{"id":64867,"date":"2022-07-25T17:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=64867"},"modified":"2025-09-06T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T13:48:17","slug":"moonbeam-and-osmosis-build-cross-chain-bridge-between-polkadot-and-cosmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/moonbeam-and-osmosis-build-cross-chain-bridge-between-polkadot-and-cosmos\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonbeam and Osmosis Build Cross-Chain Bridge Between Polkadot and Cosmos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Moonbeam project team, in partnership with the <span data-descr=\"decentralised exchange\" class=\"old_tooltip\">DEX<\/span> Osmosis, has enabled token swaps between the Polkadot and Cosmos ecosystems.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1\/ \ud83e\uddea Moonbeam <> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osmosiszone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@osmosiszone<\/a> cross-chain integration is now \u26a1\ufe0f LIVE \u26a1\ufe0f via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axelarcore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@axelarcore<\/a>, enabling one-click swaps between the two chains.<\/p>\n<p>This brings together <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polkadot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Polkadot<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cosmos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cosmos<\/a> \u2014 connecting two of the biggest interoperable ecosystems in the space \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Moonbeam Network #HarvestMoonbeam (@MoonbeamNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoonbeamNetwork\/status\/1550858366439784450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The cross-chain infrastructure is provided by the Axelar protocol. The project supports the cross-chain bridge and a platform for interoperability of smart contracts.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the native Polkadot token (DOT) will become the first available asset for the Osmosis ecosystem. Moonbeam expects to expand the list of tokens in the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This integration via Axelar is an important step in establishing cross-chain interoperability, as well as delivering unified liquidity and user services in Web3&#8221;, the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Osmosis co-founder Sunny Aggarwal told <a href=\"https:\/\/blockworks.co\/osmosis-co-founder-doesnt-see-cosmos-and-polkadot-as-competitors\/\">Blockworks<\/a> in an interview that he does not view Polkadot and Cosmos as competitors. In his words, they are simply &#8216;different frameworks for deploying decentralized applications&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The purpose of building these interoperability protocols is not only to interact within tiny ecosystems. Polkadot is a large space with many interesting assets. Our plan is to continue linking all possible ecosystems&#8221;, added Aggarwal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in November 2021, Moonbeam <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/moonbeam-wins-the-second-polkadot-parachain-auction\">secured a parachain slot<\/a> on Polkadot after the second auction.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moonbeam project team, in partnership with the DEX Osmosis, has enabled token swaps between the Polkadot and Cosmos ecosystems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1210,2268,2279],"class_list":["post-64867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cross-chain-protocols","tag-moonbeam","tag-osmosis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"43","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64869,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64867\/revisions\/64869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}