In Q1 of this year, the cross-chain DeFi ecosystem entered the practical implementation stage. Socket's Bungee protocol has become a connector role, supporting asset transfers and strategy execution across 15 chains, with a total transaction volume surpassing $34 billion. Meanwhile, Li.Fi's cross-chain DEX aggregation solution has elevated execution efficiency to a new level, helping users save an average of 0.5% in costs—sounds small, but for large transactions, it’s real money. The TVL of Across's fast cross-chain bridge also stabilized at $1.2 billion, indicating that the market's demand for efficient cross-chain tools is indeed releasing.

Interestingly, new strategies have emerged at the strategic level. Cross-chain yield aggregation can achieve annualized returns of 18-25%, attracting many liquidity farmers; some are also experimenting with cross-chain leveraged mining and volatility trading—complex operations with high thresholds but great potential.

However, this also brings risk control pressure. Chaos Labs has built a cross-chain risk monitoring system covering 200 parameters, while Gauntlet has increased yields by 30% through capital efficiency optimization. In short, on the cross-chain path, technological maturity and risk control systems must go hand in hand, both are indispensable.