Building cross-chain bridging: from aggregation to intent-based solving
LiFi aggregates every major bridge and DEX into one API. Junebox explains the shift from pure aggregation to intent-based solving with KYB liquidity, building for AI agents that need to move assets across chains, and scaling from 75 to 121 people in under a year.
Building cross-chain bridging: from aggregation to intent-based solving
What happens when you aggregate the aggregators in real time
How exchange data became a monopoly and how oracles fix it
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