BALN and sICX: now available cross-chain

Hold, trade, and transfer BALN and sICX wrapper-free on supported blockchains.

BALN and sICX: now available cross-chain

BALN and sICX have embarked on their long-awaited journey across chains.

You can now hold, swap, and transfer them wrapper-free on Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, BNB Chain, ICON, and Stellar. They’ll also be available on Optimism as soon as the app connects to it, with support for other connected chains coming soon.

Learn more about the cross-chain tokens and the features they unblock on Balanced.


Hold, swap, and transfer on connected chains

For over 3.5 years, BALN and sICX were only available on the ICON blockchain.

Setting up a new wallet is too much hassle for most, so their adoption was limited to people already active within the ICON ecosystem. But thanks to this release, that’s no longer the case.

People can now trade and hold BALN and sICX using their blockchain and wallet of choice, which drastically reduces the friction to participate.

The Swap tab on the Trade page, set to swap sICX on Stellar for BALN on Arbitrum.

If your wallet can’t identify the tokens, add them with these contract addresses:

BALN addresses

  • Arbitrum: 0xac7952D30850c9d214b0f44cbe213781b4dAcF05
  • Avalanche: 0x542245f2B93B30994a4670121541B38226f1208c
  • Base: 0x76e118fa6839ddAd531411B8cc7a9dCdFD7D4fB0
  • BNB Chain: 0x94cf269d63c4140eD481CB0b149daE03c4620cdF
  • Optimism: 0xD336c74B840f9962cF2c666f8666d6d61Ec24440
  • Stellar: CBCY2LVGYB5R2UYB5BX4JWBCQNVXUCVPJRD2RPTK765FYCQOWQL6MXII

sICX addresses

  • Arbitrum: 0xD336c74B840f9962cF2c666f8666d6d61Ec24440
  • Avalanche: 0xC7FE3f5B4970Ddc36d850A98e87bb28FaBb866D2
  • Base: 0xd94F0Aea6d6f14C012d992e8886C8C1736921e10
  • BNB Chain: 0xd94F0Aea6d6f14C012d992e8886C8C1736921e10
  • Optimism: 0x91b36B5b078A3150EA05d5451b3feB608CFcEEE1
  • Stellar: CDGAJ3DD5X6RQS5CNHUX4EZ6GPLCGLQ2D674QORAN23A26BKDIVADOUU

Cross-chain liquidity, rewards, and governance coming soon

The launch of cross-chain BALN and sICX unblocks several important features:

Cross-chain liquidity and rewards. BALN and sICX are used for Savings Rate and liquidity rewards, so these features are now cleared for their cross-chain debut. The app still requires some adjustments to support them, so from January onwards you’ll be able to supply liquidity, deposit bnUSD into the Savings Rate, and earn rewards on your favourite chain.

Cross-chain governance. You can lock up BALN to earn network fees, boost your BALN liquidity rewards, and participate in the Balanced governance process. The smart contract work is already underway to bring these benefits to connected chains.


Trade BALN and sICX cross-chain

Visit app.balanced.network/trade to swap and transfer BALN and sICX on your favourite chains.

To learn more about Balanced, check out the website, read the docs, and join the Balanced community on Discord.

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