Chainlink · LayerZero · CoinDesk
Chainlink rolls out new version of its crypto bridge tech 'CCIP' to give apps more control over their security
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Chainlink released the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) 2.0 on Monday, delivering a major upgrade to its communication and bridging infrastructure that enables different blockchains to communicate and swap funds.
Key facts
- Update (Sept. 28, 14:41 UTC, 2026): An earlier version of the story said existing Chainlink users were automatically moved to CCIP
- Chainlink released the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) 2.0 on Monday, delivering a major upgrade to its communication and bridging infrastructure that enables different blockchains
- Like LayerZero, CCIP 2.0 lets companies choose extra verifiers, running their own or hiring outside providers such as Infosys and Nethermind
- Existing integrations continue to work with CCIP 2.0 without any changes, Chainlink said
Summary
Chainlink released CCIP 2.0, which lets companies add their own security checks to transfers between blockchains on top of Chainlink's default 16-operator verifier network. The launch follows April's $292 million Kelp DAO hack, which was blamed on a LayerZero bridge setup that relied on a single verifier. Chainlink's Risk Management Network no longer works as a separate safeguard. It lets companies add their own security checks to those transfers, with the launch coming five months after the year's biggest DeFi hack, blamed on a rival bridge that relied on one of those checks.