Injective rolls out native EVM support on its high-performance Cosmos-based chain

Binance-incubated Injective launched its native EVM mainnet on Tuesday, bringing full Ethereum compatibility to the high-performance Cosmos chain.

"Injective's native EVM marks a massive leap for Injective’s blockchain architecture. For the first time, developers have access to a unified platform where native EVM and WASM innovations coexist seamlessly," the team wrote. "Users gain access to more dApps, more assets, and superior trading experiences all the while enjoying Injective’s lightning fast finality with minimal gas fees."

Tuesday marks a crucial step in Injective's "MultiVM" roadmap, which aims to create a unified, multi-virtual machine environment on the Layer 1 blockchain to enable seamless development and execution across multiple smart contract platforms.

The ultimate goal is to enable developers to deploy applications in their preferred VM — including WebAssembly, EVM, and the Solana Virtual Machine — without code changes, while sharing liquidity, assets, state, and modules across the ecosystem.

Injective began testing its inEVM Layer 2 as early as 2023 and announced it would roll in native EVM support on its Cosmos-based Layer 1 earlier this year. Solana VM support is "on the roadmap," according to Tuesday’s announcement.

Supporting Injective's shared WebAssembly and EVM execution environment is the MultiVM Token Standard, which provides a "consistent representation" of value across its dApp ecosystem.

"No more manual bridging between user environments. No more duplicate token versions causing confusion. Just seamless, atomic transactions where complex operations either fully execute or completely revert, ensuring user funds and data integrity remain protected," the team writes.

According to Injective, the Layer 1 blockchain delivers 0.64-second block times and transaction fees as low as $0.00008.