Router Protocol to Shut Down Operations and Burn 303M ROUTE Tokens

The decision follows two years of persistent financial strain. According to the team, dwindling revenue from bridging services and a lack of access to new capital made the project unsustainable. While developers spent the past year pursuing acquisition talks and commercial licensing deals, these efforts failed to secure the funding required to cover ongoing infrastructure costs. Market conditions have exacerbated these issues, as investor interest shifted heavily toward artificial intelligence, leaving liquidity in the interoperability sector increasingly scarce.

Following the announcement, the token’s value cratered, trading near $0.00006 as investors exited positions. Holders on centralized exchanges face varying deadlines, as each platform will set its own schedule for delisting and halting withdrawals. The team confirmed there will be no successor or community-led takeover for the existing protocol. Once services conclude, Router intends to release specific technical components as open-source software, aiming to preserve the engineering work developed since the project’s inception. No new incentive programs or product updates are planned during this wind-down phase.