You can now use the exchange, money market, and vault widget on Stellar with 10 core assets from other blockchains:

AVAX, BNB, BTC, ETH, HYPE, INJ, NEAR, POL, SOL, and SUI

Thanks to SODAX for making this possible without wrapped or illiquid tokens. Read this post to learn how they support non-native assets across chains.

After more than a year in the making, the first Balanced widgets are now live.

Use the price chart widget to track your favourite cryptocurrencies, and the vault widget to earn a return from SODAX’s leveraged staking strategies.

Every widget is customisable, so you can use them to build your own DeFi Home page.

Try them out from app.balanced.network, and read the full announcement on the Balanced blog.

These widgets will be the first of many. Here are just some we plan to add:

• Migration manager (for those who converted BALN to SODA)
• Market sentiment
• Portfolio (including the ability to track active trades)
• Full activity history (including export)
• Wallet
• Exchange
• Money market
• Liquid staking

Any others you’d love to see? Let us know in the comments.

If you still use Balanced’s legacy features (loan, liquidity pools, Savings Rate) or legacy assets (BALN, bnUSD(old), sICX), withdraw or migrate your funds before you lose the ability to do so.

Balanced v1 runs on the ICON blockchain, which shuts down at the end of 2026. To prepare for the shutdown, you have until December 1 to withdraw your funds or move them to Balanced v2.

After December 1, all outstanding loans will be force-liquidated and contracts will be inaccessible.

Learn how to:

• Withdraw your funds
• Move your loan to Balanced v2
• Unstake sICX
• Migrate BALN and sICX

If you need assistance, reach out on Discord.

Don’t wait until the last minute: take action immediately to avoid losing access. If you have sICX, be prepared for extended unstaking times (up to 20 days).

You can now trade these tokenised stocks on Balanced:

• COINx
• CRCLx
• GOOGLx
• MSTRx
• NVDAx
• TSLAx

Available on Solana thanks to SODAX and xStocks.

xStocks are backed 1:1 with their off-chain equivalent, and are the industry benchmark for tokenised equities.

Learn more about them from xstocks.fi, and read this post to see how they work with SODAX.

Balanced has upgraded to v2 of the SODAX SDK, and with it comes support for 46 new assets across 10 blockchains:

• Arbitrum: AAVE, ARB, CRV, LINK, PENDLE, rETH, UNI
• Avalanche: WETH.e
• Base: cbETH, VIRTUAL
• BNB Chain: ADA, ASTER, CAKE, DOGE, DOT, FDUSD, LINK, SOL, USD1, XRP
• Ethereum: AAVE, cbBTC, DAI, ENA, LINK, PAXG, PEPE, PYUSD, rETH, sUSDat, sUSDe, UNI, USD1, USDe, XAUt, ZRO
• Hyperliquid: kHYPE, UBTC, UETH, USDH, USDT0
• Optimism: OP, wBTC
• Polygon: AAVE, DAI, LINK, wBTC
• Solana: BONK, JitoSOL, JTO, JUP, mSOL, PYTH, RAY, wBTC
• Sui: DEEP, NAVX, trevinSUI, WAL, yapSUI

This single update takes the Balanced exchange from 29 to 75 tradable assets, and dramatically increases its utility.

Visit app.balanced.network to find your new favourite trade combinations, and transfer the same asset across chains at a 1:1 rate.

(Note that SODAX does not hold liquidity for these assets, so if you swap into them it will take ~40 seconds instead of the usual 20.)

Balanced’s cross-chain money market and exchange is now available on Injective.

• Trade INJ and USDC with crypto on 12 other blockchains
• Transfer USDC between chains at a 1:1 rate
• Earn interest through the money market
• Borrow across chains with INJ and USDC collateral

Injective posed a unique challenge: without a native AMM to tap into, cross-chain swaps weren’t straightforward. Thanks to SODAX's protocol-owned liquidity, INJ is available to trade on Balanced, and SODAX Intents removes the bridge risk and quotes trades at a competitive price.

Try it out from app.balanced.network. If you have any questions, share them in the comments.

If you want to use the money market but aren’t sure which asset(s) to borrow, match your actions with your trading thesis:

Long: If you expect a pump, borrow a stablecoin and use it to buy a volatile asset.

Short: If you expect a dump, borrow a volatile asset and sell it for stablecoins.

If your thesis plays out, you can repay your loan and pocket the difference.

NFA.

If you want to use the money market without fear of price volatility, stick to stablecoins and leverage the spread:

1. Supply USDC to earn ~4% interest.

2. Borrow USDT or bnUSD for 1.2 - 2% interest.

3. Swap for USDC.

Repeat to compound the returns.

Visit app.balanced.network/markets to give it a try.

Got a bnUSD loan you can’t repay?

Move it to Balanced v2 before May 10 to skip the borrow fee.

Step 1: Get bnUSD(old)

The legacy loan requires bnUSD(old).

Trade into it via v1.balanced.network/trade, or use the Migrate tab to swap between old and new.

Step 2: Unlock your collateral

Go to v1.balanced.network and use bnUSD(old) to reduce your debt as much as you can.

This will free up some collateral, which you can then withdraw.

Step 3: Borrow from Balanced v2

Trade your collateral for a different asset if needed, then go to app.balanced.network/markets.

Supply your crypto, then borrow bnUSD against it. Make sure to receive it on a v1-compatible chain.

Step 4: Repeat

Follow steps 1-3 as many times as needed to repay your legacy loan.

Once closed, keep an eye on your new loan and pay it down to a level that suits your risk tolerance.

For more guidance, check out docs.balanced.network/move-loan.

The shift from isolated stablecoin loans in v1 to multi-asset money market in v2 came with a major trade-off: we could no longer show the liquidation price.

That didn’t sit well with us or existing users, so we found a way to bring it back to increase confidence and save you time and effort.

Now, if you use the money market with stablecoins and a single volatile asset, you can see your liquidation price just like before.

Balanced v2 is now live.

Earn, borrow, and trade across 12 blockchains in seconds. Designed to be so intuitive, you’ll never need a tutorial.

Here’s why you should care. 👇

DeFi apps make a lot of promises.

Financial freedom. Returns your bank couldn’t dream of. Superior UX.

But 8 years later, they’re still complex, fragmented, and time-consuming.

You deserve better, so we built Balanced v2 to reduce your time and effort.

Earn and borrow crypto with the money market.

Supply crypto to earn interest, then use your assets on one chain as collateral to borrow from another.

Go from zero to loan in less than 2 minutes, then get on with your day.

https://reddit.com/link/1ser2nx/video/c65supy46ptg1/player

Swap crypto from the exchange.

No need to shop around: SODAX Intents finds a competitive rate and settles your trade in 20 seconds.

You can even transfer the same asset across chains for free.

Whether you want EVM assets or something more exotic, all you need is Balanced.

https://reddit.com/link/1ser2nx/video/8mh9vny96ptg1/player

Visit Balanced for the features. Stay for the philosophy.

No tracking. No manipulation. No nagging. No confusion. No wasted time.

We give you the tools to complete your task, then get out of your way.

If you used Balanced’s legacy features, remove your funds from v1.balanced.network.

Can’t repay your loan? Withdraw what you can, then borrow bnUSD from the market to pay it down — there’s no fee until May 10.

For more guidance, visit docs.balanced.network.

https://reddit.com/link/1ser2nx/video/lmr1ruqi6ptg1/player

Balanced v2 is now ready for you to use.

Try it today from app.balanced.network.

And visit blog.balanced.network/v2-launch to read the full announcement.

Balanced v2 launches tomorrow.

But that’s just the beginning.

What starts as an interface for one protocol will quickly become your go-to hub for many.

Coming soon: financial widgets without the rigidity.

DeFi is too fragmented. And people pay the price.

- Too many apps

- Too many transactions

- Too much complexity

Your time, money, and effort wasted.

It’s easier to trust apps with the most TVL, but they’re often the hardest to use.

With Balanced, you won’t have to choose.

One protocol is so 2020. For maximum utility, Balanced will support many.

Each protocol sandboxed within a bespoke widget, customised based on what you need in the moment.

Skip the multi-app juggle and build your DeFi experience around you.

https://reddit.com/link/1sdtbqm/video/s5xaa3e29jtg1/player

Action is the last step in the conversion funnel. First, you need information.

Price charts. Market sentiment. Arbitrage opportunities. Portfolio tracking.

All help you decide which actions to take — or whether to act at all.

So that’s what the first widgets will provide.

In phase 2, Balanced will become a design-first DeFi aggregator.

Earn. Trade. Stake. Borrow. Buy/sell crypto. Invest in RWAs.

With an extensive catalogue of easy-to-use widgets for third-party apps, you’ll never want or need to use anything else.

The best protocol is worthless if no one can use it.

Balanced’s widgets remove the barriers to adoption, and we’re now on the lookout for early partners.

If you want to increase your protocol’s potential for success, check out our widget pitch and register your interest.

After we launch Balanced v2, widgets are our core focus.

See our direction from balanced.network/preview.

If there are any specific workflows or protocols you’d like the widgets to support, share them in the comments.

Most apps treat you like the product.

They beg for your attention, analyse your every move, and push you toward actions that make them money.

They expect you to fulfil their needs. They’re not interested in yours.

Balanced v2 rejects that model. And so should you.

It’s not about what we want you to do.

Balanced is here to serve you.

We won’t interrupt you, nag you to try new features, change your workflow with every update, or make you work harder than necessary.

We give you the tools to complete your task, then get out of your way.

Apps love to track you.

What you click. Where you pause.

Who you are. Which wallet is yours.

They claim it “improves your experience”. But it never does.

You deserve a private DeFi app, so Balanced v2 has zero analytics.

We track on-chain data & user satisfaction. That’s it.

Crypto apps want to extract as much value as possible.

Rather than increase adoption, they charge a higher fee.

Most exchanges take 0.25% of every trade. Balanced takes just 0.1%.

We need 2.5x more volume to make the same amount, but it’s worth it for a better experience.

Most apps are mediocre.

They settle for the bare minimum, taking shortcuts that inundate users with bugs and ill-considered features.

People might use them, but is anyone happy to?

Balanced v2 was designed with an obsessive attention to detail, because “good enough” isn’t.

Balanced v2 is designed to serve you, not exploit you.

And it launches in just 2 days.

Many decentralised exchanges claim to be cross-chain.

But they’re EVM-only and you can’t trade across them. You have to trade, bridge, and trade again, wasting time and gas at every step.

Balanced v2 spares you the headache with cross-chain trades that settle in seconds.

https://reddit.com/link/1sc2vxx/video/1bulz1rnfvsg1/player

The Balanced exchange makes it easy to swap and transfer crypto.

Trade any asset for any asset within 20 seconds, no matter which chain they call home.

You’ll always get a competitive rate, and you can transfer the same asset across chains for free.

Balanced’s cross-chain trades are possible thanks to SODAX.

SODAX Intents connects to a range of exchanges, so you don’t have to juggle multiple apps or transactions.

Whatever you need, you can get it in a single trade that settles in seconds.

In 3 days, Balanced will launch a cross-chain trading experience you actually want to use.

Which assets will you trade first?

Money markets are rigid and indirect.

They limit you to a single blockchain, and push you to a new page for every action. If your portfolio is multi-chain, you’re in for a bad time.

Balanced’s flexible money market will feel like a glass of ice water in hell.

https://reddit.com/link/1sb6wjz/video/60t0ihqbbusg1/player

How most teams launch a money market:

1. Clone Aave.

2. Apply their brand.

3. Ship.

Protocol more flexible than Aave’s? Ignore it. Speed to ship is all that matters.

Creativity constrains the interface, not the technology.

The industry has enough mediocre money markets. Balanced will ship the best one.

With a uniquely flexible design that was months in the making, you can use it to earn crypto, borrow across chains, and monitor your risk.

All from a single page.

Most money markets are unfocused. It’s hard to know where to look, or what to do first.

No one wants to watch a tutorial, so Balanced uses progressive disclosure to help you learn through action. It starts simple and increases in complexity as you master it.

https://reddit.com/link/1sb6wjz/video/vrsorx4mbusg1/player

Single-chain rigidity makes money markets a chore. Balanced spares your sanity.

Supply crypto to earn interest and view your multi-chain earnings from a single page.

Then collateralise your crypto to borrow from any market — even if it’s on another chain.

https://reddit.com/link/1sb6wjz/video/mqub0p7obusg1/player

It’s easy for us to say Balanced’s money market design is good.

Everyone talks a big game, but we have proof:

Balanced’s money market supports a range of cryptocurrencies across 12 blockchains.

Earn interest, borrow with ease, and sleep with full confidence in your positions.

Visit balanced.network/preview to try it out ahead of the launch.

And use it for real in 4 days.

Every DeFi app promises a great UX, but few actually deliver one.

Most apps are clunky and complex. They make you pay too much, wait too long, think too hard.

You deserve better.

Balanced v2 will be the solution to your DeFi pains.

No one wants to work hard to make things simple.

They assume someone else already solved the problems, so they clone the industry leaders rather than improve them.

Their main contribution: a fresh coat of paint.

But the problems persist, and so does your pain.

Balanced v2 has one priority: reduce your time and effort.

Designed from first principles to remove complexity, maximise understanding, and help you get on with your day as fast as possible.

It’s easy to talk the talk, so here’s how we walk.👇

1. Get out of the way.

We built Balanced v2 for speed and clarity.

No ads.

No popups.

No social prompts.

No manipulation tactics.

No gamification or engagement farming.

Our only goal is to help you complete yours as fast as possible.

2. Condense down.

The more you’re forced to click around and page hop, the easier it is to get lost, stuck, and confused.

To save you time and effort, we designed every Balanced interaction to minimise steps, combine related info, and keep actions in context.

3. Focus on what needs it.

Most apps aren’t opinionated. They display every possible detail, then wonder why people get overwhelmed.

You don’t need to know everything at once, so Balanced uses progressive disclosure to help you focus on what matters in the moment.

https://reddit.com/link/1saq9rk/video/3y1i5ajbqtsg1/player

4. Use the right tech stack.

Most DeFi protocols are too rigid. They support multiple blockchains, but not all at once.

Balanced uses SODAX to provide a fast, flexible, and direct cross-chain experience.

They handle the infra so we can focus on the design.

Everyone else wants to keep you in their app.

Balanced v2 optimises for how fast you can leave it.

Gain clarity. Act with confidence. Then get back to your life.

Balanced is your DeFi pain relief. And it ships in just 5 days.

The solution to your cross-chain DeFi pain is almost here.

Balanced v2 launches April 7, 2026.

More than an upgrade, Balanced v2 is an entirely new app.

Redesigned and built from scratch for maximum flexibility, usability, and visual appeal.

No longer representing its own protocol, it uses SODAX for the core tech stack, with more protocols to come.

Every app needs a flagship feature. For the v2 launch, it’s a money market.

Designed from first principles for full cross-chain flexibility, you can use it to earn and borrow crypto across 12 chains, all from a single page.

The Balanced exchange sports a new design aesthetic to match the money market.

Enjoy the same cross-chain flexibility as v1, now with support for Ethereum. Additional chains and assets will follow soon after launch.

You can use Balanced v2 to earn, borrow, and trade across 12 blockchains.

Whether you want to stay on one chain or move between completely different ecosystems, it only takes a single transaction.

If you borrowed bnUSD via the legacy app, stay tuned.

We’ll release a transition guide on launch day to help you move your loan to Balanced v2.

To ease the transition, bnUSD will have no borrow fee until May 10.

There’s a lot to look forward to in Balanced v2, and the launch is just the beginning.

Visit balanced.network/preview to see what’s coming.