Interoperability & Bridge Tokens
Cross-chain messaging, bridges and interoperability hubs. They benefit as liquidity and users fragment across more chains.
Quick answer: Crypto Data API tracks 18 coins in its Interoperability & Bridges category, with a combined market cap of $14.72B. The largest is Chainlink (LINK) at $7.87B, followed by Quant (QNT) and Polkadot (DOT). Over the last 24 hours the category moved -3.60% on a market-cap-weighted basis.
Interoperability & Bridge Tokens by market cap
| # | Coin | Price | 24h | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 |
 L
ChainlinkLINK |
$10.45 | ▾ 4.34% | $7.87B |
| 34 |
 Q
QuantQNT |
$200.98 | ▾ 0.16% | $2.84B |
| 59 |
 D
PolkadotDOT |
$0.8630 | ▾ 4.83% | $1.46B |
| 85 |
 A
Cosmos HubATOM |
$1.34 | ▾ 3.99% | $707.6M |
| 93 |
 Z
LayerZeroZRO |
$1.50 | ▾ 6.63% | $599.0M |
| 142 |
 O
OlympusOHM |
$16.93 | ▾ 1.19% | $252.9M |
| 169 |
 R
THORChainRUNE |
$0.5750 | ▾ 2.91% | $186.8M |
| 186 |
 Z
ZamaZAMA |
$0.0672 | ▾ 2.20% | $165.0M |
| 201 |
 T
OriginTrailTRAC |
$0.3242 | ▾ 4.42% | $145.0M |
| 299 |
 D
deBridgeDBR |
$0.0126 | ▾ 4.04% | $82.1M |
| 306 |
 S
SOONSOON |
$0.2335 | ▾ 7.68% | $79.3M |
| 341 |
 W
WormholeW |
$0.0106 | ▾ 4.75% | $70.0M |
| 397 |
 Z
ZetaChainZETA |
$0.0328 | ▾ 7.40% | $55.9M |
| 427 |
 T
Threshold NetworkT |
$0.004520 | ▾ 1.32% | $49.9M |
| 461 |
 C
Nervos NetworkCKB |
$0.000920 | ▾ 8.96% | $45.1M |
| 469 |
 A
AxelarAXL |
$0.0350 | ▾ 4.62% | $43.4M |
| 511 |
 A
AltLayerALT |
$0.005270 | ▾ 4.90% | $38.8M |
| 624 |
 S
SynapseSYN |
$0.1391 | ▾ 4.51% | $30.1M |
Sorted by market-cap rank. Prices are a ~30-minute delayed public preview; the API serves them in real time.
What are Interoperability & Bridge Tokens?
Interoperability tokens power the infrastructure that moves assets and messages between blockchains. That covers cross-chain messaging protocols (LayerZero, Wormhole, Axelar), native cross-chain swaps (THORChain), and multi-chain hubs designed for interoperability (Polkadot, Cosmos).
A bridge is the mechanism underneath: it locks or burns a token on one chain and mints or releases a matching token on another, with validators, oracles, light clients or cryptographic proofs vouching that the first step happened. The protocol's own token is usually used for governance, for staking by the operators that secure transfers, or to pay fees. Holding it is a bet on the protocol's usage, not a claim on the assets it carries.
The more chains and rollups there are, the more value needs to move between them, so the theme tends to benefit as liquidity fragments across ecosystems.
How to track bridge token prices
The table above lists every bridge and interoperability token we track, sorted by market-cap rank, with price, 24-hour and 7-day change, market cap and 24-hour volume. Membership is a curated core (DOT, ATOM, AXL, QNT, ZRO, W, RUNE and SYN) plus any coin whose CoinGecko categories include interoperability, cross-chain or bridge governance, so new tokens join the list automatically.
Prices come from Binance spot where a token trades there, and from our CoinGecko-based coin profiles otherwise; market cap, rank and 7-day change come from those profiles.
Bridge tokens often move together on cross-chain news such as an exploit at one bridge, a new integration or a fee-switch vote. Comparing the category's market-cap-weighted 24-hour change at the top of the page with each token's own move shows whether a move is about one protocol or the whole theme.
To pull the same list into a script, bot or AI agent, see Get this category via API below.
What moves Interoperability & Bridge Tokens
Cross-chain volume
Messages and value bridged per day are the core usage metric for the category.
Integrations
Adoption as the canonical bridge for a new chain, stablecoin or tokenised asset is a major catalyst.
Fee switches
Protocols that start charging or sharing fees change how usage translates into token value.
Security record
Bridges hold large pooled balances. A clean record is valuable, and an exploit can wipe out the investment case.
Key risks
- Bridges have been some of crypto's largest hacks by dollar value.
- Intent-based and native cross-chain solutions could commoditise messaging.
- Many tokens are governance-only with limited direct fee capture.
Get this category via API
The same list, with live prices, market cap, rank and 24h/7d change, is one call away. It returns every curated category, so filter on id: "interoperability"; /api/v1/coins/{symbol} returns a single coin. It works from scripts, trading bots and AI agents (REST, MCP server or x402 pay-per-call).
# Every coin in this category, live curl -s -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://cryptodataapi.com/api/v1/coins/category-groups?limit=18" \ | jq '.categories[] | select(.id == "interoperability")' # One coin curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" "https://cryptodataapi.com/api/v1/coins/LINK"
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Interoperability & Bridge Tokens FAQ
What is a crypto bridge?
A bridge moves tokens or data from one blockchain to another, usually by locking or burning assets on the source chain and minting or releasing them on the destination chain, verified by validators, oracles, light clients or proofs.
How can I track bridge token prices?
This page tracks them live: every bridge and interoperability token we cover, sorted by market cap, with price, 24-hour and 7-day change and volume. To track them in code, GET /api/v1/coins/category-groups returns the same list under the category id interoperability, and GET /api/v1/coins/{symbol} returns a single token, for example /api/v1/coins/DOT.
Which bridge and interoperability tokens does this page track?
A curated core of Polkadot (DOT), Cosmos (ATOM), Axelar (AXL), Quant (QNT), LayerZero (ZRO), Wormhole (W), THORChain (RUNE) and Synapse (SYN), plus any other coin that CoinGecko tags as interoperability, cross-chain or bridge governance. The table shows up to 50 of them, sorted by market cap.
Are bridges risky?
Yes. Bridges hold large amounts of pooled assets and have suffered some of the biggest exploits in crypto history. Trust assumptions differ a lot between designs, so it is worth checking how each one verifies transfers.
Does holding a bridge token give me a claim on the bridged assets?
No. A bridge or messaging protocol's token is usually used for governance, staking or fees, not as a claim on the assets locked in the bridge. An exploit of those assets can still hurt the token's price.
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