ASTR becomes OP Superchain’s first interoperable token via Chainlink CCIP

Users will eventually be able to transfer ASTR to any Superchain network, according to OP Labs’ Zain Bacchus.

Japan’s Astar Network has become the first blockchain to implement the SuperchainERC20 standard for its ASTR token, in a move aimed at addressing longstanding interoperability issues between networks like Ethereum and Polkadot. 

SuperchainERC20 enables interoperability across Optimism’s Superchain collective, which consists of dozens of projects working to scale Ethereum. 

ASTR can now move between Astar’s Polkadot-based layer-1, Sony’s Soneium and eventually all OP Superchain networks, the company told Cointelegraph. 

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