Iagon’s Ethereum-Cardano bridge launches for USDC transfers
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The worlds second-largest stablecoin USDC and ERC-20 IAG tokens can now be bridged from Ethereum to the Cardano network through Iagons cross-chain bridge powered by the Milkomeda sidechain.
A cross-chain bridge allows for crypto assets of one blockchain to be converted for use on another ecosystem.
USDCs inclusion to Cardano further strengthens its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, which has collected US$119 million in total value locked (TVL) since the blockchain upgraded for smart contracts in Septembers Alonzo hard fork.
Cardano users are hoping to get their own native stablecoin in the form of yet-to-be-launched algorithmic coin Djed.
Iagon plans to add support for additional ERC-20 tokens in the future.
The Cardano network is setting up for the scalability-focused Vasil hard fork public testnet scheduled for early June.
Cardanos native token, ADA, gained up to 5% overnight in Asia to trade at US$0.4834, while Ethereum gained up to 2% overnight to trade at US$1,805 at press time.