What is Hyperbridge?

Hyperbridge is a blockchain, specifically, a Polkadot parachain, purpose-built as an interoperability coprocessor. By leveraging Polkadot’s consensus layer, it inherits over $3B in crypto-economic security, making it highly resistant to governance attacks. Hyperbridge performs on-chain verification & aggregation of cross-chain messages from multiple blockchains into a single zk-proof, enabling secure, scalable, and cost-efficient interoperability.

What is $BRIDGE?

$BRIDGE is the native token of the Hyperbridge blockchain. It powers the network’s economy and governance: securing the chain, rewarding relayers, covering cross-chain fees, enabling priority transactions, and fueling community growth through incentive programs.

Who is Behind $BRIDGE?

$BRIDGE is developed by Polytope Labs, a blockchain research and engineering lab specializing in interoperability, scalability, and zero-knowledge proofs. Research Reports

- Seun Lanlege (Lead Scientist & Co-Founder) – Former core developer at Parity Technologies with indepth work experience on Polkadot, Substrate, and parity-ethereum. At Composable Finance, he led the first Polkadot–Cosmos bridge using IBC.

- David Salami (Lead Engineer & Co-Founder) – Former Senior Blockchain Engineer at Composable Finance and Webb Protocol, with deep expertise in cross-chain protocols, cryptography, and Substrate runtime engineering.

Together, they were core contributors to Composable and implemented IBC within DotSama, creating the first trustless bridge between Polkadot and Cosmos. The Polytope Labs team has over a decade of combined experience in protocol development, zero-knowledge research, and multi-chain infrastructure engineering.

Notable Announcements

- Raised $2.6M via Polkadot crowdloan to secure a parachain slot.

- Secured $2.5M+ from Polkadot Ecosystem Fund and $3.1M in additional funding.

- Hyperbridge is officially the native bridge of Polkadot

- IRO: Raised $2.8M, later extended after selling 52M+ tokens.

- Launched DeFi Singularity Campaign with 795,000 DOT incentives (Bifrost).

- TGE (Sept 15, 2025): $BRIDGE token live + Swap & Bridge products.

- Intent Gateway (Sept 22, 2025): Proof-based cross-chain swaps.

Additional Information

- Category: Interoperability / Infrastructure / Cross-chain

- Origin Ecosystem: Polkadot (but extends to Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB, and more).

- Launch Date: September 15, 2025

- Website: https://hyperbridge.network

- Documentation: https://docs.hyperbridge.network

- Socials: Twitter/X, Discord, Telegram, GitHub