Universal Accounts Early Adopters: Attracting Borderless Liquidity

For years, Web3 builders have grappled with fragmentation—siloed users, liquidity, and possibilities across different blockchains. 

That was, at least, until chain abstraction (ChA) and Universal Accounts changed the narrative. As we get closer to more chain-abstracted protocols hitting the market, forward-thinking teams are beginning to understand ChA as a tactical advantage to unlock new directions for their protocols. 

In fact, some of these projects are beginning to understand that, without the limitations of fragmentation, they can become more advanced versions of themselves in a borderless Web3 landscape.

Here’s how three such teams—Helix Labs, Honeypot Finance, and Chimp Exchange—are getting ready to put ChA into practice and reap its benefits.

Reframing projects through the lens of chain abstraction

Chain abstraction has fundamentally shifted how these teams define their mission and potential. Helix Labs, for example, no longer sees itself as just a single-chain protocol for liquidity staking:

“Chain abstraction has allowed us to transcend being tied to any one chain. It’s turning Helix into a truly omnichain platform,” the Helix Labs team explains. By removing the implicit boundaries of individual networks, Helix Labs can position itself as an “omni-chain” liquidity protocol rather than a product confined to a specific ecosystem. The project’s identity is evolving from a niche DeFi platform into a borderless service that can serve users on any chain with equal ease.

A similar shift is happening with Honeypot Finance. Originally known as “the ultimate token launch platform on Berachain,” Honeypot is now reimagining its scope thanks to chain abstraction. 

The team notes that ChA is “freeing us from being defined by a single ecosystem.” Honeypot can now envision itself as a launchpad that is chain-agnostic at its core—able to host token launches that tap into multiple networks’ communities simultaneously. In practice, this means a project launched through Honeypot can attract participants from any other chain without forcing them to go through the exhaustive process of bridging chains, all the while hosting the core infrastructure in Berachain, where it can take advantage of the chain's unique dynamics. 

This, if anything, illustrates how ChA expands a project’s vision of itself. In a picture:

For Chimp Exchange, a decentralized exchange that started on the Linea blockchain, chain abstraction is redefining its trajectory as well. “We’re no longer just a DEX on Linea—chain abstraction lets us imagine Chimp as a cross-chain liquidity hub,” the Chimp Exchange team says. By abstracting away the Linea-specific details, Chimp can evolve into a platform where any user on any chain can swap assets or provide liquidity without even realizing which underlying chain is in play. The project’s core identity is shifting from a single-chain DEX to a borderless exchange network. 

In other words, ChA is helping these good products think bigger and expand their possibilities, unconstrained by the boundaries of one blockchain. Each team is leveraging ChA to reconceptualize their protocol as part of a larger, interconnected ecosystem.

Borderless products = borderless liquidity

As Helix comments, “a fluid, omni-chain user experience where no manual bridging is needed.” results in the ability of a Helix user to add liquidity or stake assets without worrying about which chain those assets reside on. It all feels like a single network. Helix’s integration of ChA means features like LP staking and yield vaults operate universally. 

Meanwhile, Chimp Exchange is leveraging ChA to roll out features that would be nearly impossible on a siloed DEX. Thanks to chain abstraction, Chimp can support any asset from any chain in a way that feels native to users. “With Universal Accounts, we can execute trades across networks behind the scenes—for the user, it’s just one transaction, says the Chimp Exchange team—all the work required happens in the background”. 

Likewise, liquidity providers on Chimp could deposit assets without needing to worry if those assets are on different chains—Universal Accounts aggregate and manage this liquidity across networks. This opens the door for users with any asset and any chain to join the action…. And, by simplifying what was once multi-step, multi-wallet gymnastics into a straightforward click, chain abstraction becomes both a part of a product’s design and a way for it to succeed at scale.

Roadmaps, scaling, and user acquisition in a borderless World

Perhaps the most profound impact of chain abstraction is how it’s influencing these projects’ roadmaps and growth strategies. With ChA in their toolkit, teams are rethinking how they scale and attract users. 

For Chimp Exchange, chain abstraction is central to how they plan to scale beyond their original home on Linea. The team’s roadmap is now chain-agnostic by default, building Chimp to be a protocol that lives above any single blockchain. As Chimp integrates Universal Accounts, it will expand its user base without the need to deploy on more chains manually. All users, regardless of where they come from, will connect to the same liquidity and the same app interface. This has a powerful network effect: more chains mean more users, and more users mean deeper liquidity and better trading for everyone on Chimp. “Each new chain we integrate doesn’t split us – it actually makes Chimp stronger and more useful,” the team observes. 

With ChA, scaling becomes additive instead of divisive surpassing a decades-old Web3 conundrum.

Likewise, Helix Labs shares that their scaling model is now built on “adding new chains as easily as adding new features.” This agility means Helix can chase opportunities across ecosystems quickly—if a new blockchain gains popularity or liquidity, Helix can offer its services to its users immediately. Thanks to Universal Accounts, Helix’s development team can focus on core product improvements and let the ChA infrastructure handle the heavy lifting of Web3-wide compatibility. As a result, Helix Labs is planning features that assume a truly global user base.

As the team puts it, “chain abstraction essentially turns every crypto user into a potential Helix user.” 

Honeypot Finance similarly notes that ChA has reshaped its expansion strategy. Rather than focusing growth solely within the Berachain ecosystem (which is still in development), Honeypot’s roadmap now looks outward to multiple ecosystems at once. “Our user base isn’t bounded by Berachain’s borders anymore,” a critical realization for scaling a product early on. Thanks to this, projects from any chain might choose Honeypot for their token sale because they can get exposure to infinite liquidity in one go. And, as new blockchains or L2s emerge, Honeypot can integrate them swiftly, ensuring it stays relevant and accessible to those user bases. The promise that “you can join our token launches without switching networks” lowers the psychological barrier for participation, scaling the funnel of potential users and investors for every launch on the platform.

The time to implement chain abstraction is now

What Helix Labs, Honeypot Finance, and Chimp Exchange are doing is giving us a glimpse of borderlessness in practice. With chain abstraction as a competitive edge, and baking ChA into their products and strategies, they’re turning their already good products into protocols of scale—platforms capable of scaling across the entirety of Web3, and maybe beyond its limits.

The core message for other builders is clear: a borderless approach means attracting more users, roadmaps that deploy to wider markets, and network effects that compound across ecosystems. In the words of one of the Honeypot founders, “ChA lets us punch above our weight—we’re a small team, but we can reach the entire crypto market.” 

The first builders to recognize this shift will both accelerate Web3 and gain a competitive advantage. The only question remaining after this is: how long will it take the industry incumbents to catch up?

About Particle Network

Particle Network powers chain abstraction, addressing Web3's fragmentation of users and liquidity. This is enabled by Particle's Universal Accounts, which give users a unified account and balance across all chains.

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