diff --git a/blockapi/test/v2/api/debank/test_debank.py b/blockapi/test/v2/api/debank/test_debank.py
index 781900c..763c0d7 100644
--- a/blockapi/test/v2/api/debank/test_debank.py
+++ b/blockapi/test/v2/api/debank/test_debank.py
@@ -232,6 +232,28 @@ def test_debank_parse_chains(
     assert parsed_items[0] == debank_chain_eth
 
 
+def test_debank_parse_unknown_chain(debank_api, requests_mock):
+    requests_mock.get(
+        "https://pro-openapi.debank.com/v1/chain/list",
+        json=[
+            {
+                "id": "new-chain",
+                "community_id": 1234,
+                "name": "New Chain",
+                "native_token_id": "new-chain",
+                "logo_url": "https://example.com/new-chain.png",
+                "wrapped_token_id": "new-chain",
+                "is_support_pre_exec": False,
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+
+    chain = debank_api.get_chains()[0]
+
+    assert chain.chain == "new-chain"
+    assert chain.name == "New Chain"
+
+
 def test_get_balance_fetches_protocols(
     debank_api,
     yflink_protocol_response_raw,
diff --git a/blockapi/v2/api/debank.py b/blockapi/v2/api/debank.py
index ced2508..abf8a60 100644
--- a/blockapi/v2/api/debank.py
+++ b/blockapi/v2/api/debank.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class DebankModelChain(BaseModel):
 
 
 class DebankChain(BaseModel):
-    chain: Blockchain
+    chain: Union[Blockchain, str]
     community_id: int
     name: str
     logo_url: str
@@ -204,13 +204,8 @@ def parse(self, response: List) -> list[DebankChain]:
         return list(sorted(chains, key=lambda x: x.name))
 
     @staticmethod
-    def parse_item(item: DebankModelChain) -> Optional[DebankChain]:
-        blockchain = get_blockchain_from_debank_chain(item.id)
-        if not blockchain:
-            logger.warning(
-                f'No blockchain found for debank chain {item.id} ({item.name}, {item.community_id}). Skipping.'
-            )
-            return None
+    def parse_item(item: DebankModelChain) -> DebankChain:
+        blockchain = get_blockchain_from_debank_chain(item.id) or item.id
 
         return DebankChain(
             chain=blockchain,