LayerZero to End Offchain Support for 20 Chains as Stargate Users Face Asset Withdrawal Deadlines

LayerZero said it will phase out offchain support for 20 low-activity blockchains, with the first shutdown taking effect on July 30. The move covers LayerZero Labs-operated DVN and Executor services, while Stargate v2 will also drop support for five of those chains: Botanix, EDU Chain, Aurora, Taiko, and LightLink. The company warned that users who do not bridge or redeem affected assets before each chain’s cutoff date could lose access to their funds. The timeline is split across four dates: July 30, July 31, August 28, and September 30. LayerZero also provided chain-specific instructions for Stargate users holding assets such as USDC.e, wETH, USDT, S*USDC, and S*ETH. In several cases, users are asked to bridge assets back to Stargate Pools or withdraw liquidity before support ends. LayerZero said the shutdown applies to its managed offchain services rather than onchain Endpoint contracts, which remain deployed and immutable. Even so, without official verification and execution services, cross-chain messaging on those networks will effectively lose LayerZero’s operational support. The announcement points users toward deeper-liquidity destinations including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and BSC.