The Wyoming Stable Token Commission, issuer of the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), has migrated the state’s stable token from LayerZero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as its exclusive cross-chain infrastructure. In an Aug. 18 announcement, the commission said the move follows an exhaustive security review and a multi-year contract with Chainlink.
FRNT is the first fiat-backed, fully reserved stable token issued by a public entity in the United States. It launched in January 2026 and is backed by U.S. dollars and short-term U.S. Treasuries, with income from those reserves helping to diversify state revenue and support Wyoming’s School Foundation Program.
Why Wyoming switched cross-chain providers
The commission said its review identified concerns over LayerZero’s disclosure practices and operational security, prompting the decision to fully deprecate its initial LayerZero implementation. “The Commission proactively conducted a security review and identified concerns regarding LayerZero’s disclosure practices and operational security,” said executive director Anthony Apollo.
CCIP, by contrast, implements a defense-in-depth approach that includes a SOC 2 Type 2 certification, a highly audited codebase, built-in risk controls and a decentralized architecture in which every transaction is redundantly validated by a minimum of 16 independent node operators, according to the announcement.
A template for public-sector stablecoins
FRNT is currently deployed on eight public blockchains, including Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Hedera, Optimism, Polygon and Solana. Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov framed the selection as evidence that governments need standard-setting infrastructure to move digital assets across chains at scale.
“Wyoming has consistently been a leader in digital asset policy and public-sector blockchain adoption,” Nazarov said. The commission described the migration as a blueprint for other states, financial institutions and stablecoin issuers seeking to deploy regulated digital assets while meeting institutional security standards.
The deployment strategy itself dates back to a November 2023 letter from Wyoming’s Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology, which urged a multi-chain, technology-neutral approach. FRNT is distributed through a quarterly blockchain selection exercise rather than being locked to a single network.
What the shift signals
The move is the latest sign that public-sector stablecoin programs are treating cross-chain security as a core risk rather than an afterthought. With Wyoming positioning FRNT as critical financial infrastructure, the switch to a more audited interoperability layer reflects the higher bar applied to sovereign digital money than to typical DeFi deployments.
