PANews reported on August 21 that according to CoinDesk, OpenZeppelin, a coding and deployment company for smart contracts and on-chain applications, announced a collaboration with Axelar's startup developer Interop Labs to "create open source developer resources for cross-chain communication." According to the team: "This collaboration enables developers to seamlessly build interconnected applications by enhancing interoperability between the Ethereum L2 network and the Axelar connected chain through a new contract library."