In today’s multi-chain Web3 ecosystem, moving assets between different blockchains is often a tedious and risky process. To transfer funds from Arbitrum to BNB Chain or Base, users must rely on cross-chain bridges. This requires signing multiple complex transactions, waiting for confirmations, and exposing assets to protocol hacks. Historically, over $2.5 billion in digital assets have been stolen from traditional lock-and-mint bridges. To solve this problem at its core, the next-generation decentralized exchange  X18ex  introduces  X18 Route —an intent-based cross-chain protocol using Chain Abstraction, allowing users to swap assets across chains without interacting with bridges directly. X18ex’s vision for a...