Axelar has integrated Hedera into its cross-chain network, allow secure token transfers and smart contract calls between Hedera HBAR and other connected blockchains.
The move will give network developers access to Hedera’s tech and liquidity through a single programmable interface, strengthening HBAR’s overall interoperability across the crypto industry.
Hedera-native DEX SaucerSwap and cross-chain router Squid are leveraging the integration to expand liquidity and asset routing.
With the Axelar integration, SaucerSwap can now make use of external tokens and deploy them into Hedera pools, while Squid enables seamless cross-chain transfers into Hedera through transaction flows.
The integration itself also boosts Hedera’s positioning as a network for institutional-grade onchain finance and more casual DeFi use cases, similar to that of Ethereum.
By connecting to Axelar’s interoperability layer, Hedera as a network gains wider access to DeFi liquidity and users across multiple ecosystems, reducing liquidity fragmentation and enhancing composability.
Institutions can also issue and settle tokenized assets on Hedera while distributing assets across multiple networks via Axelar.
Matching with Axelar’s 2026 roadmap, focused on institutional adoption and compliant infrastructures, the partnership is a step toward more scalable, cross-chain tokenization efforts and expansions in DeFi trading. For Hedera, network interoperability and liquidty are vastly imporved.
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