Core Insights - The article discusses the increasing demand for cross-chain bridges in blockchain technology, which allows assets to migrate between different blockchains, enhancing blockchain activity and capital utilization [1] - Various types of cross-chain bridges are categorized based on their technical principles, including decentralized verification bridges (zkBridge), relay-based bridges (Wormhole), mint-and-freeze bridges (Multichain), liquidity-based bridges (THORChain), and native cross-chain bridges (Polygon Pos Bridge) [1] - The article highlights two main types of cross-chain bridges encountered in practice: those relying on centralized entities and those that do not [1] Cross-Chain Analysis - A simple method to analyze cross-chain transactions is through blockchain explorers, which can show interactions with cross-chain bridges [1] - An example transaction involving THORChain is provided, demonstrating how to query transaction details using a hash [2][4] - The transaction details reveal the movement of assets from BSC to TRON, with specific fields indicating the amount and destination address [6][7]

Wallet Support Expansion - Gridplus wallets are expanding support beyond BTC from the UTXO family [1] - The expansion includes every UTXO chain on ShapeShift, such as BCH, DOGE, and LTC [1] - Support will also be added for THORChain, MAYAChain, and COSMOS [1]