Axelar Ecosystem

Tune in tomorrow for an X space hosted by the one and only @Vet_X0! @dionyziz and I will chat with Vet about the @CommonPrefix origin story, @axelar’s new era, our work with @RippleXDev, the roadmap ahead, and more!

As Interop Labs transitions through an acquisition, we’ve made the decision to wind down Fullport and refocus efforts on the core Axelar technical stack now being advanced by @commonprefix. What to expect moving forward: - Spot & perp trading will continue directly on Hyperliquid - Unclaimed Fullport rewards can be claimed via app.merkl.xyz - The Fullport app will be deprecated by Dec. 26, 2025 at 5pm PST Thank you to everyone who supported Fullport 💙

Axelar isn’t slowing down, it’s entering its next phase as open-source infrastructure for onchain finance. @CommonPrefix is stepping into a lead stewardship role for Axelar, with a clear roadmap, deep technical credibility + long-term commitment to the network. 🧵👇

Common Prefix is taking the lead stewardship role of Axelar. We are excited to share our plans for 2026, with more details to be announced in Q1. Our team consists of scientists–professors, PhDs, and post-docs–from world-renowned universities like Stanford, Imperial, ETH Zürich, and University of Edinburgh. But also senior engineers with decades of experience in hedge funds, TradFi, and Web3. We bridge the gap between science and engineering. We are razor-sharp focused on institutional adoption. For this, we will double down on the ecosystems that matter like XRPL, Sui, Solana, Ethereum, Stellar, and Hyperliquid. We will make sure that supported connections bring value to the ecosystem, and the right incentives for validators. For institutional, we need increased economic security. We’ll enable co-staking of blue chip tokens beyond just AXL. Privacy, compliance, and robustness will also be a theme for the year. For bridging, we will remove friction of moving assets from chain to chain by introducing gasless bridging. Subsidies will come from investing capital locked in gateway contracts, creating novel asset classes. Users will always have the choice to act according to their risk appetite. Lastly, we’re building up-the-stack in select key verticals: stablecoins, tokenized deposits, yield, and lending. A fusion of new chains creates an opportunity for new emerging asset classes.

The @interop_labs team has signed an agreement to join @circle. The Foundation thanks Interop Labs for its contributions to the network over the years. The Axelar Network, Foundation, and AXL token remain fully independent. Axelar Foundation is welcoming @CommonPrefix, a leading network contributor, to take over Interop Labs activities and lead development of the network following the closing. The Axelar Network is the most open-source and non-custodial interoperability network in existence today. We look forward to continuing to build alongside a tremendous ecosystem of builders. Read the announcement: axelar.network/blog/circle-in…

Clarity beats complexity.

We’ve been so heads down building SettleX that we kept this massive W under wraps 🤫🛠️ Proud to finally share that SettleX emerged as a WINNER of the @cracked_labs x @axelar Infinity Quest! 🏆 75k $AXL secured to fuel the future of cross chain settlement. Back to shipping 🚢

Powerful deep-dive into how Axelar addresses big challenges in compliance, risk management and settlement from @Catalyze_RS See why Axelar is becoming a market leader in providing institutional infrastructure for the next wave of stablecoins and tokenized finance👇

November was a fruitful month for Alvara! New BSKTs minted, governance went live, ALVA on base, lots of gBSKTS and more! Let’s take a look into how things went: → Total BSKTs minted: 106 → Total TVL (in ETH): 53 → ALVA expanded to Base, powered by @squidrouter and @axelar → Launched the Phase 1 of our governance allowing basketoors to propose Alpha BSKTs → Finalized the Liquidity Expansion Layer, now sent for security audit 👀 → Intern’s community stats: 387 gBSKTs 🧺 Our Liquidity Expansion Layer is almost live enabling anyone to launch a basket using any asset available on Uniswap v3. This update will mark the beginning of an exciting new phase: BSKT Lab expansion, community activations and a lot of fun. Building at the forefront of the asset management sector wouldn’t have been possible without every single one of you basketoors. Thank you for being here with us. Going into 2026, the mission is clear: ERC-7621 will become the standard for tokenized baskets. 🧺

Coming soon to Kraken 👀 $LAVA by @lavanetxyz is a protocol that routes dApps and AI agents to the fastest, most reliable data providers on every chain 🌋 Now in post-only mode. Trading erupts on December 10 at 10:00 AM UTC. Get ready → app.kraken.com/JDNW/LAVA

Introducing AgentFlux: a privacy-preserving AI framework for onchain finance. Developed by @interop_labs, AgentFlux enables agentic automation without sending sensitive information to the cloud. 🧵 👇

A proposal (axelarscan.io/proposal/421) to upgrade the Axelar Network to v1.3.2 is now live. If approved (subject to onchain governance), it will cause an upgrade starting on Dec 8 at approximately 2pm UTC. The upgrade will bring block times down from 5 seconds to below 2 seconds. See the changelog (github.com/axelarnetwork/…) for more details. The upgrade is expected to last approximately 3 hours. During this time, the Axelar Network, token transfers + General Message Passing will not be available. All GMP calls initiated during the upgrade will be delivered once the upgrade has been completed.

1/4 #EverstakeGovernance Report: November 2025 This month, Everstake participated in several important governance proposals across major ecosystems, primarily on @injective and @axelar. See how we voted:

Solana → Hypercore in under 20 seconds. No CEX, no detours, no friction.

Key crypto Events This Week🚀 🔹 December 1: - @LidoFinance: Treasury Stablecoin Vote: TMC-6 converts treasury stablecoins to yield-earning assets - @axelar: Testnet V1.3.1 Upgrade: support to SDK 0.50, cuts block times to 1s - @MantaNetwork: AMA with Fireant: Manta on Junkfun (launched with Bonk) 🔹 December 2: - @FlareNetworks: Flare Fork: Upcoming upgrades to boost performance, lower costs & scale dApps - @MultiversX: Staking V5 & Reward Buckets (v1.11.1): Tail inflation, dynamic issuance, and diversified ecosystem rewards - @vechainofficial: Launch Hayabusa Mainnet: StarGate NFT staking & VTHO rewards 🔹 December 3: - @ethereum: Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade: boosting scalability & efficiency 🔹 December 4: - @GEODNET: Geodnet & ROVR AMA: app launches, milestones & updates - @Celo: Governance Call - Trust Wallet Token: Trust Wallet Community Connect 🔹 December 5: - @DIAdata_org: DAO Treasury Vote: Approval requested for 2026 annual tranche - @stakedotlink: Cubes Vote: Allocate protocol Cubes across 9 Chainlink Build projects - @RenzoProtocol: Token Burn: 90% burned monthly, 10% to ezREZ stakers 🔹 December 6: - @doodles: Event with Claynosaurz 🔹 December 7: - Siacoin: V2 - The Final Cut: network upgrade ends V1 era, upgrade Sia terminal apps - @BeldexCoin: Obscura Hardfork: Bulletproof++, faster private transactions & improved scalability

🍣 Big update from Sushi: Synthesis, led by @alexmccurryo, has made a significant long-term strategic investment in the Sushi protocol, including the purchase of over 10M $SUSHI tokens. Alex will be joining and leading the Sushi Protocol.

Love to see the ARC Korea community growing 🇰🇷🙌 Shoutout to @anthony_kim_k for hosting a Fullport session!

Proud to have such a strong South Korean community 🇰🇷 Axelar Research Collective Korea wrapped up its 8-week results showcase at the Hashed Lounge, supported by @hashed_official, featuring research and presentations from the members 👇

One screen. One wallet. Spot and Perps = simplified.

What a huge privilege to have our front-end engineer @paulbyeon presenting Strobe at @axelar's ARC event! Collaborations are the backbone of DeFi and the #XRPL. Axelar's Research Collective is bringing opportunities across the ecosystem by enabling the #XRPLEVM Sidechain!