As the launch of the AXL token approaches, new partners are signing up to build cross-chain. NFT projects in particular are making use of secure General Message Passing, and we launched our own NFT (mint date, Sept. 7) to celebrate the completion of the Axelar Robot, the newest addition to our team. (Humans, visit axelar.network/careers to see other positions on the team.)

Axelar made significant new connections in the Avalanche ecosystem, partnering with several subnets to provide secure interoperability. We also announced integration with NEAR Protocol, via a partnership with Trisolaris, the largest dex on Aurora. Meanwhile, multiple projects are building on Polygon and the Ethereum ecosystem. And, in the Cosmos ecosystem, an integration with Kujira brought increased flows over Axelar network.

There are many upcoming events and opportunities to get connected with the Axelar community, beginning with Friday's Community Call, where we'll welcome a new ecosystem partner, Squid, that is emerging as a key enabler for dApps building liquidity cross-chain.

For these partners and others we may not even know about yet (Axelar network is permissionless), we’ve continued to ship code and coding tutorials in August. Read the full details, below. And, if you’re interested in building on Axelar:

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New Protocols

Axelar announced integration of Near Protocol in a partnership with Trisolaris, the largest dex on Aurora. As part of the partnership, Aurigami will deliver cross-chain borrow-lendinding and Squid will provide cross-chain liquidity routing. Read more in an Aurora Network blog post.

Content from new partners

• Mythaverse has a vision for cross-chain Web3 gaming, based in the Polygon ecosystem. Find out about what they see in the cross-chain future.
• Prime Protocol is building a ceFi experience for deFi, allowing users to securely manage positions on multiple chains, from inside a single decentralized application built on Moonbeam. Read more about their cross-chain native prime brokerage and listen in on our AMA with Prime.
• Spin is building a deFi platform on NEAR Protocol that will allow users from any blockchain to easily start trading. Learn how it works and listen in on our AMA with Spin.
• OneRare is building the “metaverse of food” on Polygon, and they intend to welcome foodies from across Web3: Read more about what they're building.
• Sei Network held an AMA with Axelar to announce their plans for cross-chain deFi on Cosmos. Listen in.
• We just started working with Flipside on a new buildathon. Listen to the AMA to learn more.
• New partner MintDAO is minting the Axelar Robot NFT series on Sept. 7. Find out how to preregister.
• Axelar backer Morningstar Ventures published a Q&A with Sergey. Check it out.

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