Across Protocol Dominates Small Transfer Market with 26% Share

🌉 Small Bridges, Big Impact

By Across
May 22, 2025, 4:22 PM
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Across Protocol has established a significant presence in the sub-$10K transfer market, capturing approximately 26% of both total fast bridge transfers and volume across supported routes and tokens on aggregator platforms.​

The protocol demonstrates impressive metrics:

  • $20.​7B cumulative bridge volume
  • 14.​4M total transfers
  • $23.​5M weekly volume (7-day MA)
  • ~21.​2K transfers per week

Cost structure:

  • Under $100: $0.​02 flat fee
  • $100-$10K: 0.​074% fee

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