Centralized Off-Chain As sad as it may sound, the first generation of cross-chain liquidity solutions...cross-chain....The security models of bridges vary greatly depending on who and how the cross-chain communication happens...

, SLAMMs can theoretically optimize liquidity across isolated, cross-chain pools. ...messaging availability between hub and each satellite Cross-chain asset bridging between satellites...Cross-Chain Token Bridging A common challenge in a cross-chain environment, particularly in Cosmos, is...

Global cross-border payments are measured in the hundreds of trillions annually....Source: Global Cross-Border Payments: A $1 Quadrillion Evolving Market?...this report, we’ll take a comprehensive look at Keeta, a hyper scalable blockchain that focuses on bridging...asset) to facilitate cross-border transfers.

This would enable many cross-chain applications to make use of the same zkBridge implementation....To build safe cross-chain dApps, it’s vital for ZK-bridges to have reliable relaying....Cross-chain MEV is likely to represent the lion’s share for the foreseeable future....but not cross-chain” post.

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Arbitrum’s bridge contract had a mere $22M locked in it on Sep. 1, which meant the bridge represented...just 0.047% of total TVL in Ethereum bridges....Correction: The above chart excluded Polygon’s ETH and Plasma bridges, as well as Optimism’s ETH bridge...Arbitrum’s true bridge TVL was 23.45% — still an impressive increase.

Today, we examine the amount of stETH currently on bridges and our Research team dives into DYAD, a new...📊 stETH on Ethereum Bridges Skyrockets Lido Finance deployed on Aribtrum and Optimism on Oct. 7...Since then, the amount of stETH held in Ethereum bridges has surged by over 700%....A driving force behind the increased bridge and staking activity is LDO rewards.

While patiently awaiting the results of this historic event, we wanted to put some BTC on-chain metrics...

On-Chain Gaming On-chain games are not simply defined by the extent to which they leverage blockchain...was open source and stored on-chain....essential if you wanted to perform well, and players needed to jump through more crypto hoops (CEX → swap → bridge...Cometh also showcased a proof-of-concept for trustless bridging/L1->L2 proofs using the OP stack and...

chain communication platform, as well as their new cross chain liquidity application Stargate We’ll...The way that I think of a lot of these like bridge crossing solutions are that they’re performing some...You, whoever that is building this cross chain DEX, they can now execute this swap bridge, swap over...

Certus One has released Wormhole, a bidirectional bridge ERC-20 and SPL Token bridge between Ethereum...chain....tokens to Solana whereas Thorchain’s is to create an actually trustless, blackhole liquidity pool for cross...Assets are pooled on chain, not held by a custodian or signer.

...liquidity sources Gas-free swapping Protection against MEV No cost for failed transactions Gas-free cross-chain...The only volume passing through on-chain LPs will be the ‘exhaust’ that was passed on by the off-chain...against toxic flow More users, bigger pie: – If Uniswap is successful in improving trade execution and bridging...

On-Chain Positioning Suggests Continuation After a period of consolidation at a key support level, BTC...The first, which applies to both ETH and BTC, is that this metric only focuses on on-chain data, while...So this data, while representing on-chain positioning, doesn’t account for the billions of dollars of...

As a newer chain, Avalanche is bound to have a steeper growth curve, but that doesn’t diminish the tremendous...Market confidence has resulted in the price of L1 chains lingering around all-time highs as we head towards...

...report we dive into two innovative solutions, Hop and Connext, that aim to facilitate the growth of cross-chain...As a mental model for Connext, think of it as a cross-chain clearinghouse that sits on top of any of...available for cross-chain swap requests on-demand....Meet the bridge builders seeking to keep liquidity liquid.

Table of Contents The Rise of Zeta Problems With On-Chain Options and Zeta’s Answer The Secret Sauce...Problems with On-Chain Options and Zeta’s Answer A few option DEXs have been built out in recent years...Most on-chain options platforms disregard this need....You can think of this as a form of cross-margin, which ultimately enables capital efficient trading.

Bridging From Mainnet to Ronin and Avalanche As scaling solutions come, we see high bridging activity...as funds move away from the expensive Ethereum chain and continue staying there....Ronin recently released Katana, a DEX in Ronin, that reduces the need for scholars/managers to bridge...

Today, we take a look at new addresses on the BNB Chain while our Research team offers an update on the...📊 BNB Chain Maintains Lead on New Addresses Over the last twelve weeks, BNB Chain has gained 17.4M...During the week of Oct. 3, Polygon temporarily surpassed BNB Chain, recording 932K new addresses compared...to BNB Chain’s 839K.

; Validator Rewards [Excerpt from our Mar. 22 Yield Insights] Synapse Farm Synapse is a universal cross-chain...liquidity network that connects blockchains by offering an extensible cross-chain communication protocol...Synapse, blockchains can easily and securely interoperate with each other and developers can build truly cross-chain...