Announcements Blockaid launches Bridge Sentinel, a new DVN bringing real-time threat intelligence monitoring to LayerZero’s cross-chain infrastructure Blockaid, the onchain security platform behind Coinbase, MetaMask, Uniswap, and Safe, has launched Bridge Sentinel, a DVN that screens each LayerZero message against its real-time threat intelligence before it signs.

PRODUCTAnnouncements Blockaid launchesBridge Sentinel, a new DVN bringingreal-time threat intelligence monitoring toLayerZero’s cross-chain infrastructure…33IMPORTANCECLOSED2NEWS MEDIA2PIECESOct 9, 2026 13:09blockboard.net

Blockaid and LayerZero introduced Bridge Sentinel, a security-focused decentralized verification network for cross-chain messaging. The setup screens LayerZero messages with Blockaid’s real-time threat intelligence before validation, and LayerZero OFT issuers can add it to their verification configurations.

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Blockaid launched Bridge Sentinel as a new decentralized verification network for LayerZero’s cross-chain infrastructure, and it screens each LayerZero message with real-time threat intelligence before it signs.
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Blockaid’s Bridge Sentinel is presented as a security-focused DVN that lets asset issuers require an independent security review for transactions involving their assets.
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LayerZero and Blockaid introduced Bridge Sentinel as a cross-chain security tool that uses real-time threat intelligence to screen messages before validation.
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LayerZero OFT issuers can add Bridge Sentinel to their verification configurations.

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Users and issuers who rely on LayerZero messaging are the ones who notice this first, because Bridge Sentinel is now available as part of the verification setup. That means message screening can sit inside the cross-chain process rather than outside it, and issuers can choose to require it for their assets.

Before this launch, the verification setup did not include Bridge Sentinel in LayerZero OFT issuers’ configurations. Now it can be added there, while the message-screening step itself remains tied to validation of LayerZero messages.

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