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Cross-Chain Without Bridges? That’s the Direction Now

For a long time, bridges were the default.

If you wanted to move assets across chains, you had to go through them.

But they came with trade-offs extra steps, wrapped assets, and added risk.

That’s why the approach is changing.

On The Open Network, newer cross-chain models focus on execution instead of transfer. Instead of locking and minting, swaps can be coordinated across chains as a single process.

No detours.

Platforms like STONfi reflect this shift where cross-chain feels less like moving assets and more like completing one action.

The result:

fewer steps

no dependency on wrapped tokens

smoother overall experience

Because the goal isn’t just to connect chains.

It’s to remove the need for bridges entirely.