Zapper Shuts Down After Seven Years, Users Have Until August 3 to Migrate

Zapper, the portfolio tracker and DeFi dashboard, is shutting down. CEO Seb Audet announced the decision Wednesday on X, saying the project would begin an orderly liquidation after failing to find a buyer or alternative to keep operating.

The closure covers zapper.xyz and its mobile applications. The API services that many wallets and aggregators relied on will also stop. All access ends on August 3, 2026.

Zapper was founded in 2019. At its peak it served 2 million monthly active users and processed more than $13 billion in cumulative transactions. Audet said the team evaluated various strategic alternatives. None provided a path to continue.

The shutdown follows the closure of other established projects in recent months. Nifty Gateway and Botanix both ended operations, citing market conditions and a lack of traction. The common thread, according to the companies, is a difficult funding environment and low user willingness to pay for data tools.

Users have until August to export their data. The platform's guidance recommends recording open yield positions and moving DEX aggregation workflows to alternative tools. Several competing dashboards offer similar multi-chain views. None replicates Zapper's exact feature set. For yield farmers who tracked positions across multiple chains, the transition means manually setting up new tracking spreadsheets or switching to a self-hosted solution.

Migrating data from Zapper requires manual effort. The platform does not offer a bulk export tool. Users must copy transaction histories and yield positions from each chain's dashboard. For those with activity across Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base, the process can take hours. The company has not published a detailed migration guide. The only instructions on the website are to record open positions and find alternative tools.

The API shutdown affects not just individual users but also projects that integrated Zapper's data. Wallets and aggregators that used Zapper's API to display portfolio balances will need to find alternative data providers before August. The short timeline may cause temporary gaps in service for some applications. The company has not said whether it will open-source any code or offer a data export format before the shutdown.

Zapper was a critical infrastructure tool for on-chain management, according to the company's own description. Its closure removes a widely used interface from the DeFi ecosystem. The loss of its API may slow development for projects that relied on its data. Some wallets and aggregators will need to rebuild their portfolio views from scratch.

Audet did not hint at any future involvement in crypto. His post thanked the community and the team. The liquidation process will be managed by the company's board. No further operational updates are expected before the August cut-off.

The August 3 deadline gives users less than four months to migrate. Those who rely on Zapper for daily portfolio tracking should start the process now. The shutdown shows that even widely used crypto tools can disappear quickly. Users should plan for data portability when relying on third-party infrastructure.