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Cross chain bridges: 28 on NAUT, 19 with a token

By NAUT Research · · 6 min read

28 Cross chain bridges bridge projects on NAUT, read 12 November 2026: 19 with a token, 25 with a round. Logos: Wormhole, LayerZero, Axelar, Polyhedra, Portal to Bitcoin, Celer Network, Stargate Finance, ChainPort, Hyperlane, deBridge, Across Protocol, Owlto Finance.

NAUT tracks 28 cross chain bridges whose own description says they move tokens, data or value between blockchains, read on 12 November 2026. 19 of them carry a launched token on NAUT's record, 25 have at least 1 funding round, and each name below links to its NAUT page with the team and rounds.

How this list was built: on 12 November 2026, NAUT read the description of every non-archived project company that matched bridge or cross-chain terms. A first pass kept 38 rows after dropping name-only matches, aggregators, chains and rows with an empty description. This article then dropped 10 more: 9 on their own description, 3 aggregators or routers (Swing, XY Finance, Bungee Exchange), 2 swap venues (Chainflip, AdaSwap), 2 whose description names no bridge (Symbiosis Finance, Everclear), 1 chain platform (Cellframe) and 1 synthetic-asset protocol that says it makes bridges obsolete (Synthr), plus RelayChain, whose NAUT page carries only a bridge tag, no description and no ticker. Token, round and team counts are NAUT's data on 12 November 2026. 11 of the 28 were also checked against an outside page; 6 of those checks are cited below.

Which cross chain bridges have a token?

19 of the 28 cross chain bridges have a launched token on NAUT's record. The table is ranked by the number of rounds NAUT lists, and the type comes from each project's own description.

Bridge Token Type and NAUT record
ZRO messaging layer; 9 rounds, latest 17 Apr 2025, 11 people
PORTX token bridge; 9 rounds, latest 19 Sep 2022, 4 people
ZKJ messaging layer; 7 rounds, latest 19 Mar 2024, 10 people
AXL messaging layer; 5 rounds, latest 26 Sep 2022, 12 people
DBR token bridge; 5 rounds, latest 15 Oct 2024, 6 people
ROUTE token bridge; 4 rounds, latest 10 Dec 2021, 5 people
OBT rollup bridge; 4 rounds, latest 18 Jan 2025, 5 people
CELR messaging layer; 3 rounds, latest 19 Mar 2019, 5 people
HYPER messaging layer; 3 rounds, latest 22 Apr 2025, 5 people
REN token bridge; 3 rounds, latest 12 Feb 2018, 2 people
KFT token bridge; 3 rounds, latest 2 Sep 2021, 0 people
W messaging layer; 2 rounds, latest 29 Nov 2023, 11 people
PTB bitcoin bridge; 2 rounds, latest 30 Jan 2024, 4 people
HOP rollup bridge; 2 rounds, latest undated, 0 people
KEEP bitcoin bridge; 2 rounds, latest 2 Apr 2020, 0 people
STG token bridge; 1 round, latest 18 Mar 2022, 3 people
ACX rollup bridge; 1 round, latest 23 Nov 2022, 6 people
OWL rollup bridge; 1 round, latest 8 May 2024, 6 people
MULTI token bridge; 1 round, latest 21 Dec 2021, 0 people

All 6 messaging layers, the blockchain interoperability protocols on the list, and all 4 rollup bridges have a token on NAUT's record. Outside pages back 4 of them: Wormhole's site says "W is the native token that powers the Wormhole protocol", Axelar's site carries a post titled "The AXL Token & the Interchain Future", and CoinGecko listed prices for LayerZero's ZRO and Stargate's STG on 12 November 2026. Outside reports say Multichain stopped service in July 2023 and Ren's network was expected to shut down from December 2022, so treat those 2 rows as NAUT's record of a past token, not live bridges.

Which cross chain bridges have no token yet?

9 of the 28 cross chain bridges have no launched token on NAUT's record, and 6 of those 9 are Bitcoin bridges. 6 of the 9 have a round, ranked here by rounds on NAUT.

Bridge Its own description NAUT record
BRC20 bridge, token creator and launch projects 6 rounds, latest 5 Apr 2024, 0 people
Light-client bridge from Bitcoin and its L2s to EVM chains 3 rounds, latest 11 Apr 2024, 0 people
Cross-chain dApp for transactions between ecosystems 2 rounds, latest 20 Apr 2022, 0 people
Layer 0 bridging EVM and non-EVM networks 1 round, latest 14 Jul 2022, 0 people
Cross-chain bridge for Bitcoin and EVM 1 round, latest 29 Jan 2024, 0 people
Bridges BRC20 and RGB20 to ERC404 on EVM chains 1 round, latest 21 Feb 2024, 0 people
Bridges BRC20 to EVM-compatible chains No rounds, 0 people
Bridging Bitcoin and the world No rounds, 2 people
Decentralized cross-chain bridge No rounds, 4 people

Across the full list, 8 of the 28 describe a Bitcoin or BRC20 bridge, and only Portal to Bitcoin and Keep Network among those 8 carry a token on NAUT's record.

Which cross chain bridges raised the largest rounds?

Largest single round NAUT lists per bridge, top 10
  1. Wormhole$225M
  2. LayerZero$135M
  3. Multichain$60M
  4. Axelar$50M
  5. Portal to Bitcoin$34M
  6. Ren$30.5M
  7. Stargate Finance$30M
  8. Celer Network$23.2M
  9. Keep Network$20.6M
  10. Polyhedra$20M

Wormhole's $225M round of 29 November 2023 is the largest single round NAUT lists for any of the 28, and LayerZero's $135M Series A extension of 30 March 2022 is next.

What this tells a BD team selling to cross chain bridges

  • 17 of the 28 have people on NAUT. Axelar lists 12, LayerZero and Wormhole 11 each, and Polyhedra 10.
  • 11 of the 28 have a round dated 2024 or later on NAUT, from Portal to Bitcoin's $34M seed of 30 January 2024 to LayerZero's $55M round of 17 April 2025 and Hyperlane's $600K IDO of 22 April 2025.
  • The list splits into 4 types by description: 6 messaging layers, 4 rollup bridges, 8 Bitcoin bridges and 10 token bridges. A pitch built for one type reads differently to another.
How a BD team can work this list
  1. Pick a typeStart with 1 of the 4 types, such as the 4 rollup bridges: Hop Protocol, Orbiter Finance, Across Protocol and Owlto Finance.
  2. Sort by recency11 of the 28 have a round dated 2024 or later on NAUT.
  3. Open the team17 of the 28 list people on NAUT, up to 12 at Axelar.
  4. Reach the personEach person page shows which channels NAUT has on file.

What this tells an investor sourcing crypto bridge projects

  • 9 of the 28 have no launched token on NAUT's record, and 6 of those 9 have a round: Unibit, TeleportDAO, Bridge Network, zeroDAO, Befy and XRGB Chain.
  • TeleportDAO's $2.5M seed of 16 March 2023 lists 7 backers on NAUT's record, and its rounds run to a $7.125M ICO of 11 April 2024.
  • On NAUT's record, 34 of the 81 rounds across the 28 bridges carry at least 1 backer, at 19 of the 28 companies. A round with no backer on file may still have had one: open the company page and its sources before you count it out.
How an investor can source from this list
  1. Filter by tokenStart with the 9 bridges that have no launched token on NAUT's record.
  2. Check the rounds6 of those 9 have a round on NAUT, such as TeleportDAO's $2.5M seed.
  3. Read the backers34 of the 81 rounds list a backer on NAUT's record.
  4. Find the founderOpen each company page for the team NAUT holds.

How to reach the teams behind cross chain bridges

Each bridge's NAUT page lists the people NAUT holds at that company, with their title and X handle, and each person page says which channels NAUT has on file. 11 of the 28 list no people yet, so for Knit Finance, Hop Protocol, Multichain and the others with 0 people in the tables, the project page and its X account are the starting point.

Related reading on NAUT: Layer 1 blockchains list: 127 chains, 120 with a token and Crypto ecosystem leads: 98 at 60 L1 and L2 chains.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?q=bridge&token=launched with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY searches NAUT's projects for bridge names with a launched token, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/layerzero returns 1 company with its team. Each call costs 5 credits, and the Essential plan at $49 a month gives 3,000 credits; the docs are at naut.so/docs/api and plans at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach the teams.

Cross chain bridges FAQ

Which cross chain bridges are there?

As of 12 November 2026, NAUT lists 28 cross chain bridges whose own description says they bridge chains, among them Wormhole, LayerZero, Axelar, Hyperlane, Stargate Finance, Across Protocol and deBridge. By description they are 6 messaging layers, 4 rollup bridges, 8 Bitcoin bridges and 10 token bridges.

Which cross chain bridges have a token?

19 of the 28 cross chain bridges on NAUT have a launched token on NAUT's record as of 12 November 2026, including Wormhole (W), LayerZero (ZRO), Axelar (AXL), Hyperlane (HYPER), Stargate Finance (STG), Across Protocol (ACX) and deBridge (DBR). 6 of the 9 without one are Bitcoin bridges, such as TeleportDAO, Befy and Brotocol.

Which cross chain bridges raised the most?

Of the 28 cross chain bridges on NAUT, Wormhole has the largest single round NAUT lists, $225M on 29 November 2023, followed by LayerZero's $135M Series A extension on 30 March 2022. 25 of the 28 have at least 1 round on NAUT as of 12 November 2026.

Where can I find the teams behind cross chain bridges and their contact channels?

NAUT's project pages list the people at 17 of the 28 cross chain bridges as of 12 November 2026, up to 12 at Axelar, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/axelar-network returns the same team through the NAUT API. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

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