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Hyperliquid Bridge

Best for independently tracked protocol

Value locked:$5,902m at this checkChains:2Audits recorded:2Audit report linked:YesRubric:v2.0 · verified 9 Aug 2026
Kayla PetersonKayla PetersonDeFi Research Analyst· Last verified August 9, 2026
Confidence ARubric v2.0Verified August 9, 2026
8.2
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How it rates

Counterparty & contract risk · 45%8.0
Cost transparency · 15%7.0
Market quality · 15%10.0
Transparency & track record · 15%8.0
Public documentation surface · 10%8.0
Pros
  • Audit report linked from a public dataset
  • $5,902m recorded independently
Cons
  • No accounting methodology published at this check
How this score was built

Each indicator scores 2, 1 or 0. A pillar is the points earned over the points available; the overall score is the weighted sum. Every source below is public — check any of them yourself.

Counterparty & contract risk · 45% weight8/10 points · 8.0/10
Cost transparency · 15% weight7/10 points · 7.0/10
Market quality · 15% weight10/10 points · 10.0/10
Transparency & track record · 15% weight8/10 points · 8.0/10
Public documentation surface · 10% weight8/10 points · 8.0/10

The deposit bridge for a purpose-built trading chain, holding $5.9bn with published audit reports.

Our assessment

The Hyperliquid bridge holds $5.9bn with two audits and reports linked. It is the gateway through which capital enters a purpose-built trading chain, and it concentrates that chain's entire collateral base in one contract.

Concentration is inherent to the design

An application-specific chain needs assets from elsewhere, and a bridge is how they arrive. That means one contract holds the collateral behind an entire trading ecosystem. Its failure would not be an inconvenience — it would be the end of the venue. There is no diversification available in this structure.

Audits matter more here than almost anywhere

Two audits with linked reports is the correct standard for a contract of this importance, and most bridges in this comparison do not meet it. It remains pre-deployment evidence: bridges have been exploited after audits, repeatedly, because the failures tend to be in verification logic that is hard to reason about.

Withdrawal behaviour under stress is the question

The property users actually need is that withdrawals work during a crisis, when everyone wants out at once. That depends on validator behaviour and any operator discretion in the design. A venue whose history includes market intervention during stress invites the question of what discretion exists over the bridge.

Who it suits

The bridge fits traders committed to that ecosystem — using it is not optional if you trade there. Users should size their exposure to what they are willing to have concentrated behind a single contract.

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Frequently asked

Does this score mean Hyperliquid Bridge is safe?

No. It measures what an outsider can verify: linked audits, published methodology and independently recorded data. Contract and custody risk are not tested by us.

Where do these figures come from?

A public analytics dataset queried at the verification date, plus the audit reports it links. Anyone can re-run the query.

Why do some protocols score zero on audits?

Because no audit report is linked in the public record. It records what a user can reach, not a claim that no audit exists.