According to BlockBeats, on June 28, the Cardano Foundation announced the integration of the Inter-Chain Communication Protocol (IBC) to enable reliable transactions and data exchange across different blockchain networks, enhance connectivity and join the cross-chain ecosystem. By introducing the IBC function to Cardano, projects seeking to build a bridge between the Cardano network and side chains based on the Cosmos SDK may use this solution.

In addition to joining the cross-chain ecosystem, the implementation of IBC for Cardano also adds another option to connect Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-based sidechains to Cardano. This will allow developers to seamlessly deploy EVM-based decentralized applications (DApps) on the Cardano sidechain.