Ngozi Chukwu

Cross-chain is cracking under its own weight. Cross-chain is the plumbing of crypto. It moves value, liquidity, and messages between networks. But instead of being reliable infrastructure, it has become the system’s biggest weakness. Bridges are fragile. They have been at the center of the largest hacks in crypto history, with $2.8 billion lost in the last two years alone, leaving confidence badly shaken. The way most bridges work today is fragile by design. Users deposit funds into an intermediary.