Wrapped assets are a persistent annoyance and a persistent risk: you receive a representation whose value depends on the bridge remaining solvent, and unwinding it later costs another transaction. Stargate's unified liquidity pools let you receive native USDC or USDT directly.
How unified liquidity works
Each supported asset has a single shared pool spanning all chains, rather than separate pools per route. That concentrates depth, which means large transfers execute without the slippage that fragmented liquidity would cause, and it concentrates risk in the same place.
The security position
Stargate's own contracts have not been exploited. Its messaging security is LayerZero's, which depends on how the application configures its verifier networks. A large pooled balance behind a configurable verification layer is the classic bridge risk profile, and it is the reason this scores 6.5 on trust assumptions despite a clean record.
Cost and coverage
Around 0.06% plus gas, with support across the major EVM chains and a growing set beyond. Transfers are fast, typically completing within a minute or two.
Who should use it
Users moving size in stablecoins who need native assets on the destination chain. For USDC specifically, CCTP achieves the same outcome without any pooled collateral, and is the safer route where both are available.