- ZetaChain has enlisted Google Cloud, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Digital, Coinbase and Alibaba Cloud as validators.
- The price of ZETA jumped sharply after the announcement before retracing amid profit-taking.
ZetaChain, a Layer 1 universal blockchain designed to enable interoperability across multiple networks, has welcomed several major industry players as validators.
In a statement, ZetaChain said the new validator roster includes Google Cloud, Deutsche Telekom via its subsidiary Telekom MMS and Japan’s telecom giant NTT Digital. Other participants named are crypto exchange Coinbase, Saudi Telecom’s subsidiary stc Bahrain and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group.
All of these providers have joined ZetaChain as validators and are expected to increase decentralization and enterprise confidence in the Layer 1 network as the Universal Blockchain grows.
“We are excited to share that several leading enterprises have recently joined our ecosystem as validators, bolstering support and growth of Universal Apps that seamlessly interoperate across many blockchains,” the ZetaChain team wrote in their blog post.
Validators to strengthen the ZetaChain network
ZetaChain’s Layer 1 platform connects native blockchain ecosystems such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Sui, enabling universal decentralized applications.
The project aims to deliver universal access to Web3 for billions of users worldwide. Developers and users can leverage the ecosystem for a unified experience in which interoperability eliminates the need for complex crypto bridges or wrapped assets.
Google Cloud, Deutsche Telekom, Coinbase and Alibaba Cloud will also contribute to ZetaChain’s infrastructure, scalability and decentralization. By becoming validators, these companies are positioned to help realize ZetaChain’s vision of a connected blockchain ecosystem.
Coinbase’s integration with ZetaChain includes support for Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 platform Base, along with potential involvement in Coinbase’s learning rewards initiatives.
The exchange will operate a native validator and enable staking of ZETA. Meanwhile, Google Cloud will leverage its robust infrastructure to help secure ZetaChain and is set to integrate ZetaChain’s testnet faucet to provide developers access to testnet tokens.
Google Cloud has previously partnered with other Web3 projects, and Deutsche Telekom, Alibaba Cloud, NTT Digital and stc Bahrain will similarly contribute infrastructure to support ZetaChain.
This validator network will make use of Telekom MMS’s enterprise-grade Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) and Alibaba Cloud’s Spark Web3 program, among other resources.
ZETA price
In addition to the validator announcements, ZetaChain has announced that The Open Network (TON) and Sui (SUI) testnets are now live on the Universal Blockchain.
This means developers can now deploy a single smart contract and access native TON and SUI features alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana.
The ZETA token rose sharply following the news, moving from a low of $0.21 to a peak of $0.40 on March 23, 2025. Profit-taking has since trimmed gains, and ZETA is currently trading near $0.32, down about 4% over the last 24 hours.