100,000 Assertions and Counting: UMA Secures $50 Billion in Volume Onchain
Introduction
Last month, UMA crossed two major milestones: over 100,000 assertions made onchain and more than $50 billion in total transaction volume secured.
An assertion is a data claim proposed to UMA’s Optimistic Oracle, where it is validated through an open verification and dispute process. Every assertion is a moment where UMA delivers verifiable truth to the ecosystem. Every dollar secured represents real economic activity protected by the optimistic oracle. Together, they tell a story of growth, trust, and adoption at scale.
This milestone is evidence that UMA has become core infrastructure for builders who need reliable truth. Today, we’re celebrating this journey and looking ahead at what these milestones mean for the future of crypto.
What the Data Tells Us
Exponential growth over time. Assertions have accelerated, from UMA’s early experiments to powering tens of thousands of decisions across DeFi, prediction markets, cross-chain interoperability, and beyond. Alongside this, UMA has helped secure $50B+ in volume, showing just how much economic activity depends on truth onchain.
Ecosystem breakdown:
DeFi: UMA has supported lending, insurance, and derivatives protocols with reliable, dispute-resistant data.
Prediction markets: Platforms like Polymarket rely on UMA to resolve outcomes where traditional oracles fall short.
Crosschain interoperability: Across Protocol has been one of the biggest contributors, using UMA to secure billions in bridging volume.
Security remains our top priority. Despite the scale, UMA has maintained a strong reliability record. Most assertions go undisputed, and disputed ones are resolved quickly and transparently.
Why It Matters for Crypto
Numbers matter, but context matters more.
100,000 assertions demonstrates that UMA can be used at scale.
$50B+ in secured value shows that the stakes are real, and that builders can trust UMA to safeguard their applications.
Assertions are the heartbeat of truth in decentralized systems, and UMA has now shown it can scale that truth to protect tens of billions in value. Quietly, in the background, UMA has become the foundation that many protocols rely on when accuracy, security, and fairness are non-negotiable.
Looking Ahead: From 100k to Millions
The milestones are important, but they’re just the beginning. UMA is designed to scale from hundreds of thousands of assertions to millions, and from tens of billions in secured volume to hundreds of billions.
Emerging frontiers:
Prediction markets: Fast-growing, and UMA is the go-to verification / resolution layer.
Programmable IP: For creators and AI companies needing proof of usage and ownership of content onchain.
Artificial Intelligence (AI): UMA is pioneering Optimistic AI truth verification, where AI proposes, and humans verify.
RWAs and experiments. UMA has been explored as a foundation for tokenized real-world assets and creative offbeat use cases.
The vision is clear: UMA as the truth layer of Web3, powering decentralized trust for any data, any chain, any application, and securing ever-larger volumes of economic activity.
Building the Future Together
If you’re building an application that needs truth, UMA is here to secure it.
We want to thank our growing community and invite you to celebrate these milestones with us, but know this is just the start. The journey from 100,000 assertions to millions, and from $50 billion secured to hundreds of billions, is already underway.
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