Solv Protocol says it is moving more than $700 million of tokenized Bitcoin assets onto Chainlink CCIP, replacing LayerZero as the bridge infrastructure for SolvBTC and xSolvBTC across several supported chains.

What changed

In an official post published Thursday, Solv said the migration follows an updated security review and recent cross-chain exploits elsewhere in DeFi. The protocol is deprecating LayerZero bridge support for Corn, Berachain, Rootstock, and TAC, and said it will standardize on Chainlink CCIP for future cross-chain transfers of those assets.

The announcement is notable because Solv is one of the larger Bitcoin-focused DeFi projects by assets, and because the move comes only weeks after the Kelp DAO rsETH bridge exploit reignited debate over bridge security models and verifier design.

Why it matters

This is not Solv's first use of Chainlink infrastructure. Chainlink's earlier CCIP v1.5 launch materials had already listed SolvBTC as a token using its new Cross-Chain Token standard. The new announcement goes further: Solv is now positioning CCIP as its default bridge layer rather than one option among several.

The conservative takeaway is narrower than the marketing language around the deal. Solv has not announced a new product or token here. It is reducing bridge exposure on existing assets after a security review, and shifting a sizeable tokenized Bitcoin stack toward one interoperability provider.