Caldera’s product suite is expanding. We’re excited to announce the Caldera Bridge Preview. This is the first consumer product built by Caldera leveraging the Metalayer, powered by its native token, $ERA. The Preview introduces our bridge aggregator that simplifies cross-chain transactions across Caldera’s ecosystem. In addition to bringing fast bridging support to every Caldera chain on launch, the Caldera Bridge connects all major liquidity hubs within Ethereum and beyond.
Join the waitlist today to get early access to the future of interoperability.
A New Way to Bridge
The Caldera Bridge Preview is a user-friendly interface leveraging the Metalayer’s bridge aggregator protocol. It allows users to move assets across chains effortlessly, without being limited to a single, slow native bridge. Instead of manually searching for the best option, the bridge automatically finds the optimal route for speed and cost-effectiveness.
This preview is a stepping stone toward our full bridge product, designed to unify fragmented blockchain ecosystems into a seamless network. It’s currently rolling out in a phased launch, with access granted through a waitlist to prioritize feedback from power users.
Key Features
Find the Optimal Route, Automatically
The built-in quote aggregator queries multiple bridges in real-time, recommending the fastest and most cost-effective path for every transfer. This solver-driven model provides a nearly instant experience, often delivering funds in seconds while abstracting away complexities like destination-chain gas payments.
Tap Into Unified Liquidity
Access a network-wide pool of liquidity from a single interface, ensuring competitive rates without having to switch between different applications.
Powered by Partners like Eco
Through integration with cross-chain stablecoin infrastructure protocols like Eco, a stablecoin liquidity layer, the Bridge Preview offers specialized routes for near-instant, low-cost stablecoin transfers to emerging and long-tail chains often missed by traditional bridges.
Bridge with Confidence
All routes are secured by the Metalayer's decentralized validator network, powered by $ERA-staked validators, inheriting the robust security of the underlying protocol.
Connect to a Universal Network
Starting with Ethereum and L2/L3 rollups, the bridge is designed to expand to additional EVM-compatible and non-EVM networks coming soon, making bridging truly universal.
Join the Waitlist
The Caldera Bridge Preview is launching in waves to ensure a secure and stable rollout that is feature-rich. The waitlist prioritizes active bridge users who can provide valuable feedback, with preference given to those in the Caldera ecosystem on a first-come, first-served basis. By prioritizing active users, the project aims to build a community of testers who can provide real-world feedback before its full general availability launch.
How to Sign Up
Join The Waitlist Here
Visit https://bridge.caldera.xyz/.
Connect Your Wallet
Connect your wallet. This gas-free action verifies your address securely.
Enter Your Details
Provide your email or Telegram handle for updates on your waitlist status and access notifications.
Confirm Your Spot
Submit your information to secure your place in the queue.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes the Caldera Bridge Preview different?
The Bridge Preview is powered by Caldera’s Metalayer intent-based architecture, where a network of solvers competes to find the fastest and cheapest route for every transfer, so users don’t have to.
Is it secure?
Yes. The security of all transactions is guaranteed by the underlying Metalayer protocol and its decentralized network of validators staking $ERA.
When will I get access from the waitlist?
Access will be granted in waves starting soon. Participants will be notified via email or Telegram when it is their turn.
What is The Metalayer?
The Metalayer is Caldera's interoperability protocol that connects blockchains into a unified network. It enables shared liquidity and secure bridging, all powered by the $ERA token. See protocol docs here.
How does this tie into Caldera's Rollup Engine?
Developers use the Rollup Engine to launch custom, high-performance rollups. A standout feature is that every chain launched with Caldera’s Rollup Engine is automatically integrated into the Metalayer from day one.
This means new projects get access to a great bridge for their users immediately, without needing to negotiate separate deals or pay high integration costs. For their communities, this solves a major pain point by providing a fast and secure way to transfer funds, removing the need to rely on slow, 7-day native withdrawal periods and building trust in the new ecosystem.
The Caldera Bridge Preview is the first user-friendly interface that exposes this native interoperability to everyone.
The Vision Behind the Bridge
The growth of Ethereum’s rollup ecosystem and other networks has created a fragmented user experience. The Caldera Bridge Preview, built on the Metalayer, solves this by offering a unified, intent-based bridging experience. This is the first step toward Caldera’s vision of an Internet of Chains, where liquidity flows freely and users interact with any blockchain effortlessly. The community's feedback on this initial phase will be essential in shaping what comes next.
About Caldera
Caldera is powering the next internet. Its architecture consists of two core components: the Rollup Engine and the Metalayer. The Rollup Engine is a modular operating system used to launch high-performance, custom chains on leading chains and frameworks like Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and ZKsync. The Metalayer then automatically connects every chain into one network. Through this interoperability protocol, all chains access shared liquidity and secure, intent-based bridging that transforms fragmented networks into a unified Internet of Chains. And now with the launch of the Caldera Bridge Preview this expands the product suite and market size that Caldera is tackling.
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