I just watched the live presentation of the new CCIP token manager, which is a permissionless way for anyone to launch a multi-chain token.
The full process took about 30 seconds:
1) Choose a token and ticker name
2) Choose a max supply
3) Literally just click through a list of CCIP-enabled chains , adding whichever ones you want (you can add more chains after launch just by clicking on them)
4) Click “launch”
This generates a cross chain token which can move between any of the selected networks, with no liquidity pools required and no slippage. It is a mind-boggling advancement in token issuer UX. You can also migrate existing tokens into this system.
Cross chain liquidity pool LPs are dead. Paid bridges are dead. Builders and users just won. This literally changes everything.