What Is Fluent and the BLEND Token?

Most blockchains force developers to pick one programming language. Ethereum uses Solidity. Solana uses Rust. Other chains build on WebAssembly. If you want to deploy on multiple networks, you rewrite your code from scratch.

Fluent changes that. It is an Ethereum Layer 2 that runs EVM, WASM, and SVM smart contracts in the same environment, at the same time. Developers can bring existing code from almost any ecosystem and deploy it directly. Fluent calls this approach "blended execution."

BLEND is the native token of the Fluent network, listed on LBank on April 24, 2026.

The Problem Fluent Is Solving

Each blockchain virtual machine is an island. Code written for Ethereum cannot run on Solana. Code built for Cosmos cannot interact directly with Ethereum contracts. Cross-chain bridges try to connect these islands, but they add complexity, latency, and risk.

The deeper problem is developer fragmentation. Teams building real applications often want to combine the rich DeFi ecosystem of Ethereum with the performance characteristics of Rust-based VMs. Today, they cannot do that in one place without significant overhead.

Fluent was built to collapse this fragmentation. By running all three VMs inside a single rollup, it lets contracts written in Solidity, Rust, or any WASM-compatible language call each other directly, with no bridge required.

How Blended Execution Works

At the technical core of Fluent is a system called rWasm. This is a streamlined version of WebAssembly redesigned for ZK rollup proving. Every contract on Fluent, regardless of its original VM, gets compiled into rWasm before execution. Think of rWasm as a universal translator that turns Solidity bytecode, Rust binaries, and Solana programs into a single format the prover understands.

On top of rWasm sits the Journaled ZK Trie, or JZKT. This is Fluent's state storage layer. It records changes from all three VMs in one unified structure, which makes it possible to generate a single ZK proof per transaction even when that transaction touches contracts from different execution environments.

The result is atomic composability across execution environments. An EVM contract can call a WASM contract and a Solana program in the same transaction, and either all of them succeed or none of them do.

The Team and Funding Behind Fluent

Fluent was co-founded by Iaroslav Radetskyi, who previously worked in blockchain infrastructure. The project raised capital through three rounds before launching on mainnet:

• Seed round: $8 million to build core infrastructure
• Testnet incentive round: $2.2 million from the community
• Public sale: Tokens offered at $0.10 per BLEND

The team built in public with an active testnet before the mainnet launch. Multiple third-party audits were conducted on the ZK proving system and the smart contract execution layer.

What the BLEND Token Does

BLEND has a fixed total supply of 1 billion tokens. It does not serve as the gas token on the Fluent network. Gas fees are paid in ETH, consistent with Fluent's position as an Ethereum rollup.

BLEND serves two main purposes on the network:

• Prints layer staking: Users who hold and stake BLEND build reputation in the Fluent ecosystem, which affects access to network features and priority services.
• FluentBFT validator delegation: Fluent's upcoming consensus mechanism will allow BLEND holders to delegate to validators and participate in securing the network.

Because ETH handles gas, BLEND utility is focused on governance, staking, and future network participation rather than day-to-day transaction costs.

Apps Live on Fluent at Launch

Fluent launched with a set of live applications demonstrating blended execution in practice. These are production deployments, not proofs of concept:

• Vena: A DeFi protocol built to take advantage of cross-VM liquidity flows
• Yumi: An NFT marketplace that runs across multiple execution environments
• Pulse Predictor: A prediction market that uses Rust and Solidity contracts together in one transaction

The combination of EVM and WASM contracts operating atomically in these apps shows what blended execution enables beyond what single-VM chains can offer today.

How to Buy BLEND

BLEND is available on LBank, one of the major centralized exchanges. To get started, visit the BLEND price page on LBank to check the current price and trading pairs. You can also use the crypto calculator to convert BLEND into your local currency before buying.

Once you have your account set up, you can trade BLEND against USDT. Always check the current market price and your portfolio allocation before making any purchase.

Why Fluent Matters for Crypto

The multi-VM thesis has been discussed in the crypto community for years, but few projects have shipped a working implementation at mainnet scale. Fluent is one of the first to move from whitepaper to live network with a real ecosystem of apps running on it.

For developers, the value is practical: one chain can host an entire portfolio of contracts regardless of which language they were written in. A team with Rust expertise and a team with Solidity expertise can build on the same network and have their contracts communicate natively.

For users, blended execution means more sophisticated applications. The complexity stays in the protocol layer, not in fragmented user experiences across multiple chains. Fluent represents one of the more concrete attempts to make the multi-chain world feel like a single environment.