A new bridge connecting Base, the layer 2 incubated by Coinbase, and the Solana blockchain is now available on the mainnet, giving users and developers a way to move assets directly between the two ecosystems.
Secured by Chainlink and Coinbase’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), the Base-Solana bridge enables the trading and use of Solana-based tokens, including SOL and other SPL assets, in decentralized applications built on Base.
Early adopters include apps like Zora, Aerodrome, Virtuals, Flaunch and Relay.
For users, this means they can now deposit Solana tokens into Base-based decentralized applications that integrate the bridge and start trading or interacting with them without leaving the Base environment.
For developers, it opens up the possibility of supporting native Solana assets natively within their applications.
“By leveraging Chainlink CCIP as a cross-chain infrastructure that secures the Base-Solana bridge, Base enables developers to build the most secure cross-chain applications and advance the industry toward a trusted interoperability standard adopted by the world’s largest financial institutions,” said Johann Eid, Chief Commercial Officer at Chainlink Labs.
“This is how on-chain finance scales to securely support global markets and the hundreds of trillions of value they represent,” Eid added.
The bridge, which is open source and available on GitHub, allowing any team to integrate cross-chain support, marks a step toward a broader vision of interconnected blockchains and “always-on” capital markets. Solana is the first chain to be linked and more are expected to follow.
