Cumberland Lab

Cumberland Lab is a Web3 and DeFi incubator based in Singapore, established in 2022, operating as an independent entity closely tied to DRW Holdings' trading desk Cumberland. Its core business focuses on nurturing early-stage projects while developing practical infrastructure tools. The flagship product, expand.network, is a low-code SaaS API that provides unified read/write connectivity across major public blockchains and DeFi protocols, supporting EVM chains (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism) and non-EVM chains (Solana, Tron, NEAR, Algorand), with planned support for Aptos, Sui, and others. The market pain point addressed is the inefficiency of manually connecting to each protocol individually—a problem Cumberland itself faced when exploring DeFi trading, as no equivalent of the centralized-exchange ccxt library existed for DeFi. Expand.network simplifies cross-protocol interactions for developers, though it differs from cross-chain messaging solutions by focusing on universal connectivity rather than token/message transfer. In the past six months (2026-03-12 to 2026-09-12), no reliable public information is available regarding specific developments; the project's public activity has been limited, and no major negative incidents have been reported within two years. Note: This entity is distinct from other projects sharing the "Cumberland" name.