Odaily Planet Daily News: TON Foundation plans to launch TON Teleport BTC, a Bitcoin cross-chain bridge. It is reported that this is a trustless bridging service designed to facilitate secure Bitcoin transfers between Telegram linked networks. The TON Foundation said that the bridge service is designed to enable Bitcoin holders to participate in decentralized finance (DeFi) activities on TON while keeping their original assets safe. Anatoliy Makosov, technical director of TON, said: "All transactions are executed through smart contracts and verified by TON blockchain validators. Storing and using Bitcoin on TON is as safe as on the Bitcoin network itself, but at a lower cost and more convenient." (decrypt)