Wormhole hits $70B volume as BlackRock and Apollo adopt protocol
Wormhole (W)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptobriefing.com reports that Wormhole has processed over $70 billion in cumulative cross-chain volume and one billion messages across 40 blockchains. The protocol, which supports both EVM and non-EVM networks, saw $17.6 billion in volume during 2025 alone. A single integration partner, Mayan protocol, contributed more than $16 billion of that annual figure through cross-chain swaps.
The one billion messages represent discrete communications such as asset transfers and governance signals, validated by a Guardian network of 19 validators requiring a 13-of-19 quorum. More than 100 tokens with a combined market cap exceeding $170 billion have launched using the Native Token Transfers standard, known as NTT. This standard allows projects to issue canonical multichain tokens that maintain supply integrity across chains.
Major financial institutions including BlackRock, Apollo Global, VanEck, and Ripple are listed as users leveraging the infrastructure for tokenized assets and stablecoin initiatives. The NTT standard solves fragmented liquidity by ensuring a single authoritative version of a token exists natively on multiple chains. Wormhole has maintained reliability without a major security incident, distinguishing it from other bridges that have suffered exploits. The protocol has announced integrations with Monad and Fogo, with plans to extend support to Cardano.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for W, measured when this story was written up on 22 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
W has traded at $0.01189 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 59.4% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 53.7%, indicating short-term buying pressure. This contrasts with the 24-hour buy ratio of 47.0%, suggesting that recent buying intensity has exceeded the daily average. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$5,537, while the 4-hour delta is +$14,332, showing net accumulation in the immediate term. However, the 24-hour volume delta is -$97,792, indicating that net selling has dominated the full day. CVD for the 24-hour close is -$43,987, confirming that sellers have outweighed buyers over the longer timeframe. Spot volume for the day reached $1,680,793 across 20,708 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.1% sits at the 64th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.3% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for W, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 49.9%, while the latest day saw a ratio 2.9 points lower than that average. This indicates that recent trading activity has been slightly less buy-heavy than the weekly norm. Volume was 1.32 times the average, showing elevated participation compared to typical days. The price changed by +18.8% over 8 days, with a total volume delta of -$8,716 for the period. This suggests that despite significant price appreciation, net selling pressure has persisted over the week.