What Is Mayan in Gem Wallet?
What Is Mayan?â
Mayan is a cross-chain swap protocol. Solvers compete to fill your order on the destination network, which makes Mayan fast for stablecoins and major coins.
When you swap, Gem Wallet asks all supported swap providers for a quote at once and picks the best one. Mayan is used when it gives the best quote for your pair, or when you choose it yourself under Providers on the swap screen. To see which provider a swap uses, open Details on the swap screen. See How to Select a Swap Provider in Gem Wallet.
Supported Networksâ
Gem Wallet uses Mayan for cross-chain swaps between: Ethereum, Solana, Sui, BNB Chain, Base, Polygon, Avalanche C-Chain, Arbitrum, Optimism, Linea, Unichain, Monad, HyperEVM, and HyperCore.
Assets: Major coins and stablecoins such as USDC on supported networks.
A pair only appears when the provider returns a live quote for it. Liquidity, amount limits, and route availability can change at any time.
Mayan Routesâ
Mayan uses different routes depending on the pair and amount. Gem Wallet picks the route in the quote.
| Route | How it delivers | Typical time |
|---|---|---|
| Swift | Solvers compete to fill your order on the destination network with their own funds | Seconds to a few minutes |
| MCTP / Fast MCTP | Moves USDC with Circle's CCTP, then swaps on the destination network if needed | Fast MCTP in seconds to minutes; standard MCTP can take longer. Swaps from Solana and Sui use Fast MCTP when available |
Gem Wallet only tracks Mayan swaps started in Gem Wallet. Mayan swaps made in another app with the same address may appear as a plain contract call.
Refundsâ
If no solver fills your order before its deadline, Mayan refunds it to your address on the source network. The refund may arrive as the route's main asset, usually USDC or ETH, instead of the token you swapped, and a refund relayer fee is deducted.
Track a Mayan Swapâ
- Open the swap in Activity.
- The status shows Pending while Mayan completes the swap, then Completed, Refunded, or Failed.
- Open the transaction details and use the Mayan Explorer link to follow the swap on explorer.mayan.finance.
For what each status means and how long to wait, see What Do Cross-Chain Swap Statuses Mean?. If the swap was refunded, see What Does a Refunded Cross-Chain Swap Mean?.
Need Help With a Swap?â
Contact Gem Wallet support from Settings > Support in the app, and include the transaction ID of your swap. Before you share anything, read What Information Is Safe to Give Wallet Support?.
Gem Wallet support will never send you a direct message first, ask for your Secret Phrase or private key, or ask you to send funds to "fix" a swap. Anyone who does is a scammer.