$ADA Cardano builds "the first bridge" to interact with Bitcoin

Charles Hoskinson, CEO of that network, presented the Cardinal protocol, which promises to integrate both ecosystems.

By Franco Scandizzo June 10, 2025 in Technology Reading time: 3 minutes

A BTC coin next to an ADA coin.

A bridge between Cardano and Bitcoin promises to add DeFi features to BTC holders. Source: Microsoft Image Creator.

Cardinal heralds functionalities such as staking, lending, and trading of Ordinals on Cardano with BTC.

The protocol would serve as a bridge that wraps Bitcoin UTXO for DeFi on Cardano.

The Cardano network presented on June 10 Cardinal, a new protocol designed to connect and function as a bridge between that network and the Bitcoin ecosystem.