Monad Launches Mainnet with 10,000+ TPS and Sub-Second Finality
**Monad** has launched its mainnet as a performance-focused Layer 1 blockchain targeting over **10,000 TPS** and sub-second finality.
**Key Features:**
- Fully EVM-equivalent with Solidity and Ethereum tooling compatibility
- Uses MonadBFT consensus and optimistic parallelism
- Public testnet processed billions of transactions with stable performance
**Funding & Team:**
- Raised ~$244M from Dragonfly, Paradigm and other investors
- Built by ex-Jump low-latency engineers
- Structured through Category Labs and Monad Foundation
**Market Position:**
Monad positions itself as the "parallel EVM bet" - maintaining full Ethereum compatibility while delivering significantly faster transaction speeds and lower costs.
Rango Exchange now supports Monad with zero dApp fees, enabling cross-chain swaps from Bitcoin, Solana, Sui, Tron and other major networks.
[Learn more about Monad](https://rango.exchange/learn/market-trends/monad-blockchain-review)