About
Wormhole is a generic cross-chain messaging protocol secured by a 19-member Guardian set with staking-based economic security. It offers Native Token Transfers (NTT) for burning/minting tokens across chains without liquidity pools and a CCTP bridge, and powers cross-chain transfers for tokenized assets like BlackRock's BUIDL and Ethena's USDe.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2020
- HQ
- Remote
- Stage
- Private
- Funding
- $225M (2023, Brevan Howard, Coinbase Ventures, Multicoin); W token launched 2024
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