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Brale ION Protocol Moves Stablecoins Across Chains via Burn-and-Mint
Brale's ION Protocol uses a burn-and-mint model to shift stablecoin supply between blockchains, avoiding locked liquidity pools. The infrastructure launch targets interoperability for payments and settlement.
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Brale launched ION Protocol, an infrastructure product that moves stablecoins between blockchains using a burn-and-mint transfer model. The company described the system in a blog post as a way to shift token supply from one network to another without locking assets in a bridge pool.
Under the model, tokens are destroyed on the source chain and an equivalent amount is created on the destination chain. No single pool of collateral sits between them. The total supply across chains remains consistent, Brale said.
The approach is already in use elsewhere. Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol applies the same burn-and-mint design for native USDC movement. ION Protocol follows the same pattern but is not limited to a single stablecoin issuer, according to the post.