Stargate will end v2 support for Gravity, Camp, GOAT and Metis on October 23, 2026. The interoperability protocol says the move signals a shift toward more efficient blockchain operations. Users are being told to adapt quickly to avoid disruptions.
The announcement was published by Crypto Briefing. That's the entire public notice: four chains, one date, a short nudge to users.
Four chains, one Friday deadline
The clock runs out Friday. Anyone with liquidity, positions or routing dependencies tied to Gravity, Camp, GOAT or Metis through Stargate's v2 layer has until October 23 to figure out their next move.
Stargate hasn't detailed what exactly stops working on that date. It also hasn't said whether there's a migration path to v3 or another product for any of the four chains. The notice frames the decision as an efficiency play, which in practice usually means the protocol is consolidating resources around a smaller set of networks.
The four affected networks
Gravity, Camp, GOAT and Metis don't share an obvious profile. They sit across different parts of the crypto map, which makes the grouping look like a portfolio decision rather than a technical one. Whatever the reasoning, each team now faces the same problem: users who relied on Stargate v2 for cross-chain movement will need a replacement.
For Stargate, ending support is the easy part. For the chains, it's a subtraction. Losing a bridge route tends to show up in liquidity first.
What users should do before Friday
The guidance from the announcement is blunt: adapt swiftly to avoid disruptions. In practice that means checking any open positions, pending transactions or liquidity tied to the four chains through Stargate v2, and moving them before October 23.
There's no grace period mentioned. There's also no word on what happens to funds that aren't moved in time. That silence is the part users should pay attention to.
The efficiency argument
Stargate describes the change as part of a shift toward more efficient blockchain operations. That's the official framing. It doesn't explain why these four chains in particular got cut, or whether more will follow.
The protocol hasn't said what "more efficient" means in concrete terms here. Fewer chains means less overhead, but it also means less reach. For a bridge, that's a trade-off with real consequences.
The next concrete date is October 23. After that, the four chains drop off Stargate's v2 map, and anyone still using them through the protocol will find out exactly what "disruption" looks like.
