos SDK and reaches agreement using CometBFT, a Byzantine-fault-tolerant proof-of-stake engine. Validators stake ZETA to produce blocks and confirm transactions, and a block is final once enough of them sign it. Alongside ordinary validation, ZetaChain validators also observe the connected external chains so the network can react to deposits and withdrawals on those chains.
Omnichain by design
ZetaChain runs an EVM that can read state and trigger actions on connected chains, so a single contract can coordinate assets that live on Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana and others.
ZRC-20 tokens
The ZRC-20 standard represents assets from connected chains as tokens on ZetaChain, so a contract can handle native BTC or an ERC-20 the same way it handles a local token, without manual wrapping.
Gateway and observers
Users interact with a gateway contract on a connected chain; ZetaChain validators observe those chains and relay the calls, then settle the result back out to the origin or another chain.
ZETA utility and supply
ZETA pays fees, is staked by validators to secure the network, and is used in governance. Supply is capped at 2.1 billion tokens, with allocations released over time.
What ZetaChain is used for.
ZetaChain is used to build apps that span several chains at once, from cross-chain swaps to bringing programmable logic to assets that normally sit on chains without smart contracts.
Cross-chain apps
Developers build apps where a deposit on one chain can drive an action on another, coordinated by one contract on ZetaChain rather than several separate bridges.
Programmable Bitcoin
Because ZetaChain can handle native BTC through ZRC-20, contracts can add programmable logic around Bitcoin without the holder leaving the asset on its own chain.
Unified liquidity
Assets from many chains can be brought together in one place, so swaps and DeFi flows can route across networks from a single app.
Hold, swap and spend ZETA.
ZetaChain is integrated in Zypto App. Hold ZETA in self-custody, swap it to any supported asset, and use it across Zypto’s features.
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