Press Release
Sunrise Launches with MON on Solana from Day One
Sunrise, a brand under Wormhole Labs focused on creating Solana's canonical route for external assets, today announced its public launch: a unified gateway that lists new onchain assets from any ecosystem directly into Solana with day-one liquidity. The launch coincides with the arrival of MON, one of the most anticipated new tokens of the year, and provides users with the first frictionless path to access MON on Solana from the moment it goes live. At launch, MON will be available for users on both Sunrise and Orb, ensuring immediate access to the token across leading Solana venues.
The Missing Gateway into Solana's Markets
Every major ecosystem—Monad, Ethereum L2s, and institutional chains—is incubating new assets. Meanwhile, Solana remains a major hub where liquidity, speed, and user activity converge. According to Messari, Solana's DeFi TVL grew 32.7% QoQ to $11.5 billion, while average daily spot DEX volume rose to $4 billion in Q3 2025.
But despite this growth, bringing new assets into Solana still requires navigating an assortment of bridges, aggregators, and wallets. Even when users get assets over, liquidity is often fragmented or missing entirely on day one. There has never been a canonical gateway—a true front door—for new assets to arrive on Solana with instant liquidity and day-one access.
Sunrise solves that. Sunrise gives Solana a dedicated route for new onchain assets to enter the ecosystem with day-one liquidity so users can access these new assets without ever leaving the Solana ecosystem. Issuers and liquidity providers can bring their assets to Solana, seed markets, and enable day-one trading across the Solana DeFi stack. Sunrise launches alongside support from leading Solana venues such as Orb (from Helius), Jupiter, and other major DeFi protocols committed to listing assets brought into Solana through Sunrise.
Sunrise Launches With MON as Its First Major Test
MON marks the first large-scale moment of truth for this new gateway. Sunrise gives Solana users day-one access to the highly demanded MON token without needing to leave the Solana ecosystem. Sunrise enables users to:
- Move MON from Monad to Solana in a single flow.
- Convert USDC, USDT, or SOL into MON on Solana through integrated DEXS and aggregators.
Once brought to Solana through Sunrise, MON becomes immediately tradable, lendable, and borrowable across the Solana DeFi ecosystem.
A Foundation for All Onchain Assets, Crypto and Real-World
While MON is the first showcase, Sunrise is built for a much broader mandate. Asset issuers and liquidity providers will be able to use Sunrise to bring onto Solana newly launched tokens from other chains, tokenized commodities and stocks, and RWAs issued on institutional chains—all with liquidity for day-one trading.
Solana's Internet Capital Markets thesis focuses on enabling issuers, users, and institutions to trade and settle any asset on a unified, global ledger. Sunrise provides the missing piece: a reliable, standardized way for new assets to arrive on Solana with day-one liquidity and instant access across the full DeFi ecosystem.
How Sunrise Works
Sunrise provides a single interface for moving assets from their origin chain to Solana. Behind the scenes, Sunrise leverages Wormhole's infrastructure to ensure that assets arrive safely and are immediately usable across Solana's DEXs, wallets, and applications. Users don't need to understand bridging mechanics, liquidity pathways, or cross-chain design. They simply choose the asset and move it to Solana.
Sunrise is powered by the Wormhole Network.
“Solana's vision for internet capital markets means being the platform on which users can engage with any asset, including crypto assets that aren't originated on Solana. Products like Sunrise are a critical part of enabling this future by giving non-native new assets a seamless, high-liquidity path into the network from day one.” – Kuleen Nimkar, Growth Lead, Solana Foundation
“Sunrise gives any asset from any chain a liquid on-ramp to trade on Solana at TGE. With Wormhole's fast NTT infrastructure behind it, MON is only the start.” — Saeed Badreg, CEO of Wormhole Labs
Users can access Sunrise starting today at sunrise.xyz, with full support for MON on day one. Developers and liquidity providers can integrate Sunrise through its SDKs and APIs to offer seamless cross-chain asset inflows directly inside their applications.
About Sunrise
Sunrise is the day one asset gateway of Solana. Sunrise enables new onchain assets—crypto, stocks, commodities, and more—to list on Solana with liquidity on day one, giving users and builders immediate access to live, tradable markets. Sunrise is made by Wormhole Labs.
About Wormhole Labs
Wormhole Labs is a technology company that specializes in building products, tools, and reference implementations to expand the cross-chain ecosystem. They are committed to open-source development and laying down the paths for a connected decentralized world.
Contact
Email: contact@sunrise.xyz
Twitter / X: @sunrise