Bitcoins and Ordinals on Cardano
Cardinal is a newly unveiled cross-chain protocol that enables Bitcoin UTXOs – including Ordinals – to seamlessly transfer between Bitcoin and Cardano
Cardinal is a newly unveiled cross-chain protocol that enables Bitcoin UTXOs – including Ordinals – to seamlessly transfer between Bitcoin and Cardano. At the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, IOG demonstrated a trust-minimized cross-chain transfer: a Bitcoin Ordinal was “wrapped” onto Cardano’s native asset, used on Cardano, and then returned to Bitcoin.
