” This is the problem most likely to continue in existence in the crypto world: how to send value safe, seamless, and secure between blockchains.”
Despite all discussion of a truly multichain world, a good point is that at present most blockchains are enclosed in their own network and therefore cannot talk to other chains. In the larger context, however, there is no easy system for moving money from Bitcoin into Ethereum, or from Solana into Bitcoin. Such a solution is precisely what the Web3 industry needs to fulfill its liquidity problems.
The point that is often debated is about DeFi liquidity, which means the value in crypto is so thinly, spread over networks competing against each other and hence seems to be the most demanding and major hindrance in propelling growth for DeFi applications.
So if we can accomplish this and make blockchain networks interoperable, it will result in enormous liquidity and delightful experiences for decentralized app users. Let’s take a look at some of the best projects targeting this in 2025.
1: Zeus Network
The most conceivable excitement is among Bitcoin users about Zeus Network, which aspires to augment the utility of BTC, by intersecting BTC with the Solana ecosystem, thereby endowing them with fast transaction speeds and a vast capacity to access yield generation in the huge dApp fleet that booms with the times.
The only problem with storing BTC, of course, is that it’s not particularly useful. It’s a store of value and a medium of exchange; otherwise, there’s very little you can do with BTC. Many people treat their Bitcoin simply as lengthening stakes in increasing value, or at best, some who try out day trading BTC against other crypto- and non-crypto-assets.
Moreover, Zeus is expected to make anything promising about Bitcoin. Very simple and fast with a couple of clicks to move your BTC to and from Solana. This is just a plug-and-play approach complete with no need for third-party custodians.
The star product of Zeus is Apollo. It is expected to enable users to deposit BTC on this gateway and obtain a new token, zBTC, on Solana. While zBTCs are stable against BTC, deposited BTC is not under any custodian, similar to wBTC. Deposited BTC will be locked within the Zeus protocol, protected via a decentralized network of Guardians. Therefore nobody can fetch what has been locked in, except for that which has originally been deposited by an individual into the same, which also requires him/her to burn zBTC tokens to allow the release of the BTC.
Zeus has this up its sleeve, and this is the finest example with the Zeus Programmable Library, which is using such methods that are bidirectional hooks. This comes from proposals being sent out in BTC and SOL transactions. Then they are sent out as program states, and one could say programmable signatures.
The network employs a slashing mechanism, which can be triggered by anyone, to deter malicious behavior. By simplifying Bitcoin’s integration with Solana, BTC holders gain the ability to participate in diverse DeFi activities, including lending and providing liquidity, on Solana-based dApps such as Kamino Finance, Solend, and MarginFi.
2: Analog Network
Hypertime deka, dixit Tempus filius quod Latine adduxerunt From the creator of an inventive Layer-0 protocol, the Timechain, Analog conceptualized a novel proof-of-time consensus mechanism used to validate and verify events in an immutable historical event data market.
Firstly, such a concept is interesting because the Timechain API allows one to send the event data even to other blockchains (no matter where the data were initially produced).
In short, such information refers to series-specific information like, for example, reports on sensors or temperature manuscripts-video files or even digital data.
It certainly is novel compared to the usual multichain transaction processes, which, be that as it may; use blockchain bridges markers, oracles or sidechains in the relay of message-enhancing security. For instance, most of the risk factor in the blockchain bridge occurs because the process locks up your tokens in a smart contract in one chain to mint new ones in another. When you do that, you’d better hope that nobody ever finds a vulnerability in that smart contract. On top of that, you need to trust the person who controls the smart contract.
With TimeChain, Analog eradicates the threats of such internalizations. It ensures a never-ending clear channel between two most divergent blockchains. The initiation of a cross-chain contraction triggers the event-proved, i.e., already confirmed event data (the transaction) and thus makes it a legitimate and very highly secure way of sharing it on the other blockchain network. Such is the promise of enabling users to transport mainnet assets without an ordinary bridge or smart contract – promising the potential to solve the kind of fragmentation liquidity problems within DeFi.
3: Quant Network
Quant Network was established in 2018 and is not new. It provides a strong solution that most traditional financial institutions are interested in.
The essence of Quant is the joining of every decentralized network that exists in the world into one vast ecosystem, wherein value may be transacted from everyone to every another. Their gateway is Overledger DLT, and this with pride can connect “… the most difficult of networks, even a blockchain, DAG or what else.”
Overledger is an accessible through AES-secured-database-tier gateway that provides a guaranteed and simple REST API access to blockchains. Using this, a developer can create what Quant called a “MAPP”, an intelligent system smart contract that can work on any platform. DApps capable of that use MAPPs to interact with several blockchains and offer a more dynamic and varied functionality than dApps that operate in a solo network.
One of the activating events supported is the fact that it is capable of minting multi-ledger tokens, which are also known as cryptocurrencies that can be transferred through networks. In making this happen, Quant backs its multi-ledger tokens with funds it holds in escrow in traditional financial institutions. It says popular use cases for multifunctional multi-ledger tokens would be stable coins, loyalty tokens and value coupons-and also CBDCs.
According to Quant, it claims to have interoperable support for blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Ledger, Stellar, Polygon, and EOS, as well as others. It can also interact with external databases and customer relationship management systems for the case given. It provides a very efficient way of interoperability between networks, making it popular among several banks, financial institutions, and enterprises.
The main drawback of Quant is its centralized nature, which requires users to place their trust in the institutions backing its multi-ledger tokens with fiat currency. Additionally, unlike many other blockchain interoperability projects that embrace open-source development, Quant’s technology is built on proprietary software.
