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Blast Announces Shutdown and an Ethereum Withdrawal Path

Blast told users to move assets to Ethereum, outlined a temporary Lido pause and set October 26 as the ordinary-interface cutoff.

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Blast announced on October 2 that it would shut down because the continuing cost of operating the chain exceeded its revenue, and told users to move assets to Ethereum mainnet. It asked users with Lido assets to withdraw those first. Withdrawals would then be unavailable for about one week while those assets were unwound, before resuming with the delay reduced to 24 hours.

Blast said its ordinary interface would remain available through October 26. After that, users would still be able to withdraw by interacting directly with the Ethereum L1 bridge contracts, with further instructions promised. The official bridge page separately described a standard seven-day withdrawal and listed stETH, but did not yet display the shutdown notice. These are transition announcements, not evidence that the migration is complete or that all users have withdrawn.

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