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Ulysses
Ulysses
-Bridge
Audited
DeFiLlama Bridge·$29.9K TVL·-0.32% 1h·+0.44% 24h·+10.65% 7d·12 chains

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About Ulysses

Ulysses Protocol is a decentralized and permissionless 'Omnichain Liquidity Protocol' owned by the community. It's innovative solution is designed to tackle the challenges presented by an increasingly fragmented liquidity landscape in DeFi, ensuring seamless interoperability and capital efficient cross-chain asset deployment.

Description sourced from DeFiLlama's protocol metadata; teams submit their own copy when listing.

Ulysses codebase lineage and protocol family

Ulysses is published as a versioned release inside the Maia Dao Ecosystem protocol family. Releases inside the same family typically share governance, brand, and large parts of the audit history, but each version can run materially different contract logic — a release labelled v2 or v3 is not just a UI refresh. Newer versions inside a family typically launch with their own audit cycle and parameter set, so do not assume the previous release's safety record carries over without checking the linked audit reports.

Fork lineage and parent-protocol relationships are tracked by DeFiLlama for security and audit-history attribution; a fork inherits the upstream design but not necessarily the upstream audits or governance.

Parent Protocol

Ulysses is a versioned release inside a larger protocol family. View the parent for combined TVL and all sibling versions.

Maia Dao Ecosystem

Ulysses Timeline

Major events flagged by the DeFiLlama community — protocol launches, exploits, governance changes, and incentive programs.

  1. Sep 20, 2024
    Listed on DeFiLlama
  2. Sep 24, 2024
    Whitehack by team

Protocol Profile

Ulysses is a Bridge protocol that moves assets and messages between blockchains, locking value on the source chain and minting or releasing a representation on the destination. It is deployed across 12 chains, including Ethereum, Metis, Optimism, Binance and 8 other chains. The codebase has been independently audited (4 reports on file). DeFiLlama tracks 1 historical event for this protocol since 2024.

TVL Distribution by Chain

TVL spans 10 chains across the deployment. See the breakdown below for per-chain values.

Ethereum
$22.6K(75.6%)
Metis
$3.1K(10.4%)
Optimism
$1.7K(5.8%)
Binance
$1K(3.5%)
Base
$904.4(3.0%)
Avalanche
$247.1(0.8%)
Sonic
$152.8(0.5%)
Arbitrum
$69.5(0.2%)
Swellchain
$11.5(0.0%)
Berachain
$3.5(0.0%)

Supported Chains

Ethereum Metis Optimism Binance Base Avalanche Sonic Arbitrum

Protocol Footprint

Ulysses runs a multi-chain deployment, with smart contracts live on 12 networks. Roughly 92% of its on-chain value sits on just three networks (Ethereum, Metis, Optimism), so a fault on any one of them would affect a large slice of users. 4 public audit reports are linked from DeFiLlama, which is on the higher end of transparency for the DeFi sector — most protocols of comparable TVL publish far fewer.

Official Resources & Links

Verified external resources for Ulysses — use these to read the source code, follow governance discussions, or cross-check on-chain data against the original team's channels.

Other Bridge protocols on Mantapex

Ulysses is one of 7 Bridge protocols Mantapex tracks in this category. Direct peers ranked by total value locked include WBTC, Coinbase Bridge, Binance Bitcoin, and 3 more. These peer protocols collectively secure $30.4B in deposits, giving you a frame of reference for whether Ulysses's own TVL is at the top, middle, or tail of the category.

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Related protocols

Other DeFi protocols connected to Ulysses by category, deployment chain, or shared codebase lineage — useful for comparing TVL, fee models, or audit posture across direct peers.

Risk Warning

DeFi protocols carry inherent risks including smart contract vulnerabilities, liquidity risks, and potential loss of funds. Always do your own research before investing.

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