{"id":563587,"date":"2026-03-03T11:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/?p=1289230"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:44:08","slug":"chainlink-ccip-becomes-exclusive-bridge-for-coinbase-wrapped-btc-to-the-monad-defi-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/chainlink-ccip-becomes-exclusive-bridge-for-coinbase-wrapped-btc-to-the-monad-defi-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainlink CCIP Becomes Exclusive Bridge for Coinbase Wrapped BTC to the Monad DeFi Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eth-editorial-banner\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"eth-editorial-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cnf2-scaled-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"Crypto News Flash\"> <span class=\"eth-editorial-text\">All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders.<\/span> <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chainlink CCIP now enables Coinbase\u2019s cbBTC to bridge from Base to Monad, opening direct access to Bitcoin-backed DeFi liquidity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Monad will access more than $5 billion of cbBTC to lend, trade, and for Bitcoin-based DeFi products.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><span>Chainlink has enabled Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC) to move from Base to Monad through its CCIP infrastructure, opening a new route for Bitcoin-backed liquidity in DeFi. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.monad.xyz\/blog\/cbbtc-to-monad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>integration<\/span><\/a><span> will give Monad-based decentralized finance applications access to the liquidity of the Bitcoin-backed funds within the Coinbase wrapped asset.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The launch links one of the biggest wrapped Bitcoin assets to a high-performance EVM network. cbBTC is fully secured by Bitcoin in custody, and over $5 billion of the asset is already circulating across multiple blockchain systems. The integration allows users to deploy cbBTC in a wider range of on-chain financial products.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Chainlink connects cbBTC to Monad DeFi.<\/p>\n<p>With Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive bridging infrastructure for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinbase?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Coinbase<\/a> Wrapped Assets, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Monad<\/a> users can now bridge cbBTC ($5B+ in circulation) through cross-chain transfers directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/base?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@base<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JZDlv8NlQ7\">pic.twitter.com\/JZDlv8NlQ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chainlink (@chainlink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chainlink\/status\/2028476936918278518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>This setup expands the use of cbBTC beyond its existing activity on Ethereum, Base, Solana, and Arbitrum. Monad developers can now build products that use Bitcoin-backed capital as a base asset for lending, borrowing, trading, and structured finance. That gives the network a new source of liquidity as it grows its DeFi footprint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Early adoption has already started within the Monad ecosystem. Curvance and Neverland are among the first platforms preparing cbBTC markets on the network. Their participation shows that demand for Bitcoin-backed activity on Monad is already taking shape as infrastructure becomes available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This week, Chainlink added 16 new integrations across six services and five blockchains, including Arc, Canton Network, DogeOS Chikyu, MegaETH, and World Chain. We <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/chainlink-16-new-integrations\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that the expansion extended Chainlink\u2019s reach across products such as Data Feeds, CCIP, VRF, Automation, and Functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>cbBTC Liquidity Opens New Routes for Monad DeFi<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span>The integration gives developers more room to create BTC-denominated financial tools on Monad. These include spot trading venues, lending pools, automated routing systems, vaults, derivatives, and other products built around Bitcoin exposure.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/what-is-chainlink\/\"><span>Chainlink\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span> CCIP has already supported more than $28 trillion in on-chain transaction value, giving developers a standard framework for secure cross-chain transfers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For Coinbase, the move expands the utility of cbBTC while linking its custody-backed Bitcoin product to another emerging DeFi network. That gives users more options to borrow, earn yield, and trade with Bitcoin-backed assets while keeping exposure to BTC.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some existing cbBTC strategies in DeFi already offer yields of up to 3%, and Monad now joins the list of ecosystems where similar products can develop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Monad also gains a direct connection to a large pool of Bitcoin-backed capital. The network targets up to 10,000 transactions per second and sub-second finality, making it suitable for applications that require speed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/world-liberty-proof-reserves-chainlink\/\"><span>covered <\/span><\/a><span>that World Liberty Financial introduced a real-time proof-of-reserves system for its USD1 stablecoin, built on the Chainlink infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the time of reporting, LINK price stood at <\/span><b>$8.64<\/b><span>, while trading volume had risen <\/span><b>19.75%<\/b><span> over the past 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Chainlink CCIP now enables Coinbase\u2019s cbBTC to bridge from Base to Monad, opening direct access to Bitcoin-backed DeFi liquidity. Monad will access more than $5 billion of cbBTC to lend, trade, and for Bitcoin-based DeFi products. Chainlink has enabled Coinbase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":563588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[346,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-563587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-other","8":"tag-chainlink","9":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}