Coinbase Bridge vs edgeX

Coinbase Bridge tracks the wrapped assets issued by Coinbase and backed 1:1 by reserves held in Coinbase custody, the largest being cbBTC, Coinbase's wrapped Bitcoin. These tokens bring assets such as BTC, XRP, ADA, DOGE and LTC onchain on networks like Base, Ethereum and Solana, so that Coinbase users can move them into DeFi for lending, liquidity provision or collateral. Minting and redemption are handled through Coinbase accounts, which makes conversion between the native asset and its wrapped version simple for exchange users.

The edgeX Bridge tracks the assets users deposit to trade on edgeX, the order book exchange for perpetuals and spot. Funds are held in edgeX contracts across Ethereum, Arbitrum and the edgeX L1, while trades are matched at high speed on the exchange and settled with on-chain custody. The bridged balance is the collateral that backs trading across edgeX products.