Supra Unveils AutoFi and SupraNova to Transform Cross-Chain DeFi

According to Supra, the future of DeFi is omnichain and fully interoperable, because therein lie greater opportunities for yield hunters and liquidity providers to explore. This vision of a multi-chain DeFi landscape, in which cross-chain can be experienced without cumbersome blockchain bridges, is a step closer to reality thanks to Supra. The Layer 1 chain has just launched two major upgrades on its public testnet that have huge potential for the broader DeFi landscape.

AutoFi and SupraNova are the products Supra’s just shipped and between them they pack a bunch of powers that should excite devs and users alike. AutoFi is particularly interesting, supporting the creation of self-executing smart contracts dependent upon highly granular conditions being met. This is effectively Automation as a Service, and it opens the door to some exciting possibilities for use in decentralized finance.

Automation Meets Onchain Innovation

AutoFi’s automation capabilities aren’t just wide-ranging – they’re also fast. So fast in fact that they can be set to trigger within the same block as the conditions that have been met to cause their execution. As Supra proclaims, “AutoFi changes everything with enshrined automation for true “if-this-then-that” style apps.”

While devs are free to create whatever they want with AutoFi, Supra sees particular value in it being used to automate recurring fees; to support competitive bidding for onchain events such as liquidation auctions; and for protocol-level automation, such as distributing fees to all network users. AutoFi’s current public testnet deployment will allow third-party developers to get a feel for the sort of use cases AutoFi supports before Supra ships it on mainnet, allowing for sophisticated auto-executing dapps to be deployed in a live environment.

Supra Goes SupraNova

The other major product to have been rolled out by Supra is SupraNova, which is also live on public testnet from April 29. It’s described as “the first bridgeless cross-chain interoperability protocol that enables direct, trustless L1-to-L1 communication without relays, wrappers, or third-party multisigs.” In layman’s terms, it’s a safer way to send value between chains. Think less hacks, better security.

One of the problems with software design, not just in web3 but in general, is that systems tend to add complexity over time through introducing more plug-ins, upgrades, and patches. Each time this occurs, the surface attack area increases. SupraNova is an attempt to do away with things like multi-sigs and token wrappers, both of which have been successfully exploited by attackers in the past.

Initially compatible with Ethereum, before expanding to accommodate the full EVM stack, SupraNova has the potential to radically change the way blockchains “talk” to one another. There are also plans in progress to make it compatible with Move VMs, which could ultimately see SupraNova become a bridgeless interoperability solution for the entire omnichain landscape.

While that’s further down the line, in the here and now, Supra’s brace of new products have showcased its team’s ability to innovate while giving DeFi devs some new tools to play with. In the process, they’ve moved the center of decentralized finance closer to Supra, and shone a spotlight on its multi VM-compatible Layer 1.