diff --git a/src/utils/AddressUtils.ts b/src/utils/AddressUtils.ts
index 1808499c7..4c0aa7f67 100644
--- a/src/utils/AddressUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/AddressUtils.ts
@@ -223,8 +223,20 @@ export class EvmAddress extends Address {
   }
 
   // Constructs a new EvmAddress type.
-  static from(hexString: string): EvmAddress {
-    return new this(utils.arrayify(hexString));
+  static from(address: string, encoding: "base16" | "base58" = "base16"): EvmAddress {
+    if (encoding === "base16") {
+      return new this(utils.arrayify(address));
+    }
+
+    const decodedAddress = bs58.decode(address);
+    const padding = decodedAddress.subarray(0, 12);
+    const evmAddress = decodedAddress.subarray(12);
+
+    if (padding.length !== 12 || utils.stripZeros(padding).length !== 0 || evmAddress.length !== 20) {
+      throw new Error(`Not a valid base58-encoded EVM address: ${address}`);
+    }
+
+    return new this(evmAddress);
   }
 }
 
@@ -242,7 +254,16 @@ export class SvmAddress extends Address {
   }
 
   // Constructs a new SvmAddress type.
-  static from(bs58Address: string): SvmAddress {
-    return new this(bs58.decode(bs58Address));
+  static from(address: string, encoding: "base58" | "base16" = "base58"): SvmAddress {
+    if (encoding === "base58") {
+      return new this(bs58.decode(address));
+    }
+
+    const decodedAddress = utils.arrayify(address);
+    if (decodedAddress.length !== 32) {
+      throw new Error(`Not a valid base16-encoded SVM address: ${address}`);
+    }
+
+    return new this(decodedAddress);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/AddressUtils.ts b/test/AddressUtils.ts
index b27d63ca7..f4ec29cc6 100644
--- a/test/AddressUtils.ts
+++ b/test/AddressUtils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { EvmAddress, Address, SvmAddress, toAddressType } from "../src/utils";
-import bs58 from "bs58";
+import { bs58, EvmAddress, Address, SvmAddress, toAddressType } from "../src/utils";
 import { CHAIN_IDs } from "../src/constants";
 import { expect, ethers } from "./utils";
 
@@ -21,13 +20,56 @@ describe("Address Utils: Address Type", function () {
       expect(ethers.utils.isHexString(svmToken.toAddress())).to.be.false;
     });
     it("Coerces addresses to their proper type when possible", function () {
-      const validEvmAddress = randomBytes(20);
-      const invalidEvmAddress = randomBytes(32);
-      const evmAddress = toAddressType(validEvmAddress, CHAIN_IDs.MAINNET);
-      const invalidEvmAddress = toAddressType(invalidEvmAddress, CHAIN_IDs.MAINNET);
+      const evmAddress = toAddressType(randomBytes(20), CHAIN_IDs.MAINNET);
       expect(EvmAddress.isAddress(evmAddress)).to.be.true;
+
+      const invalidEvmAddress = toAddressType(randomBytes(32), CHAIN_IDs.MAINNET);
       expect(EvmAddress.isAddress(invalidEvmAddress)).to.be.false;
       expect(Address.isAddress(invalidEvmAddress)).to.be.true;
     });
+    it("Handles base58-encoded EVM addresses", function () {
+      const rawAddress = ethers.utils.arrayify(randomBytes(20));
+
+      // Valid padding length
+      let padding = new Uint8Array(12);
+      let b58Address = bs58.encode([...padding, ...rawAddress]).toString();
+      const address = EvmAddress.from(b58Address, "base58");
+      expect(address.toAddress()).to.equal(ethers.utils.getAddress(ethers.utils.hexlify(rawAddress)));
+
+      // Wrong encoding
+      expect(() => EvmAddress.from(b58Address, "base16")).to.throw(Error, /invalid arrayify value/);
+
+      // Invalid EVM address length
+      [19, 21].forEach((len) => {
+        b58Address = bs58.encode([...padding, ...ethers.utils.arrayify(randomBytes(len))]).toString();
+        expect(() => EvmAddress.from(b58Address, "base58")).to.throw(Error, /Not a valid base58-encoded EVM address/);
+      });
+
+      // Invalid padding length.
+      [11, 13].forEach((len) => {
+        padding = new Uint8Array(len);
+        b58Address = bs58.encode([...padding, ...rawAddress]).toString();
+        expect(() => EvmAddress.from(b58Address, "base58")).to.throw(Error, /Not a valid base58-encoded EVM address/);
+      });
+    });
+    it("Handles base16-encoded SVM addresses", function () {
+      const rawAddress = randomBytes(32);
+      const expectedAddress = bs58.encode(ethers.utils.arrayify(rawAddress));
+
+      // Valid address
+      const address = SvmAddress.from(rawAddress, "base16");
+      expect(address.toAddress()).to.equal(expectedAddress);
+
+      // Wrong encoding
+      expect(() => SvmAddress.from(rawAddress, "base58")).to.throw(Error, /Non-base58 character/);
+
+      // Invalid SVM address length
+      [31, 33].forEach((len) => {
+        expect(() => SvmAddress.from(randomBytes(len), "base16")).to.throw(
+          Error,
+          /Not a valid base16-encoded SVM address/
+        );
+      });
+    });
   });
 });