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Sunrise is incubated by Wormhole Labs and built on Wormhole’s cross-chain infrastructure. But Sunrise is framework-agnostic by design: the bridging layer under each listing depends on what the asset already has.

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Which bridging framework does a listing use?

It depends on the asset:
  • The token already has its own multichain solution — an existing NTT deployment, a LayerZero OFT, Chainlink CCIP, or custom infrastructure. Sunrise coordinates the Solana launch around the issuer’s existing setup. Bridging is one input; Sunrise handles canonical recognition, liquidity, and distribution.
  • The token doesn’t have a multichain solution yet — the canonical Solana deployment is typically established with Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers (NTT) framework.
The bridge route for each listing is shown on the Listed assets page.

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What NTT means for an asset

Unlike traditional wrapped assets, NTT maintains a token’s native properties on every chain. The issuer retains control over metadata, ownership, upgradeability, and custom features — there is no bridge-specific wrapper. Transfers either burn tokens on the source chain and mint on the destination, or lock on a hub chain and mint on spoke chains. For the mechanics, see Flow of a Transfer in the Wormhole docs. The Wormhole docs describe this pattern — NTT delivering canonical tokens to a destination chain from day one, with Sunrise coordinating bridging, liquidity seeding, and DEX integration on top — as a coordinated asset launch.

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Security model

Transfers on Wormhole-based deployments inherit Wormhole’s security architecture:
  • Guardian network — a heterogeneous, decentralized set of independent nodes verifies every cross-chain transfer rather than a single operator.
  • Rate limits — configurable per-chain, per-period caps on transfer flow that bound the impact of any incident.
  • Global Accountant — two-sided reconciliation that checks the integrity of every transfer, ensuring tokens minted on one chain never exceed tokens locked or burned on the other.
  • Anomaly detection — automated monitoring for unusual transfer patterns.
For the broader security model, see Wormhole’s Security Overview. Assets using OFT, CCIP, or custom frameworks carry the security model of their respective infrastructure rather than Wormhole’s.

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Real-world assets

Some asset issuers issue tokenized representations of real-world assets, such as US stocks. These carry the regulatory and custody model of their issuer in addition to the bridging infrastructure above. For tokenized equities issued through Backpack Securities, see Tokenized equities with Backpack Securities and the Backpack docs.

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What this means for you

When you deposit an asset through Sunrise or trade a Sunrise-listed token, you are interacting with the canonical, issuer-aligned deployment — not a third-party wrapper of unknown provenance. As with any onchain activity, standard wallet hygiene still applies: verify URLs and mint addresses, and review what you sign.