Portal Bridge (Wormhole)
Portal Bridge is the token bridge interface for the Wormhole cross-chain messaging protocol, moving assets between Ethereum and other EVM chains, Solana, Sui, Aptos and more, secured by Wormhole's guardian network.
Rating B: 2 restrictions: Feature Block, Wallet screening. Bridge · Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Scroll, Mantle.
Official app: portalbridge.com. Frontend code: archived.
Restrictions
- Geo Block: n/a.
- Feature Block: yes. Fusion swaps (market and limit orders): the quote API can refuse the selected tokens with GEO_BLOCKED ('Trading the selected tokens is not available in your region'); which tokens and countries is not published.
- Wallet screening: yes. portalbridge.com checks both wallets of a transfer (checkWalletSanctions) before it starts; the archived UI used TRM Labs (risk score >= 10 -> block, fail-open), the wormhole-connect widget a hardcoded OFAC SDN list. Where it runs: API. Fail mode: fail-open.
- VPN / Tor detection: n/a.
- Terms of Service: portalbridge.com/terms-of-service, Last updated unknown. unknown (client-side)
Notes
Base: wormhole-foundation/wormhole-connect (widget) + the archived portal-bridge-ui.
Live checks
- WebFetch (US): metadata only
Evidence
- portalbridge.com bundle: checkWalletSanctions for both wallets; GEO_BLOCKED quote error
- XLabs/portal-bridge-ui: apps/connect/src/providers/sanctions.ts
- wormhole-foundation/wormhole-connect: src/utils/transferValidation.ts
- wormhole-foundation/wormhole-connect: src/consts/wallet.ts
Checked 2026-10-28. All interfaces · Methodology