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Anyswap
Cross-chain DEX and bridge protocol originally known as Anyswap. Multichain's official rebrand announcement states that Anyswap was founded in July 2020, was originally positioned as a cross-chain DEX, removed the DEX function in early 2021, and officially rebranded as Multichain on 2021-12-16. CoinDesk and later Multichain materials also describe Multichain as formerly Anyswap. HEI treats the Anyswap identity as rebranded rather than simply dead.
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Summary
Cross-chain DEX and bridge protocol originally known as Anyswap. Multichain's official rebrand announcement states that Anyswap was founded in July 2020, was originally positioned as a cross-chain DEX, removed the DEX function in early 2021, and officially rebranded as Multichain on 2021-12-16. CoinDesk and later Multichain materials also describe Multichain as formerly Anyswap. HEI treats the Anyswap identity as rebranded rather than simply dead.
Timeline
Multichain's official rebrand announcement states that Anyswap was founded in July 2020 and was originally positioned as a cross-chain DEX.
Multichain officially announced on 2021-12-16 that Anyswap would be known as Multichain. The announcement says the old anyswap.exchange site would continue to provide services but would no longer be updated, while multichain.org became the live official website.