Stargate Finance
AuditedVerifiedStargate is a unified-liquidity-pool cross-chain bridge built on LayerZero, transferring native USDC, USDT, ETH, BTC and OFT-standard tokens across 25+ chains with instant guaranteed finality.
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The Problem
Cross-chain bridges have historically relied on wrapped tokens, lock-and-mint mechanisms with fragmented liquidity, and unbounded slippage — leading to UX friction, exploit risk, and uncertain settlement.
The Solution
Stargate uses unified single-sided liquidity pools per asset per chain, delivering native assets in and native assets out with instant guaranteed finality, powered by LayerZero messaging.
Why it Matters
Category definer for the liquidity-pool bridge model (vs. lock-and-mint). Stargate V2 adds an AI Planner (AIPM) that dynamically rebalances per-chain credits, and Hydra for low-overhead onboarding of new chains via OFT wrappers.
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What is Stargate Finance?+
Stargate Finance is a Bridge protocol operating on Ethereum, BSC, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, Avalanche, Linea, Scroll, Mantle, Metis, Kava, Aurora, Sei, Fraxtal, Iota, Rarible, Taiko, Hemi, Ink, Sonic, Cronos, Berachain, Unichain, Codex. Stargate is a unified-liquidity-pool cross-chain bridge built on LayerZero, transferring native USDC, USDT, ETH, BTC and OFT-standard tokens across 25+ chains with instant guaranteed finality.
How does Stargate Finance work?+
Stargate uses unified single-sided liquidity pools per asset per chain, delivering native assets in and native assets out with instant guaranteed finality, powered by LayerZero messaging.
Is Stargate Finance safe?+
DeFi Sentinel rates Stargate Finance AA with a safety score of 80/100, indicating very low risk. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Stargate Finance has 5 audits on record. DeFi Sentinel's analysis flagged 1 high, 4 medium, 2 low risk alerts across Governance & Centralization, Economic Design & Market Risk, Sustainability & Competitive Position and Smart Contract & Technical Risk. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
What is the safety score of Stargate Finance?+
Stargate Finance has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 80/100 (rating AA), last updated September 16, 2026. The score is computed across smart contract & technical risk (30%), economic design & market risk (25%), governance & centralization (20%), sustainability & competitive position (15%), and reputation & social trust (10%).
Which chains does Stargate Finance support?+
Stargate Finance is deployed on Ethereum, BSC, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, Avalanche, Linea, Scroll, Mantle, Metis, Kava, Aurora, Sei, Fraxtal, Iota, Rarible, Taiko, Hemi, Ink, Sonic, Cronos, Berachain, Unichain, Codex.
Has Stargate Finance been audited?+
Yes. Stargate Finance has 5 audit reports on record from firms including Quantstamp, Zellic, Zokyo. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.