Zerion
Multi-chain wallet and portfolio tracker for DeFi users.
Zerion sits between bigger wallets and faster-moving data infrastructure firms, betting a future token and agent APIs will set it apart.
Zerion helps people manage crypto across different blockchains and see all their holdings in one place. But it is not hard to copy: MetaMask and Coinbase already do wallets for regular users, Alchemy dominates the developer API layer, and AI tools like Claude can now do the same tasks automatically without needing Zerion's interface at all. The one thing that could change everything is if Zerion launches its own token soon and grows money from businesses and AI agents fast enough to prove it has a real reason to exist apart from what the bigger companies already offer.
Zerion closes a new institutional funding round after 45+ months without one. Would show investors still believe in its standalone survival.
Zerion's web traffic trend reverses from the current -18% QoQ decline. Would show it is retaining users against MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, and agent-based tools.
- Series B raised $12.3M
- Seed round raised $2M
- No token launched yet
- No institutional funding round since October 2022, a 45-month gap as of mid-2026.
- Web traffic fell 18% quarter-over-quarter as of mid-2026.
- No token/TGE launched despite XP program building speculative anticipation across 10M+ wallets.
- AI agents can bypass Zerion's consumer dashboard via direct API calls, per its own April 2026 tax-prep demo.
- Sector-wide crypto headwinds, evidenced by peer Exodus cutting 25% of staff in July 2026.
| Rival | Direction | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| MetaMask/Consensys | losing to | CB Insights lists Zerion as Challenger vs incumbents; MAU far below MetaMask as of 2026-06-21 |
| Coinbase Wallet | losing to | Named incumbent giant in consumer wallet layer, CB Insights, 2026-06-21 |
| Alchemy | contesting | Both pivoting to agent-infra APIs; Alchemy is also a Zerion Series B investor, Oct 2022 |
| Exodus | gaining on | Exodus cut 25% of staff and had price target slashed to $12, per thestreet.com, 2026-07-20 |
- Is Zerion profitable in 2026?
- Zerion's actual revenue is unverified, with wildly inconsistent third-party estimates ranging from under $1M to over $36M. The company has disclosed no profitability figures and has not raised institutional funding since its $12.3M Series B closed in October 2022, per prnewswire.com.
- Has Zerion launched a token?
- No. As of September 2025, Zerion has not launched an official token or TGE, per airdrops.io. It runs an XP rewards program covering over 10 million eligible wallets as a pre-token loyalty mechanism, but no token sale has been confirmed as of mid-2026.
- Could AI replace Zerion?
- Zerion itself demonstrated on April 17, 2026 that Claude AI agents can fully automate crypto tax preparation via its API without a human dashboard, per zerion.io/blog. This shows Zerion's UI layer can be bypassed by agents calling its API directly, even as Zerion positions itself as agent infrastructure.
- Who is Zerion's biggest competitor?
- CB Insights classifies Zerion as a 'Challenger' against incumbents including Coinbase, Binance, and Ledger, as of June 21, 2026. In the API/data-infrastructure niche, Alchemy is a direct rival with far greater capitalization and a Series B investor stake in Zerion itself.
- Who owns Zerion?
- Zerion is privately held and venture-backed, founded by CEO Evgeny Yurtaev and CTO Alex Bashlykov in 2019. Total disclosed funding is approximately $22.5M across seed, Series A, Series B, and an angel round, per cryptorank.io as of April 29, 2025.
- Is Zerion raising a new funding round?
- No new institutional round has been disclosed since Zerion's $12.3M Series B closed in October 2022, per prnewswire.com. As of mid-2026, that gap stands at 45 months, per crustdata.com, though an undisclosed angel round with individual investors closed November 12, 2024.
- 2026-07-01Zerion adds Robinhood Chain mainnet support from launch day
- 2026-06-25Launches Zerion Streams, real-time onchain data via Apache Kafka
- 2026-05-15Launches open-source Zerion CLI for AI agents like Claude Code, Cursor
- 2026-04-30Rolls out Agent Payments via MPP for AI agents to pay per API call
- 2026-04-17Demonstrates Claude AI agent automating crypto tax prep via Zerion API
- 2026-01-08Announces TRON network integration for stablecoin payments
- 2025-09-29Rolls out Hyperliquid-powered perps trading on iOS, 250+ assets
- 2024-11-12Closes undisclosed angel round with individual crypto investors
- 2022-10-12Closes $12.3M Series B led by Wintermute Ventures
- 2021-07Closes $8.2M Series A led by Mosaic Ventures
- Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations (2026-06-21)
- Zerion raises $2M to Fuel Next Phase of DeFi (2025-02-27)
- Zerion raises $8.2M from Mosaic Ventures to take DeFi mainstream (2022-01-06)
- Zerion Closes $12M Series B Fundraise led by Wintermute Ventures (2022-10-12)
- Zerion Funding Rounds, Token Sale Review & Tokenomics Analysis (2025-04-29)
- Potential Zerion Airdrop (2025-09-29)
- Inside the Growth Curve • CoinLaw (2025-10-02)
- Zerion launches Streams for real-time onchain data delivery via Apache Kafka (2026-06-25)
- Zerion - Headcount, Funding & Open Jobs (2026-06-20)
- Zerion wallet integrates TRON to support the mass adoption of stablecoin payments (2026-01-08)
- Zerion Launches Open-Source CLI Giving AI Agents Crypto Capabilities (2026-05-15)
- Zerion Blog (2026-07-09)