Biconomy (https://biconomy.io/), the multichain relayer network building the infrastructure to simplify the web3.0 experience, announced today that it has partnered with Virtually Human Studio, creators of ZED RUN, the popular digital horse racing platform, to integrate its cross chain bridge, Hyphen. Hyphen enables instant and low-cost token transfers across different blockchains.
This is one of the first in-game bridges to be used on a web3.0 gaming dApp, setting a precedent for all future web3.0 gaming experiences. Users don’t have to leave the dapp to use another bridge interface and wait for 20-30 min. They stay on the ZED RUN dapp & immediately get their funds on ZED RUN so they can experience a seamless experience.
ZED RUN is a popular dApp that utilizes NFTs to allow users to breed, purchase, and race virtual horses in the metaverse. According to recent data, there are over 15,000 stable owners on the platform, with horses selling for up to $125,000. Comedy duo Hamish and Andy, rapper Ja Rule, and boxer Mike Tyson are just a few of the participants who have been known to use the platform.
While ZED RUN has seen tremendous growth, attracting audiences including a number of mainstream brands in partnership like Atari, Stella Artois, and recently NASCAR, it has also faced roadblocks to adoption including the time it takes to exchange funds in order to participate. Currently, if a user wants to buy a digital racehorse or participate in a race on ZED RUN, they need to first send their ETH to Polygon. This process is both time consuming and costly, due to high gas fees and cross-chain transaction times.
“dApp games are fraught with complicated onboarding processes that have resulted in a broken gaming experience,” said Ahmed Al-Balaghi, CEO at Biconomy. “Hyphen will change all that by bringing in-game bridge features to blockchain gaming platforms.”
Biconomy’s Hyphen bridge enables developers to offer instantaneous value transfers between EVM chains, various L2s, and sidechains. By integrating Hyphen onto ZED RUN, users will be able to exchange funds (ETH to Polygon) without leaving the app. This solution removes the need for non-native gaming bridges. Currently, ZED RUN has been beta testing the integration with a select group of its users. The solution is expected to go live on their dapp in the next couple of weeks.
“Our partnership with Biconomy enables us to bring users a more seamless gaming experience,“ said Geoff Wellman, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Virtually Human Studio. Hyphens cross-chain transactions will transform the way users can interact with blockchain games and ZED RUN is thrilled to be one of the first to implement a native cross-chain bridge into a gaming dapp.”
ZED RUN has been a long-time partner of Biconomy. Even prior to the integration of Hyphen, ZED RUN offered gasless transactions and zero racing transaction fees powered by Biconomy. To date, Biconomy has processed 4.2 million transactions for ZED RUN with a total volume of $9.5 million.
To learn more about Biconomy, please visit: https://biconomy.io/
To learn more about ZED RUN, please visit: https://zed.run/
