The new transaction rails eliminate fragmentation between wallets, chains, and tokens, allowing applications to accept cryptocurrencies from anyone, anywhere across the blockchain.
Trails, the universal platform for one-click cryptocurrency trading, was officially announced today, featuring integrations with Circle CCTP, the Day-one Katana partnership, and other key ecosystem participants. Trails is designed to eliminate the long-standing triple fragmentation problem in cryptocurrencies, where wallets, tokens, and chains remain siled, and unifies the Ethereum ecosystem with a universal transaction rail. Currently in alpha for an exclusive early access group, Trails is built to enable internet-native commerce at scale and is generating great excitement among developers and protocols across protocols seeking faster, simpler, and more versatile ways to transact on-chain.
“Cryptocurrencies have grown rapidly, but today’s on-chain experiences have not kept up,” said Peter Kieltyka, co-founder and CEO of Trails and Sequence. “Users and developers need a blockchain that works together to power seamless internet-native commerce. Trails accomplishes this through intent-based interoperability, DEX-powered liquidity routing, and drop-in SDKs that transform complex infrastructure into simple user experiences. It lays the foundation for internet-native financial rails and marks the next step in advancing the digital asset era.”
Trails allows users to pay, exchange, fund, and earn money using any token in any wallet on any Ethereum-compatible chain without having to manually bridge, swap, or worry about gas.
Gas has long been one of the biggest sources of friction in cryptocurrencies. This is confusing, unpredictable, and often the first thing that stops new users. Trails removes that friction from the user experience. Compatible with Permit (EIP-2612), Trails makes on-chain payments natural and familiar by allowing users to pay for gas with stablecoins like USDC and USDT.
This release is also a major step forward in solving a significant barrier to mass adoption: user accounts, tokens, and networks all operate in isolation. This fragmentation has made the transaction experience difficult to use, hindered mainstream adoption, and stifled on-chain commerce.
“Trails makes using cryptocurrencies finally feel like using the internet,” said Michael Saunders, co-founder and chief storyteller at Trails and Sequence.
“We abstracted away the complexity of bridges, swaps, and gas, so developers can fully monetize their products, users can easily transact, and unlock the potential of an integrated cross-chain economy.”
Unlike existing single bridges and swaps, Trails does not rely on a single liquidity source or protocol. Instead, we focus on broad network coverage, security, and speed, dynamically routing every transaction according to the optimal flow and scenario.
By doing so, Trails converts failed checkouts to completed checkouts. The platform aims to make crypto payments look like the seamless, instant and universal e-commerce experience consumers expect, extending payment options across all internet applications and connecting on-chain and off-chain payments through a unified rail.
From DeFi to stablecoins, RWA to gaming, Trails brings broad utility to developers, protocols, and platforms that need to onboard users across fragmented wallets, tokens, and networks. This allows applications to accept cryptocurrencies without complex wallet flows, allows DeFi users to deposit from tokens they already own, enables stablecoins to be used, and enables frictionless real-world asset purchases, all with one click.
Ignatius Widjaja, Director of Product at Katana, said: “Trails unlocks the true utility of multichain ecosystems by eliminating fragmentation and routing liquidity across chains as if they were one.”
“By integrating Trails with Katana, users and developers will be able to seamlessly trade across any chain, including bridging, swaps and deposits, with one click, while accessing Katana’s rich liquidity and yield infrastructure.”
Audited by Quantstamp, one of the world leaders in blockchain security, Trails launches support for over 1,000 tokens across major EVM-compatible chains including Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and Avalanche.
To learn more or start building with Trails, visit the official website.
About the trail
Trails provides a universal transaction rail for cryptocurrencies that makes it easy to send and spend digital assets with just one click. Trails allows anyone to seamlessly pay, fund, exchange, or earn using any combination of assets by unifying purchasing power across tokens, wallets, and chains.
Designed for developers, chains, fintechs, and next-generation crypto applications, Trails abstracts the complexity of blockchain infrastructure into a lightweight platform and user-friendly interface. With support for leading EVM chains, gasless trading, and fast non-custodial payments, Trails maximizes the purchasing power of your cryptocurrencies.
To learn more or start building with Trails, visit our official website
