Mayan Finance

Mayan Finance is a cross-chain swap protocol that enables users to bridge and swap assets between Solana and other major blockchains in a single transaction. Built on top of Wormhole's messaging infrastructure, Mayan provides a seamless experience for moving value between Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, BSC, Avalanche, Optimism, Base, and other supported chains. The key innovation of Mayan is its auction-based relay system. When a user initiates a cross-chain swap, Mayan runs an auction among relayers who compete to fulfill the order at the best rate. This competitive mechanism ensures users get optimal pricing while maintaining fast execution times. Most cross-chain swaps complete in under 60 seconds, making Mayan one of the fastest bridging solutions available. Mayan's swap engine handles the complexity of cross-chain transactions behind a simple interface. Users select their source asset on one chain and their desired asset on the destination chain — Mayan handles all the routing, swapping, bridging, and delivery in a single flow. For example, a user can swap ETH on Ethereum directly to USDC on Solana without needing to manually bridge ETH, then swap on a Solana DEX. The protocol supports both native asset bridges (moving the same token between chains) and cross-chain swaps (converting to a different token on the destination chain). This versatility eliminates the multi-step process that traditionally makes cross-chain transactions confusing and error-prone. Gas fees on the destination chain are included in the swap quote, so users don't need native gas tokens on both chains. Security is ensured through Wormhole's Guardian network — a set of 19 institutional validators including Jump Crypto, Everstake, and other reputable entities that verify cross-chain messages. This gives Mayan the same security guarantees as Wormhole itself, which secures billions in cross-chain value. Mayan has processed hundreds of millions in cross-chain volume since launch and has become one of the primary bridges used by the Solana community. It's integrated into major aggregators like Jupiter and LI.FI, meaning users often route through Mayan without even knowing it. The protocol also offers a developer SDK for integrating cross-chain swaps into dApps.