Ripple’s Schwartz Flags DeFi Bridge Trade-Offs After KelpDAO Incident

In recent developments, security trade-offs in cross-chain infrastructure are drawing sharper scrutiny as operational shortcuts threaten to undercut protections built into bridge designs. Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz’s latest remarks…

Polkadot-Ethereum Bridge Hack Losses Were 10x Worse Than Reported, Team Admits

In recent developments, polkadot bridge protocol Hyperbridge said losses from this week’s hack were 10x worse than originally reported, tallying about $2.5 million. Looking closer, market participants highlight key drivers…

Circle Launches USDC Bridge for Native Cross-Chain Transfers Across EVM Networks

In recent developments, circle launched the USDC Bridge this week, giving users a direct, Circle-operated interface to move native USDC across supported blockchains without wrapped tokens, liquidity pools, or manual…

Aethir halts bridge exploit, promises compensation after $90K loss

In recent developments, aethir said it halted a bridge exploit on its Ethereum-linked contracts, limiting losses to under $90,000 after PeckShield estimated $400,000 in damages. Looking closer, market participants highlight…

Ethereum aims to cut bridge times by 98% to 13 seconds with new rule

In recent developments, ethereum’s FCR aims to reduce bridge times by up to 98%, bringing L1-to-L2 and exchange deposits down to 13 seconds without a hard fork. Looking closer, market…

XRP is flooding Ethereum and Solana, but this invisible layer exposes your wa…

In recent developments, hex Trust launched wrapped XRP across Ethereum, Solana, Optimism, and HyperEVM on Dec. 12 with $100 million in initial liquidity, positioning the token as a trading pair…

Threshold: Upgraded bridge to funnel $500B institutional BTC into DeFi

In recent developments, threshold has introduced upgrades to its tBTC bridge, which it claims will better position the $500 billion worth of Bitcoin held by institutions and whales to access…