Abstract Chain is celebrating its first anniversary, marking one year since its mainnet launch on January 27, 2025. Over the past 12 months, the project has focused on building consumer focused blockchain infrastructure, expanding its ecosystem, and onboarding mainstream users and developers.

The mainnet launch was a major milestone for the team, which had spent weeks preparing infrastructure and services for public release. Despite early technical challenges such as scaling issues and portal errors, the launch marked Abstract’s transition from development to real world usage.

Within just a few months, the team introduced a smart contract wallet, developer SDK, and an application discovery portal. According to the team, these achievements were delivered by a relatively small engineering group compared to other blockchain competitors.

Rapid Product Iteration and User Growth
Following launch, Abstract continued to iterate on its portal with improvements to trading interfaces, wallet UI, streaming tools, and transaction history features. The platform saw rapid adoption, surpassing one million wallets and tens of millions of transactions within its first month.

The team emphasized that continuous development was essential to maintaining user engagement and adapting to changing market conditions.

Expanding the Abstract Ecosystem

A growing ecosystem of applications has been central to Abstract’s strategy. Over the past year, multiple gaming, NFT, and DeFi projects launched on the chain, contributing to onchain activity and user retention.

The Abstract Portal has served as a discovery platform for applications, with the team working closely with developers on product strategy and go to market plans.

Partnerships With Global Brands

Abstract has also focused on onboarding mainstream brands to Web3. Collaborations included activations with Red Bull Racing, K pop group tripleS through Modhaus, and Disney through Cryptoys.

These partnerships introduced millions of users to blockchain based digital collectibles and experiences, helping bridge traditional entertainment with Web3 technology. Upcoming partnerships include the Ultraman AI project, which is expected to mint on Abstract soon.

Feature Releases and Platform Enhancements

During the second half of the year, Abstract shipped multiple new features such as dark mode, improved fiat onramps, NFT discovery tools, XP systems, and enhanced portfolio tracking. The team noted that AI developer tools helped accelerate development velocity.

Year One Metrics

Abstract reported the following key metrics for its first year:

More than 157 million transactions
Over 800,000 monthly active users on the portal
More than 4 billion dollars in onchain volume
Over 3.7 million smart contract wallets created
Nearly 100 million wallet transactions
More than 250 million dollars in session key volume

The team highlighted its smart contract wallet as one of the most widely used in the EVM ecosystem.

Looking Ahead

Abstract stated that its long term vision is focused on sustainable adoption rather than short term hype. Upcoming plans include new portal features, in house games, ecosystem expansions, a redesigned website, and a major undisclosed project that has been teased by leadership.

The team concluded by thanking its community, developers, and users, emphasizing its commitment to building real world blockchain use cases.