TL;DR:
- Treasure + Hyperlane = Open Interoperability for Onchain Games
- Developers can build, extend, and integrate cross-chain features freely with Hyperlane’s open, modular framework — no approvals required, no wait period.
- Treasure uses Hyperlane to transfer tokens, bridge NFTs, and enable cross-chain governance without custom infrastructure or centralized bridges.
Most blockchain games today are isolated, locking players and assets into single ecosystems. Treasure is changing this by building a decentralized entertainment system — an interconnected hub where games and apps can operate across multiple chains. Making this possible requires an open and modular framework for interoperability, not just basic asset transfers — and that’s where Hyperlane comes in.
Hyperlane gives developers permissionless infrastructure to build on. Treasure has already leveraged Hyperlane to move tokens across chains, extend NFT bridging, and enable cross-chain governance — all without needing custom solutions or direct support.
In this post, we’ll cover:
- Why you should pay attention to Treasure & the challenges blockchain gaming has faced
- How Treasure is leveraging Hyperlane’s permissionless framework to go beyond asset transfers — enabling cross-chain game economies, NFT interactions, and decentralized governance
Interoperability: The Missing Link in Blockchain Gaming
Blockchain gaming has long been fragmented — each game operates in isolation, forcing developers to build custom, one-off solutions just to connect assets across chains.
Without a unified framework, launching onchain games requires rebuilding the same infrastructure (authentication, marketplaces, wallets) over and over. This limits innovation, making cross-game interactions nearly impossible. Developers need a flexible, open framework to connect game economies, assets, and player progress across chains.
This unlocks new possibilities:
- Cross-chain liquidity → Games can access shared liquidity pools rather than dealing with fragmented, isolated economies.
- Plug-and-play infrastructure → Developers can integrate existing marketplaces, token wrappers, and governance tools without reinventing the wheel.
- Unified base layers → A proxy chain can act as the backbone, reducing complexity for developers while ensuring a stable, shared economic framework.
- Identity-based mechanics → Players could prove achievements or identity-related attributes from other games, unlocking exclusive rewards or experiences.
With permissionless interoperability, developers have the flexibility to build freely — expanding game worlds, economies, and experiences across multiple chains without restrictions or centralized bottlenecks.
Treasure: Building an Open Gaming Network
Treasure is a decentralized entertainment system, for creating games with decentralized gaming infrastructure. Treasure mainnet launched on December 11, 2024, and is designed to break down the silos in blockchain gaming by offering a decentralized, interoperable foundation.
Treasure provides the foundation for onchain games through:
- Developer tooling and frameworks → Treasure provides a unified tech stack for game developers, including the Treasure Development Kit, Magicswap, Treasure Desktop Launcher & more.
- Network for interconnected gaming → Treasure is powered by $MAGIC, and the Treasure chain is built on the ZKsync Elastic Network. It serves as a base layer connecting multiple networks and ecosystems through cross-chain capabilities.
- Interoperability through Hyperlane → Developers launching on Treasure have the flexibility to reach into other ecosystems through interop solutions powered by Hyperlane, while ensuring their games remain part of a unified, cross-chain gaming network. More on this below.
Hyperlane: The Permissionless Interoperability Layer for Blockchains
The next natural follow up is — how do you actually make it work? Most games face major roadblocks:
- Games and components live on different chains.
- Standards vary, making seamless interactions difficult.
- Security, speed, and UX challenges make cross-chain gameplay clunky.
Treasure’s vision of an interoperable gaming console requires a solution that is modular, open, and developer-friendly — and that’s exactly where Hyperlane comes in.
Hyperlane is a generalized cross-chain messaging protocol that allows Treasure to move not just assets, but data, logic, and governance functions across chains.
What makes this truly powerful is that Treasure was able to build on Hyperlane’s framework without needing direct support. They took the Hyperlane core contracts, extended them with their own logic, and shipped cross-chain functionality entirely on their own. This is the core strength of permissionless interoperability — developers don’t have to ask for approval, rely on centralized operators, or wait for custom integrations. They can just build.
Hyperlane x Treasure
Let’s get into some details, here’s what Hyperlane enables for Treasure:
1. Token Migration: Moving Game Economies Across Chains
Treasure leverages Hyperlane’s out-of-the-box contracts to handle a complex migration path: a token minted on Ethereum L1, bridged to Arbitrum, and then moved directly to Treasure Chain.
Normally, this would require custom infrastructure, but Hyperlane enables it without additional development work or approval process.
For gaming projects, this flexibility is critical — it ensures liquidity remains accessible across chains and allows developers to adjust incentives without being locked into a single network.
Check out the Hyperlane-powered Treasure bridge here.
2. NFT Adapter: Cross-Chain NFT Functionality
Treasure is one of the first teams to build on Hyperlane’s NFT interoperability framework. While cross-chain NFTs remain largely unexplored, Treasure extended Hyperlane’s SDK with custom logic and shipped a working solution — without needing direct support or any approval.
The NFT Adapter allows NFTs to retain attributes, metadata, and upgrades across chains, enabling multi-game utility.
One of the first integrations of this is The Beacon’s Writ of Passage, one of Arbitrum’s largest NFT collections by volume, which has started bridging over to Treasure Chain using Hyperlane. The integration allows Beacon NFTs to move seamlessly between Arbitrum One and Treasure.
The NFT Adapter supports both single and batch transfers, making it easier for collections to migrate efficiently. Instead of bridging NFTs one at a time, batch transfers allow multiple assets to move in a single transaction.
The Treasure team integrated Hyperlane’s SDK directly into their UI, extending its functionality to fit their needs — without requiring external tools or custom infrastructure.
With integrations like this, Treasure proves that Hyperlane’s open and modular framework empowers developers to ship cross-chain functionality themselves, even in under-explored areas like cross-chain NFTs.
3. ERC20 Votes Extension in a Warp Token: Cross-Chain Governance
Treasure leveraged Hyperlane Warp Route Extensions to bring cross-chain governance to the SMOL token — a feature that had never been built before. Instead of waiting for new tooling or approvals, Treasure extended Hyperlane’s framework themselves and made it work.
By integrating ERC20 Votes into their token contracts, Treasure enables DAOs and gaming treasuries to govern across chains. This means proposals, voting, and staking can happen across multiple networks, without requiring users to manually move assets.
This is exactly what permissionless interoperability enables — developers can extend, modify, and build the features they need, without waiting or relying on centralized infrastructure.
Check it out on the UseNexus Bridge.
The Next Era of Onchain Gaming Begins
Hyperlane x Treasure shows that permissionless interoperability isn’t just about bridging tokens — it’s about unlocking new functionality that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. By leveraging Hyperlane’s open and modular framework, Treasure has been able to move tokens across chains with minimal effort, extend NFT bridging with custom logic, and build cross-chain governance — all without needing direct support or approvals.
As developers experiment with new economic and gameplay models, the potential for interoperable onchain gaming is just beginning to unfold.
👉 To learn more or start building, head over to the Hyperlane docs!
More about Hyperlane
Hyperlane is the open interoperability framework. It empowers developers to connect anywhere onchain and build applications that can easily and securely communicate between multiple blockchains. Importantly, Hyperlane is fully open-source and always permissionless to build with.
