Hyperlane

Hyperlane is an open-source interchain messaging protocol that lets applications communicate and move assets between blockchains. Its core primitive is general message passing: developers can send arbitrary data and function calls across chains, on top of which the protocol supports token bridging via Warp Routes, multi-step cross-chain swap routing, multichain asset issuance, cross-chain governance and Interchain Accounts, which allow an account on an origin chain to make authenticated calls to contracts on another chain.

The protocol is described as permissionless: any developer can deploy Hyperlane to a new chain without core team or governance approval, and retains control over contract extensibility, relayer configuration and validator selection. Security is modular — applications self-select "Interchain Security Modules" so that faults are isolated to specific zones rather than shared across the whole network. Alongside the open protocol, the core team offers a "Hyperlane-as-a-Service" option providing hands-on support for deployments, bridging and custom implementations. The company also publishes products layered on the protocol, including Metastable, stablecoin clearing infrastructure for 1:1 conversions between stablecoins across chains, and Predicate Hooks, which add compliance verification (KYC, sanctions screening, geographic checks) to Warp Route transfers before tokens leave the origin chain.

Founding story

Hyperlane was founded by Asa Oines, Nam Chu Hoai and Jon Kol, and was formerly known as Abacus Network. Oines and Chu Hoai were founding engineers at Celo, where Oines built and led the protocol team; Kol previously co-led Galaxy's venture business and worked at Morgan Stanley and Galaxy Digital. Trevor Porter and Yorke Rhodes joined as founding engineers, also previously at Celo. Morgan Beller, a co-creator of Diem, and Zaki Manian, a co-creator of Cosmos and the IBC protocol, serve as advisers. The founders' premise was that an expanding universe of blockchains is inevitable and that a network is needed to connect them.

Business model

Hyperlane maintains an open-source, permissionless protocol that developers can deploy and configure themselves, and complements it with a "Hyperlane-as-a-Service" offering in which the core team provides white-glove support for chain deployments, bridging and custom implementations.

Traction

The company reports connectivity across more than 150 chains and seven VM environments, over $10 billion in value bridged, and validation of more than 10,000 cross-chain asset transfer messages daily. Its main monorepo has over 5,800 commits and 602 forks, and the GitHub organization hosts 68 repositories.

Latest developments

In April 2026 Hyperlane introduced Predicate Hooks, making compliance checks — KYC, sanctions screening and geographic verification — available as a Hook on Warp Routes so transfers can be blocked on the origin chain. In July 2026 it introduced Metastable, stablecoin clearing infrastructure for 1:1 conversions between any stablecoin across any connected blockchain.