OKX's strongest public chain "Friend Circle": Analyzing the 2025 practical performance reports of 7 major chains including OP, Base, and Unichain

In 2025, public blockchains may no longer be the sexy track of grand narratives, because what users truly care about is no longer throughput, the size of funding rounds, or the豪华 venture capital lineups behind them, but whether there are real users experiencing growth, whether there is genuine on-chain value, whether there are developers who can stay long-term, and applications that can grow beyond the circle. During this year, some public chains have transitioned from “being discussed” to “being used,” some have chosen to slow down to refine their underlying capabilities, and others have validated their long-term paths through market fluctuations.

《2025 OKX Public Chain Friends》 is not a review of a grand narrative, but an invitation for frontline participants to clarify what was truly achieved this year, which judgments proved correct, and which areas still need correction—because these are the core issues most important to the community and users. In 2025, OKX’s collaborations with multiple public chains will no longer be limited to single integrations or events, but will focus on continuous optimization of liquidity, developer tools, and on-chain asset utilization. This special feature invites core founders from some public chain ecosystems partnering with OKX to share their real experiences: which initiatives truly promoted ecosystem development, which issues still need improvement, and how both sides envision transforming short-term cooperation into long-term value.

Optimism占据以太坊L2总TVL的46.6%，稳定币规模超61****亿

Jing Wang, co-founder and CEO of Optimism, stated that in 2025, enterprise blockchain adoption has significantly increased, with Optimism becoming a core infrastructure provider for many enterprises migrating large settlement, consumer applications, and institutional systems onto the chain. Over the past year, the Optimism ecosystem supported 14.1% of daily crypto transactions (up from 6.3% in 2024), now accounting for 62.1% of all Ethereum Layer 2 activity via Superchain (previously 39.8%). Additionally, the network processes approximately 24.1 million transactions daily, while median transaction fees have been reduced by 99%, making costs for most users nearly zero.

These performance improvements have unlocked new economic activities for partners, including consumer-grade applications like Base, supporting millions of microtransactions and previously cost-prohibitive exchange-driven fund flows. Meanwhile, liquidity has also grown in tandem, with Optimism holding 46.6% of all Layer 2 total value locked (TVL) on Ethereum, and the entire ecosystem’s stablecoin market reaching $6.1 billion.

Overall, enterprises increasingly view Optimism’s shared, production-ready infrastructure as a reliable foundation for expanding real-world on-chain applications.

In 2025, OKX will migrate XLayer to OP Stack, one of the most significant developments for Optimism in the enterprise sector. OKX has validated a key insight: scalable open-source infrastructure is becoming essential for running large-scale financial systems on-chain. This move reflects a broader trend: viewing Layer 2 networks as core operational infrastructure.

Collaboration with the OKX team demonstrates that exchanges and infrastructure providers can reach consensus around shared standards, predictable scalability, and long-term ecosystem growth. Looking ahead, we see major opportunities to deepen cooperation with OKX through closer integration with the broader OP Stack ecosystem, unlocking additional value—whether through shared liquidity channels, more unified developer environments, or exploring future opportunities within superchain frameworks.

Base手续费低于1美分，链上资产超130****亿

Jesse Pollak, founder of Base, stated that within just two years of launch, Base has achieved a processing capacity of 150 million gas per second (150 mgas/s), block confirmation times of 200 milliseconds, and transaction fees below $0.01, providing a home for over $13 billion in assets. Jesse is proud of the progress made with Base applications, which redefine how the world accesses the chain by integrating social, trading, payments, and application functions. Since the beta release, over one million users have joined. With this app, Base is developing and launching various tools to enable creators to earn revenue.

OKX understands Base’s vision. Their support through OKX Wallet and DEX has played a significant role in bringing Base to a global audience. By integrating Base assets directly into the wallet and providing deep liquidity support for communities like Zora, Virtuals, and Clanker on DEX, they have built a proper stage for developers. We thank them for their support in bringing the future of on-chain to hundreds of millions worldwide. 2026 will be even more exciting.

Unichain每日交易量超7.5****亿美元

The Uniswap Labs team shared with us several key milestones achieved in 2025. Unichain officially launched in April 2025, and since then, its total value locked (TVL) once surpassed $900 million, with daily DEX trading volume exceeding $750 million during the summer.

In terms of daily DEX volume, Unichain has now firmly established itself among the top Layer 2 networks. Despite only about nine months since launch, it has successfully positioned itself as a leader among mainstream Layer 2 solutions this year and is expected to see further growth next year.

On the partnership front, OKX has integrated the Uniswap Trading API into the “Swap” feature of OKX Wallet. This API supports asset swaps across seven blockchains, utilizing both the classic Uniswap routing (covering v2, v3, and v4 liquidity) and UniswapX routing, which aggregates liquidity from multiple sources via RFQ (Request for Quote). As of now, over 70,000 transactions have been completed, with a total trading volume exceeding $250 million, and the average swap size over $3,500.

Aptos推出如Shelby****等将重塑行业的产品

Avery Ching, co-founder and CEO of Aptos Labs, stated that 2025 is a year of reboot for Aptos, reflecting on past lessons, rebuilding with purpose, and laying a solid foundation for the next phase of open and fair finance driven by a global trading engine. This engine will span market cycles and introduce products like Shelby, Decibel, and Namespaces that will reshape the industry.

Positive feedback from investors, partners, and the community inspires us, and collaborations with like-minded partners such as OKX—whose global influence and mission align—provide strong momentum for the ecosystem. Aptos is committed to expanding digital finance adoption, accelerating application development, and making digital finance a part of daily life for individuals and institutions worldwide.

The crypto industry will see many changes in 2025, and for public chains and Layer 2 solutions, risks and challenges are increasing. As various chains choose to settle down, refine their internal strength, and patiently improve their products, the high-speed blockchain highway is being built. We just need more time to make this broad avenue more bustling.

Sei独立活跃钱包数超1300****万

Jeff, founder of Sei, stated that in 2025, Sei established solid partnerships with top traditional financial institutions such as BlackRock, Brevan Howard, Apollo Global Management, and Laser Digital. Additionally, Sei reached another milestone with its listing on the Robinhood platform.

On-chain activity surged, making Sei the leading EVM chain by the number of independent active wallets (reaching 13.67 million in October 2025), with total transactions surpassing 4 billion. Our ecosystem continues to thrive, with Yei and Metarena successfully conducting token generation events (TGE), and applications like Takaralend, Monaco, Pit.Finance, and Kindred gaining widespread attention. Looking ahead, we are building Sei Giga, the fastest EVM ever, aiming to set new performance standards for blockchain infrastructure.

Sei’s collaboration with OKX has greatly increased its visibility and community influence in Asia, especially in Japan, where we successfully listed on OKX Japan (OKX Jp). Moreover, OKX’s wallet promotion activities have helped us grow our ecosystem, significantly accelerating our DeFi expansion. In the future, Sei will explore deeper integration within the OKX ecosystem and support the next generation of builders in the OKX community.

Sonic链上交易量突破1****亿笔，实现零停机

In early 2025, Sonic launched a points program and hosted a DeFi and AI (DeFAI) hackathon to boost ecosystem activity and motivate participants. In March, Sonic completed integrations with Aave and Pendle, further enhancing DeFi infrastructure. Between April and May, Sonic’s total value locked (TVL) reached $1 billion, and it introduced native USDC.e via Circle’s CCTP V2, along with Sonic Pay, offering instant, zero-fee transactions. In June, on-chain transaction volume surpassed 100 million, achieving one of the fastest milestones among EVM chains while maintaining zero downtime and sub-second confirmation times; the same month, it closed a $10 million strategic funding round led by Galaxy Ventures and onboarded GSR as a market maker.

From September 29–30, Sonic hosted Sonic Summit 2025 in Singapore. In August, it launched the second season of airdrops and the S-level hackathon, and through its first governance proposal, established a US entity and advanced institutional custody with BitGo, as well as plans for ETP/ETF and Nasdaq PIPE listings. In September, Sonic appointed Mitchell Demeter as CEO and announced a $25 million Resonance Security fund from CMCC Global. In October, Sonic launched a $6 million token buyback plan; in November, the second season of airdrops concluded successfully.

Our past collaborations with OKX have been smooth and efficient. In expanding Sonic’s user base, OKX’s execution and support have been strong. Looking ahead, we aim to deepen cooperation in product integration, ecosystem growth, user education, and joint offline events to sustain growth across multiple regions.

$S ZetaChain独立用户数超1150万，交易量超2.23****亿笔

Jessie Zhang, head of ZetaChain’s incubation and investment, stated that in 2025, ZetaChain achieved scaled development, with over 11.5 million independent users and 223 million transactions on its general-purpose blockchain. The network expanded through strategic partnerships with Google Cloud, Deutsche Telekom, and Alibaba, and integrated several key chains including Sui and TON. In terms of regulation, ZetaChain made progress aligning with the European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and gained recognition from Dubai’s DFSA. Looking into 2026, ZetaChain is expected to further promote general-purpose blockchain development and launch a major initiative at the intersection of crypto and AI.

Since early testnet stages, OKX has been an important partner for ZetaChain. Together, we launched the first Cryptopedia event, enabled OKX Wallet support on ZetaChain’s mainnet on launch day, and introduced multiple ZETA staking and reward programs for OKX users. Our team has also hosted numerous community events worldwide, including a BTC meetup at Token 2049 in Singapore, a Bitcoin halving celebration in Hong Kong, and a full-chain day at ETH Denver. In 2026, we look forward to launching new projects to deepen cooperation, further develop general-purpose blockchain, and accelerate the adoption of AI-driven Web3 applications.