Synapse: Enhancing Cross-Chain Interoperability

November 24, 2022, 11:54AM EST • 8 min read Quick Take Synapse is a cross-chain interoperability protocol that enables composability across different chains. The Synapse bridge leverages the protocol ...

On the User Experience of Cross-Chain Bridges

November 15, 2022, 4:39PM EST • 7 min read Quick Take Interoperability protocols are becoming more relevant for the continued development of increasingly fragmented blockchain ecosystems. While most e...

Circle is bringing Euro Coin to Solana in first half of 2023

Payments firm Circle is bringing Euro Coin to the Solana blockchain and expanding its cross-chain protocol to Solana in the first half of 2023. Circle only launched Euro Coin as a European take ...

Layer by Layer Issue 47: Polkadot, Algorand, and Avalanche

September 29, 2022, 1:46PM EDT • 17 min read Quick Take In this weekly series, we dive into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 1 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and br...

Vitalik Buterin against cross-chain bridges

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin doesn’t like cross-chain bridges.  How do cross-chain bridges work? First- and second-generation blockchains are not able to communicate directly with each other, s...