Allbridge to become the first token bridge for the Stacks token

cointelegraph.com:

Multi-chain token bridge Allbridge will become the first to offer Stacks (STX) transfers as part of a partnership with Bitcoin software developer Daemon Technologies.

STX is the native token for the Stacks Layer-1 blockchain which settles transactions on the Bitcoin (BTC) network. It currently has a market cap of $1.7 billion. Allbridge currently serves 12 blockchains including Ethereum, various Ethereum-compatible sidechains, Solana, Terra, and others.

A token bridge allows crypto from one blockchain to be transferred to another one. The new bridge will allow transfers between Stacks and all chains served by Allbridge.

The Stacks Bridge will go live in Q2 2022. It will initially only support transfers of STX, but is planned to support transfers of other Stacks protocol SIP010 tokens such as ALEX and the USDA stablecoin. There are also plans to enable NFT transfers between chains.

In a Feb. 10 announcement, Allbridge co-founder Andriy Velykyv expressed how the partnership will help serve the crypto community’s need for access to the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Daemon Technologies is providing a $140,000 grant to Allbridge to help facilitate growth of the bridge. Daemon Technologies founder Xan Ditkoff told Cointelegraph that partnering with Allbridge to create the Stacks Bridge will “allow users to come and use the assets within the network for whatever the use case is.”

Ditkoff illustrated what he sees as the beneficial interplay between Stacks’ utilization of the Bitcoin network’s security for transaction settlement and separate blockchains for higher throughput. He said: “It’s good for people who want to transact on faster networks, then bring their assets onto Bitcoin for security.”

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