Zerohash AUTH: Crypto Transfers Without Wallet Addresses

Anyone who has moved crypto between an exchange and a wallet knows the ritual: copy a long string of letters and numbers, triple-check it, pick the right network, maybe send a tiny test transaction first. Zerohash wants to retire that ritual. On October 19, 2026, at Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, the onchain infrastructure provider launched AUTH by zerohash, an account-linking product that lets people move crypto, stablecoins and tokenized securities between platforms by logging in and approving the transfer instead of pasting an address.

• Launch: October 19, 2026 at Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas
• Reach: 600+ connections across custodial and self-custody accounts, representing roughly 250 million users in 190+ countries, according to zerohash
• Named connections: Robinhood, Gemini, Coinbase (Exchange and Wallet), MetaMask and Phantom, among others
• Assets: crypto, stablecoins and tokenized stocks

How Does Zerohash AUTH Work?

AUTH restructures onchain transfers around accounts rather than raw wallet addresses. Once a user links a custodial or self-custody account, AUTH handles authentication and settlement automatically. Zerohash describes a four-step flow:

• Select a connection: choose the exchange, brokerage or wallet account to link
• Authenticate: log in with that account's credentials and multi-factor authentication
• Transfer: assets move directly onchain
• Settle: the onchain transfer completes in near-instant fashion

No step asks the user to choose a blockchain. For businesses integrating AUTH, zerohash says partners can configure which transfer types, assets and accounts are enabled to match their own risk appetite. CoinDesk reports that zerohash's developer documentation lists support for 639 wallets plus four exchange or brokerage accounts.

Why Wallet Addresses Hold Crypto Back

Address-based transfers are powerful but unforgiving: one wrong character or the wrong network can send funds somewhere unrecoverable. That friction is one of the biggest barriers keeping mainstream users away from onchain finance. Zerohash's pitch is to replace raw addresses with authenticated, user-permissioned accounts, much like open banking made it routine to link a bank to a budgeting app.

Partners quoted in the announcement echoed that point. Rainbow CEO Alex LaPrade noted that sending funds from an exchange to a self-custody wallet has historically required double and triple checking the address and often a test transaction. Crypto.com, Exodus, Bullish, Public, tastytrade, Backpack and Airtm also shared support for the launch.

Who Is Leading AUTH?

Zerohash named Ryan Beaudry as general manager of AUTH. He was most recently Executive Vice President of Global Product and Operations for Open Finance at Mastercard, where zerohash says he scaled open finance across nearly 100 million connected accounts. "Onchain rails scale when users stop thinking about the underlying technology," Beaudry said in the announcement.

What AUTH Means for Stablecoins and Tokenized Stocks

The timing fits the broader shift of onchain assets into everyday finance. Stablecoin payouts and tokenized stocks only feel mainstream when moving them between apps is as easy as a bank transfer, and AUTH aims to be that connective layer. It extends zerohash's push into regulated finance, following its staking-as-a-service product for brokerages and its work with Marqeta to bring stablecoins to card payments. For more on blockchain infrastructure, browse our crypto coverage.

Sources: zerohash — zerohash Launches AUTH to Simplify Onchain Movements — October 19, 2026; CoinDesk — Zerohash rolls out a new tool to move crypto without copying wallet addresses — October 19, 2026.