"Ripple has announced a partnership with Axelar, a blockchain interoperability platform. 💥 The price of AXL has soared as Ripple will use Axelar as the only bridge for its XRPL EVM sidechain. The token price has reached $0.81, an increase of 6%. XRPL EVM Sidechain will use Axelar for simple converting XRP into wrapped XRP (eXRP). Despite these and previous partnerships, XRP has failed to rally. However, analysts believe that regulatory clarity could be a turning point for the top 10 cryptocurrency by market capitalization. XRP is trading at $0.49.