ZetaChain token holders have approved a major strategic shift that will eventually retire the project’s independent Layer 1 blockchain and relocate the ZETA token to Solana.
Proposal 68 passed on September 20, 2026, with 99.4 percent support, 0.3 percent opposition, and 0.3 percent abstentions.
Turnout reached 58 percent of eligible stake, well above the 40 percent quorum.
The vote authorizes a 1:1 conversion of native ZETA into a Solana SPL token under the same ticker.
Total supply stays the same, no additional tokens will be minted, and existing vesting schedules remain on their original calendars.
Balances, including locked, staked, and Anuma-related positions, are slated to convert. ZETA already issued on Ethereum and BNB Chain is excluded from this process.
Because the original chain is planned for shutdown, the team rejected a simple wrapped-token bridge; a native SPL asset will become the canonical ZETA instead.
This first vote only sets direction.
A second proposal must still define the snapshot block, claim mechanics, exchange coordination, connected-chain withdrawals, and the eventual halt height.
Core contributors said they will not submit that follow-up until major exchanges confirm how they will handle the swap.
Until then, validators continue operating and staking remains active.
The pivot reflects a change in product focus.
ZetaChain originally raised about $27 million in 2023 and launched a Cosmos-based mainnet in 2024 with the goal of linking assets across competing networks.
After earlier winding down much of its cross-chain infrastructure, the team has concentrated on Anuma, a private AI application launched in February 2026.
Anuma is described as offering one encrypted memory layer across multiple models, with users controlling keys and conversations neither logged nor used for training.
The project says the app has more than 300,000 users and has handled over a million requests across dozens of models.
Maintainers now argue that running a dedicated L1 no longer helps that product and that Solana’s speed and low fees better support agent-style activity, wallets, DEXs, and payments.
For most holders, the team says little immediate action is required. Ticker, supply, and unlock dates stay intact, and privacy features of Anuma are intended to travel with the product.
What changes is the settlement layer: Solana validators replace ZetaChain’s own set, and the token becomes an SPL asset inside Solana’s existing tooling.
If the second proposal also passes and exchanges cooperate, Solana would become ZETA’s canonical home and the original L1 would wind down after users and remaining connected assets have migrated.
If that later vote failed, the independent chain would continue as before.
The outcome is unusual in crypto: a funded interoperability L1 choosing to dissolve itself and attach its token and consumer AI product to a larger high-throughput network. Execution risk now sits with the second vote, exchange support, and a clean snapshot-and-claim process rather than with the principle of the move itself.