Base-Solana Bridge Powered by Chainlink, Live. Bullish for SOL and LINK?

Solana and Coinbase’s Ethereum L2 blockchain, Base, have joined forces to bridge their respective blockchains with Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). The Base-Solana Bridge was completed this week and will allow for easy transfer of assets between Solana and Base, with the aim of boosting cross-chain liquidity.

Chainlink Secures the Bridge with CCIP Technology

Base released an official statement announcing a new bridge to Solana. The Base and Solana bridge is now live on the mainnet and was launched using Chainlink’s CCIP technology. This is a major development for users and builders, as it enables the simple transfer of assets between Solana and Base. This includes SOL tokens and any other tokens/assets built on Solana. A number of popular decentralized applications (dApps) are also integrating with the bridge, including Zora, Aerodrome, Virtuals, Flaunch, and Relay.

The integration of the bridge also opens up development opportunities for builders to integrate Solana assets on their own apps on Base. This is particularly important when it comes to SPL tokens. With the addition of this new bridge, we are continuing to see Base take strides towards a more connected multichain ecosystem that only further increases innovation and liquidity for each blockchain.

A Milestone for Cross-Chain Interoperability

The newly-launched Solana-Base bridge is a unique technical collaboration. The bridge spans Solana’s non-EVM architecture and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains such as Base. This collaboration cements Base as a multichain hub for memecoin communities and traders seeking access to assets on other blockchains. Using Base as the on-ramp, users will be able to bridge assets across chains without managing numerous wallets.

Base is opening these cross-chain solutions in response to demand from its users. Traders want to easily trade assets between different networks without incurring the high transaction fees associated with bridging. Layer-1 blockchain Solana offers both high throughput and low transaction costs, and as a result, it’s attractive for memecoin trading and minting. Base will have a niche for these use cases on its network as well.

Market Reactions: SOL and LINK Prices Dip

The news has not, however, had a significant effect on the price of Solana’s native SOL token, which has declined by just 3% on the day to below $140. The token is now down more than 50% from its all-time high of over $293 in January of 2025. Chainlink (LINK), the protocol that runs the bridge, has fared similarly, dropping 3% to $14.30. LINK is down 73% from its all-time high of nearly $53 set in 2021, an all-too-common statistic in the ongoing altcoin bear market.

SOL/USDT M15 chart, published on TradingView, December 5, 2025

Solana and Base: Future Outlook

Solana and Base have both been advancing, with Solana still having more than $9 billion in assets and Base at $4.5 billion as of writing (DefiLlama). While Solana’s activity has decreased in the last year, with active addresses falling from over 6 million to 2.4 million, Base has a consistent increase in transaction volume that has seen a high of close to 407 million transactions in November.

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