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Finance

As Multichain Wobbles, Some Fantom-Based DeFi Projects Flee Bridged Tokens

The actions showcase how Multichain’s faltering infrastructure and AWOL CEO are sending shockwaves through Fantom, the blockchain most heavily dependent on Multichain’s bridges.

Bridge (Alex Azabache/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Bridging Protocol Multichain ‘Unable to Contact’ CEO Zhaojun

Multichain's team says it cannot maintain some cross-chain bridges without getting access permissions from its AWOL chief.

Puente. (Aleksandr Barsukov/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance, Other Crypto Players Shun Multichain as Bridging Rumors Swirl

With facts hard to come by, a coterie of crypto players are taking action.

Bridge (Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Broker Prime Protocol Introduces Bridgeless Cross-Chain Token Transfers

The protocol aims to eliminate the need for token bridges, wraps and swaps to make moving crypto tokens between blockchains safer.

Prime Protocol to eliminate need for cross-chain bridges (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Finance

Cata Labs Raises $4.2M to Develop 'Bridging' Software

The round was led by Spartan Group and included participation from Robot Ventures, Maven 11, Alchemy Ventures, HashKey Capital, Circle Ventures and Superscrypt.

(Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Privacy Bridge Aztec Connect Sunsets After Less Than a Year

The backing Aztec Network is open sourcing the bridge and moving on to next-generation products.

LocalBItcoins is sunsetting its exchange. (Johannes Plenio/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Startup LI.FI Spins Up Bridge, DEX Aggregator

The retail-facing platform uses a noncustodial setup, CEO Philipp Zentner said.

LI.FI CEO Philipp Zentner (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin-Bridged to Avalanche Reaches Record Daily Mint of Over 2K BTC

Half of the BTC.b minted on Thursday have been moved to BENQI Finance, an Avalanche-based decentralized finance protocol.

Interest in bridging BTC to Avalanche continues to swell. (Matthew Lancaster/Unsplash)

Tech

Cross-Chain Protocol Swing Says ‘No-Code’ Product to Speed Up App Deployment

Decentralized applications that straddle multiple blockchains are becoming more common, though the cross-chain “bridges” often used to move digital assets back and forth between the different networks are frequently targeted by hackers.

Despite declining Wednesday, BTC may be in a potential upswing. (Luke Chui/Unsplash)

Markets

Open-Source Protocol Ren Token Surges 18% Amid Rising Interest in Multichain Projects

In November, following the protocol's loss of funding from Alameda, Ren accelerated its shift from Ren 1.0 to a more efficient, secure version.

Crypto prices rallied on Friday (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

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