Bridges & Cross-Chain
Liquidity Bridge
A bridge that holds pooled inventory on both sides and swaps source-chain deposits for destination-chain assets.
By Protocol Signal Research · Research Desk
Liquidity bridges (Stargate, Hop, Synapse) hold pools of native or wrapped assets on each chain and net deposits against them for instant delivery. Strength: speed and native asset receipt. Weakness: liquidity fragmentation and pool-based slippage at size.