Performances
RD Popularity Index
RD Growth Index
| 1h | 24h | 7d | 30d | 60d | 90d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.18% | 9.79% | 10.42% | 15.82% | 22.13% | 13.76% |
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Unlock Event
| Date | Unlocked Token Amount | Unlocked M.Cap | M.Cap (%) | Allocation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2026 | 23.3M ERA | $1.63M | 15.69% | 5 Allocation |
| Dec 17, 2026 | 23.3M ERA | $1.63M | 15.69% | 5 Allocation |
| Jan 17, 2027 | 23.3M ERA | $1.63M | 15.69% | 5 Allocation |
Top Holders
| Address | Token | Quantity | Percentage | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0xb92d...f983 |   ERA | 264,565,515.5 | 26.46% | $18.57M |
| 0xf214...99cd | ERA | 250,400,000.12 | 25.04% | $17.57M |
| 0x0306...6551 | ERA | 206,199,607.2 | 20.62% | $14.47M |
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About Caldera
Caldera is a Rollup-as-a-Service platform that enables projects to launch customizable, application-specific Layer 2 blockchains with one-click deployment. It supports multiple frameworks including Arbitrum Orbit, OP Stack, and ZK Stack, allowing teams to focus on their applications rather than infrastructure.
Its core competitiveness lies in the "Metalayer," a unified interoperability network connecting all Caldera chains. The Metalayer provides native cross-chain messaging, shared liquidity, and token deployment tools, solving the fragmentation problem common in the rollup ecosystem.
Caldera addresses key market pain points: high barriers to launching a dedicated chain, liquidity fragmentation across L2s, and poor cross-chain user experience. By offering managed infrastructure, automatic upgrades, and ecosystem tools, it lets projects deploy production-grade rollups in days instead of months.
In the past six months (2026-02-28 to 2026-08-29), Caldera launched the Metalayer Token Launcher, enabling one-click ERC-20 token deployment across all connected chains with near-instant bridging. It also introduced intent-based bridging for smoother cross-chain transactions and expanded account abstraction support. Several major projects, including Intuition Network, went live on Caldera-powered chains during this period, demonstrating growing ecosystem adoption.
Caldera, a customizable Rollup-as-a-Service platform, has evolved through several pivotal milestones. Its journey began with a $9M seed round led by Sequoia Capital and Dragonfly in February 2023, followed by a $15M Series A led by Founders Fund in July 2024, establishing a strong financial foundation. A key technical milestone was the acquisition of Hook in early 2025, integrating advanced cross-chain messaging capabilities to strengthen its Metalayer interoperability vision. The project entered its token era with the ERA token launch on Binance Alpha in July 2025, followed by the HODLer airdrop program allocating 2% of the 1 billion total supply. Subsequent listings on major exchanges including Bithumb, Upbit, and Coinbase significantly expanded market accessibility and liquidity. The airdrop claim opening marked full community distribution, transitioning Caldera from development to a community-governed ecosystem. These milestones collectively transformed Caldera from an infrastructure provider into a comprehensive rollup ecosystem, with its Metalayer technology positioning it as a critical bridge for cross-chain interoperability.
Co-founders and core executives:
Matt Katz (Co-founder & CEO): Previously a software engineer at Warp and other companies. He studied computer science at Stanford University. He leads Caldera's overall vision and strategy.
Parker Jou (Co-founder & CTO): Previously worked on machine learning research at Waymo, and as a software engineer at NVIDIA and Samsung Electronics. He also studied computer science at Stanford University. He oversees technical development and product architecture.