deBridge

deBridge is a cross-chain bridge and swap app that moves tokens between Solana and 17 other chains, such as Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain. You say what you want to get. Then trading firms called solvers race to send it to you from their own funds. No big pool of user money sits in deBridge's contracts, so there is no single pot for hackers to drain. deBridge also offers swaps on a single chain and a messaging tool for developers.

How does deBridge work? Intent-based bridging with solvers

deBridge works by pairing your order with a solver. The solver pays you on the chain you are moving to, then collects your deposit on the chain you came from. Your order is called an "intent": it states the result you want, not the steps to get there. No shared pool is needed.

The system behind this is the deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN). Say you want to swap SOL on Solana for USDC on Base. Your SOL goes into a short-lived escrow on Solana. A solver sends USDC to your Base wallet from its own stock. Once deBridge's validators confirm the payout, the solver can claim your SOL.

Because the solver pays out first, transfers land quickly. deBridge's website gives a median settlement time of about two seconds.

If no solver takes your order, you can cancel it and get your tokens back. The docs say unfilled orders can always be cancelled, with fees refunded.

deBridge fees: what a Solana bridge transfer costs

Each deBridge transfer has two fees. There is a flat fee in the gas token of the chain you send from, and a protocol fee of 0.04% of the tokens you send. From Solana, the flat fee is 0.015 SOL, per the fee schedule.

The solver also takes a margin. You don't see it as a separate line, because it is built into the rate you are quoted.

So if you send 1,000 USDC from Solana, the protocol fee is 40 cents. Add the 0.015 SOL flat fee and the solver's spread. Both fees come back to you if you cancel an unfilled order.

Same-chain swaps are priced differently. When deBridge launched them, it set the fee at 0.08% in total, half to the solver and half to the protocol.

The flat fee hurts most on small moves. On a $20 transfer it is a far bigger share than the percentage fee. Fees can change, so check the quote in the app before you confirm.

deBridge app, widget and swap API on Solana

You can use deBridge in three ways. There is the app at debridge.com, a widget other apps can embed, and an API for wallets and trading tools. Many people reach deBridge through a wallet rather than its own app.

Phantom CASH$0.9990.0% runs its cross-chain swaps through deBridge. Phantom users had made more than 1 million swaps this way by 21 October 2026, deBridge said.

Same-chain swaps went live on 8 October 2025, under the name Samechain Meta-Aggregation. deBridge checks prices from other swap tools and picks the best route. On Solana, those sources include Jupiter JUP$0.237-2.4% and DFlow.

These trades are now a big part of the business. In late October 2026, deBridge said that two in every five dollars of its most recent volume were same-chain.

deBridge also runs a points scheme. You earn 100 points for every dollar of protocol fees you pay, per the points docs. Points turn into DBR tokens at the end of each season, at a rate set then. Season 3 began on 10 October 2025.

deBridge Messaging Protocol, hooks and dePort for developers

The deBridge Messaging Protocol lets a smart contract on one chain trigger an action on another. A set of validators signs each message. The receiving chain only accepts it once enough of them have signed. DLN is built on this layer, and developers can use it directly.

Three tools sit around it. Hooks run an extra action when an order is filled. For example, you could buy a token on another chain and split it across several wallets in one step. dePort creates wrapped copies of a token on chains where it doesn't exist yet.

The third is Infrastructure-as-a-Service, which bundles messaging, DLN and dePort for a whole blockchain. The first year costs 120,000 USDC, paid upfront. After that it is 10,000 to 11,000 USDC a month, depending on how often you pay.

deBridge's two DLN programs on Solana are listed in its deployed contracts docs. The messaging program sits alongside them:

• DlnSource, which places orders: src5qyZHqTqecJV4aY6Cb6zDZLMDzrDKKezs22MPHr4
• DlnDestination, which fills and cancels orders: dst5MGcFPoBeREFAA5E3tU5ij8m5uVYwkzkSAbsLbNo
• The deBridge messaging program: DEbrdGj3HsRsAzx6uH4MKyREKxVAfBydijLUF3ygsFfh

deBridge Bundles and the MCP server for AI agents

deBridge Bundles let you ask for a result that takes several steps on several chains, like swap, bridge and deposit. deBridge then runs it as one action. deBridge presented Bundles at Breakpoint in December 2025.

Bundles is not open to everyone yet. The Bundles docs describe a private rollout with a small group of integrators. deBridge says public, user-facing products will follow, without giving a date.

The MCP server is for AI agents. MCP is a common way for AI tools to plug into outside services. deBridge launched its server in February 2026, The Block reported. It lets AI tools such as Claude and Cursor request swaps and transfers on EVM chains and Solana, while users keep custody of their funds.

Which chains does deBridge support?

deBridge supports 18 chains, per its fee and chain list in November 2026. Solana is linked to all of these:

• Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Linea and Polygon
• BNB Chain, Avalanche, HyperEVM, Monad and MegaETH
• Robinhood Chain, Arc, TRON, Injective, Story and Cronos

Robinhood Chain and Arc were added in the third quarter of 2026.

Stablecoins and large tokens move between most pairs. Smaller tokens get there through a swap on a DEX at one or both ends.

Who should use deBridge?

deBridge suits Solana users who move stablecoins or major tokens to and from chains like Ethereum, Base or Arbitrum. It is built for people who want the funds to land in seconds. It also suits wallets and apps that want cross-chain swaps without running their own bridge.

If you use Phantom, you may already use deBridge without opening it. For larger amounts, the fixed percentage fee keeps costs easy to predict. Your order either fills or you can cancel it.

It suits very small transfers less well, because the flat fee takes a bigger bite. It also suits thinly traded tokens less well. Solvers may not hold them, so they route through DEX swaps and pay that slippage. Developers who need custom cross-chain logic should look at the messaging layer and hooks instead.

Is deBridge safe? Audits, upgrade keys and the BNB Chain pause

deBridge's website says it has had no security incidents since launch. There is also no big pool of funds to steal, because each order is paid for on its own. That is a strong record, but no bridge is risk-free. You still trust deBridge's validators, its code and its solvers.

deBridge's security docs say it has passed more than 25 audits. The firms include Halborn, Zokyo, Ackee Blockchain and Neodyme. Each audit checks one program or version, not the whole system.

For the Solana code, Neodyme checked the messaging module in March 2022. Halborn checked the two Solana DLN programs, DlnSource and DlnDestination, in late 2024. It found only one minor note, about logging. deBridge also runs a bug bounty of up to $200,000 through Immunefi.

Validators can be backed by staked ETH, USDT and USDC. That stake can be slashed if a validator signs a fake message or blocks a real one.

Before you send large amounts, check who can upgrade the Solana programs listed above. Whoever holds that key can change the code. deBridge's docs do not say who holds it, so look it up on a Solana explorer.

Routes can also pause. On 29 October 2026, the day of a multibillion-dollar hack at Binance, deBridge turned off transfers to and from BNB Chain as a precaution. It said other chains were not affected. BNB Chain transfers resumed on 2 November.

Phishing is the other risk. In August 2022, deBridge staff got fake emails posing as co-founder Alex Smirnov. deBridge linked the attempt to North Korea's Lazarus Group, and it failed. Use debridge.com or a trusted wallet, never links from ads or DMs.

deBridge vs Wormhole, LayerZero and Mayan

deBridge is built for fast swaps between chains. Wormhole W$0.011-3.6% and LayerZero are mainly messaging networks that other apps build bridges on. If you want to move a token right now, compare deBridge with Mayan. If you are launching a token that lives on many chains, Wormhole and LayerZero are the usual choices.

The security models differ. Wormhole relies on 19 operators called Guardians, and a message needs 13 of their signatures, per the Wormhole docs. LayerZero lets each app pick its own checkers, per the LayerZero docs. deBridge uses one validator set and puts its solver auction on top.

Mayan Finance works much like deBridge. In its Swift product, solvers pay you on the new chain from their own funds and then claim your deposit, per Mayan's docs. Swift has no separate protocol fee. The cheapest route changes with the token, chain and size, so compare live quotes.

DBR token, airdrop and the deBridge Reserve Fund

DBR is deBridge's governance token. Its supply is fixed at 10 billion. It went live on 17 October 2024, when the first airdrop opened, CoinDesk reported.

That first airdrop gave out 6% of the supply, per the deBridge Foundation docs. The full split, from the same page:

The deBridge Reserve Fund buys DBR with all of the protocol's earnings. It started as a pilot in June 2025, and The Block covered the launch. The fund buys on DEXs.

By October 2026 it held about 7% of all DBR, per the Foundation's monthly update. Live DBR price and supply are on our token page.

deBridge team and history

deBridge went live in early 2022 after about three years of work, says its DBR post. In October 2026 it passed $25 billion in total volume.

Alex Smirnov is a co-founder of deBridge. He gave a first look at the DBR token at Breakpoint 2024. He also talked about fast bridges on the Lightspeed podcast.

Gal Stern of deBridge spoke at Breakpoint 2023 about bridges with no pooled funds. The team's Breakpoint 2025 talk was about Bundles. The old debridge.finance site now sends you to debridge.com.