Chains keep popping up everywhere, and data silos just get in the way of anyone trying to build something across ecosystems. Walrus plans to break through all that with a big multichain push in 2026. They're bringing in Ethereum and Cosmos to work alongside Sui, aiming for smooth, verifiable data flows no matter the chain.

Investors clearly believe in it—Walrus pulled in $140 million from a16z and Standard Crypto, hitting a $2 billion valuation. Right now, they’re running 105 nodes in 22 countries, handling 833 terabytes of storage and managing 4.5 million blobs. Their retrieval reliability sits at 99.9%, thanks to Red Stuff 2D erasure coding.

Some recent wins? Humanity Protocol moved over 10 million encrypted credentials—about 300GB—across 3.5 million blobs. Team Liquid dropped a massive 250TB content archive on January 21, 2026, which Walrus made searchable with AI meta-tagging. On top of that, they’ve started working with Yotta Labs for AI pipelines and Pipe Network to boost bandwidth.

All these integrations mean builders don’t have to worry about data getting stuck or split up. Walrus lets them create unified data markets that push DeFi, gaming, and AI forward—no more fragmentation holding anyone back.

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