A new bridge connecting the Layer 2 Base and Solana blockchains developed by Coinbase is now live on mainnet, allowing users and developers to move assets directly between the two ecosystems.
The Base-Solana bridge, secured by Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Coinbase, enables the trading and use of Solana-based tokens, including SOL and other SPL assets, on decentralized applications built on Base.
Early adopters include apps like Zora, Aerodrome, Virtuals, Flaunch, and Relay.
For users, this means they can deposit Solana tokens into Base-based decentralized applications that integrate the bridge and begin trading and interacting without leaving the Base environment.
For developers, it enables native support for native Solana assets within their applications.
“By leveraging Chainlink CCIP as the cross-chain infrastructure securing the Base-Solana Bridge, Base enables developers to build the most secure cross-chain applications and move the industry toward trusted interoperability standards adopted by the world’s largest financial institutions,” said Johann Eid, Chief Business Officer at Chainlink Labs.
“This is how on-chain finance will scale to securely support the global market and the hundreds of trillions of value it represents,” Eid added.
The bridge is open source and publicly available on GitHub, allowing any team to integrate cross-chain support, and represents a step toward a broader vision of interconnected blockchains and “always-on” capital markets. Solana is the first chain to be linked, and more chains are expected to follow.
