Welcome to the xChain Monthly, Wormhole’s monthly update about everything xChain. It’s been another exciting month. Wormhole launched a game-changing new feature, added a new chain, announced more killer partnerships, was featured in podcasts & Twitter Spaces, and introduced one of the Wormhole Guardians. Here’s a full rundown of…

And just like that… Aurora is part of the Wormhole network! We couldn’t be more pumped. Project Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) on the NEAR Protocol blockchain. It provides a turn-key solution for devs to operate their apps on an Ethereum-compatible, high-throughput, scalable, and future-safe platform with…

Welcome to ^ᵂᴼᴿᴹᴴᴼᴸᴱ In this series, we look into what’s possible when projects raise xChain functions to the power of Wormhole. ^ᵂᴼᴿᴹᴴᴼᴸᴱ is pronounced as Raise to the power of Wormhole. What is Mayan Finance? Mayan Finance, which won the Wormhole Award at the Convergence Hackathon back in February 2022, is a cross-chain swap infrastructure that…

In this series, we’re going to tell you more about our trusted Guardians, the validators who keep the Wormhole network up and running. We are starting off with Everstake, one of the biggest decentralized staking providers out there. But first off: How does Wormhole work? Wormhole is a decentralized, generic message-passing protocol for blockchains that enables…

Welcome to xChain Monthly, Wormhole’s monthly update about everything that’s moving in the xChain world. “Will you be part of the xChain future?” It’s been a big month. Wormhole added several new chains, announced some killer partnerships, established new liquid markets, and kept it 100 on Twitter Spaces. On top…

Welcome to the first edition of our new series “Wormhole Chains”, in which we present new chains that are now part of the Wormhole network. Table of contents What is Celo? Markets Future Contact & Docs 1. What is Celo? Celo is a mobile-first, fully EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain that gives anyone with a mobile phone access…

Unbelievable. We’re thrilled to announce that Karura is the 10th supported chain on Wormhole! Finally, Karura (and, spoiler alert, soon Acala) users will be able to bridge assets to and from, via the Portal Bridge. What is Karura? Karura is the all-in-one DeFi hub of Kusama. Founded by the Acala Foundation, Karura is…

Unlockd unleashes the full liquidity and utility potential of NFTs. And how do those NFTs move xChain? Guess. No really, take a guess. Ok. Yes. It’s Wormhole. 1. What is Unlockd? Unlockd is a cross-chain, NFT-backed lending protocol that allows users to optimize the returns of their NFTs without losing ownership of their collateral. …