Eco

Eco is a stablecoin orchestration protocol that operates an intent-based execution network across more than 15 blockchains. Rather than functioning as a bridge with its own liquidity pools or custodied assets, Eco connects existing stablecoin liquidity from Circle CCTP, Hyperlane routes, native AMM pools, and independent solver inventory through a unified developer interface. Settlement is atomic and typically completes within 20 to 40 seconds, with no risk of funds sitting in bridge limbo. Eco was not always an infrastructure protocol. The company built one of the early consumer-focused stablecoin banking apps from roughly 2020 to 2022, offering yield and cashback rewards to retail users. The 2023 banking crackdown and associated regulatory pressure forced the team to wind down the flagship product, after which co-founder and CEO Ryne Saxe pivoted the company to building stablecoin routing and programmability infrastructure. Eco has raised over 90 million dollars from investors including a16z Crypto, Founders Fund, Pantera, Activant Capital, and L Catterton through a Series B round. Saxe was named to StableCons Stablecoins Most Influential list in 2026. Routes is the core product. Developers publish a signed, funded intent specifying source chain, destination chain, and stablecoin pair. A network of Solvers competes to fill the intent, sourcing liquidity from whichever path offers the best execution. A Prover returns cryptographic proof of fulfillment to the source chain, the portal contract verifies it, and the solver reward is released. If no proof arrives, funds are returned. The design eliminates key bridge failure modes: no single pool to drain, no custodied balance at risk, no partial settlement state. Routes covers 16-plus chains with over 240 directional pairs. Supported chains include Ethereum, Optimism, Base, Arbitrum, HyperEVM, Plasma, Polygon, Ronin, Unichain, Ink, Celo, Solana, Sonic, BNB Chain, and Worldchain. Supported stablecoins span USDC, USDT, USDC.e, oUSDT, USDT0, USDbC, and USDG. Developers access Routes via an SDK, REST API, or CLI. Beyond routing, Eco is building a programmability stack: Programmable Addresses use deterministic CREATE2 contracts pre-programmed with routing logic so a single address presents a unified stablecoin balance across all connected chains; Programmable Transactions in beta introduces a domain-specific language called Sauce with more than 50 opcodes for atomic multi-contract reads and conditional settlement logic; Orchestration in beta combines Routes, Programmable Transactions, Permit3, and compliance hooks into a unified execution flow; and Flash Intents launched in May 2026 optimizes the intent pattern for same-chain swaps. In 2026, Eco expanded to BNB Chain via LI.FI, added Hyperliquid support, integrated World Chain, and in July 2026 added TRON for emerging-market USDT settlement. On the institutional side, Eco supports Circle Gateway for fast USDC deposits across Base, Optimism, Arbitrum, and Polygon. Eco frames its position through a payment-processor analogy: the orchestration layer that knows which stablecoin route is cheapest and fastest at any moment captures durable value as stablecoin volume scales, without needing to issue or warehouse the assets themselves.