Bridge

A mint-authority failure at Map Protocol's cross-chain bridge reveals the exact layer where institutional tokenization is most exposed.

LayerZero's single-verifier setup did not just cost Kelp DAO $292 million. It accelerated the split between open DeFi infrastructure and the permissioned rails that institutional capital will actually use.

Cross-chain bridge infrastructure is failing repeatedly at the routing layer, and that fragility now sits directly underneath institutional tokenization products.

When a regulated exchange remediates a live exploit by switching bridge providers, it does not just solve its own problem. It sets the benchmark every other institution now has to answer to.