What To Do With zAssets?
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Once an asset has been zipped through Zipper, it becomes a Fabric-native zAsset, unlocking new opportunities within the ecosystem. Whether you’re looking to trade, interact with decentralized applications, or simply hold assets on Fabric, zAssets provide a versatile foundation for expanded utility.
zAssets can be traded on Polyester, Fabric’s decentralized exchange (DEX). Unlike traditional AMM-based DEXs, Polyester operates with an order book system, enabling advanced trading features like limit orders, TWAP execution, and institutional-grade market tools.
Since all assets on Fabric exist as zAssets, users can trade zBTC, zDOGE, zXRP, and other tokenized versions of external assets, which are backed 1:1 by their original counterparts. Unlike other DEXs that primarily support ERC-20 assets, Polyester allows trading pairs that include major non-EVM assets in a fully decentralized manner - without relying on liquidity pools.
Beyond trading, zAssets are designed to be a core building block for decentralized applications on Fabric. As the ecosystem evolves, developers and community members can create new use cases for zAssets, including possibilities like lending, staking and on-chain yield strategies. The Fabric blockchain is permissionless, meaning anyone can deploy smart contracts and build applications that integrate zAssets in innovative ways.
If you're a developer, now is the time to explore building on Fabric and leveraging zAssets to power new DeFi models, AI-driven contracts, and autonomous dApps.
If users ever want to return their assets to their original blockchain, they can initiate an unzipping transaction through Zipper. This process burns the zAsset on Fabric and releases the original asset back to the user’s wallet on the external chain, ensuring a trustless and verifiable 1:1 exchange.
The possibilities for zAssets extend far beyond trading and DeFi. With real-time information, AI-driven automation, and Fabric’s decentralized computing capabilities, entirely new applications can be built that go beyond what’s possible on traditional blockchains. The combination of programmable assets, AI Agents, and smart contract logic could lead to financial applications, autonomous marketplaces, and Web3 innovations that have yet to be explored.
Developers and innovators will shape the next phase of the Fabric ecosystem, using zAssets in ways that push the boundaries of blockchain technology.
