Welcome to the xChain Monthly, Wormhole’s monthly update about everything xChain.

March 2023 is in the books! Let’s have a look at the latest updates, news, and achievements in the Wormhole ecosystem:

⭕ Native USDC Is Going xChain: Wormhole Integrates Circle’s CCTP

• We're incredibly excited to announce that Wormhole has partnered with Circle to provide a seamless cross-chain development experience. Read our Twitter thread, the full blog post,…
• …or watch Wormhole in 60 - Wormhole integrates Circle’s USDC

🏰 y00ts & DeGods Are Moving xChain

• @dust_labs, the team behind the highly popular NFT collections @DeGodsNFT & @y00tsNFT, has announced that they will be moving their collections to Ethereum & Polygon, and it’s all powered by Wormhole’s new Burn & Mint standard. Learn more in our Twitter thread.
• Is there anyone out there who hasn’t heard of the @y00tsNFT & @DeGodsNFT migration yet? If so (or if you're just super excited about it), those 60 seconds are for you.
• @y00tsNFT & @DeGodsNFT are on their way to new homes...

🦄 Uniswap V3 BNB Chain Deployment

• Wormhole Wins Uniswap Community Vote! Read the Twitter announcement or the blog post.
• …what’s this?
• @Uniswap is now live on @BNBCHAIN. And Wormhole will enable Uniswap V3 users on BNB Chain to participate in the Uniswap DAO's Ethereum-based governance process.

🤝 Powered By Wormhole

• Wormhole launched the Aptos NFT Bridge: We are thrilled to announce that it’s now possible to transfer NFTs between @Aptos_Network and other supported chains.
• @0xcarrier, a new powerful token & NFT bridge powered by Wormhole, just launched. Carrier focuses on offering advanced bridging features for Web3 users and offering users unmatched privacy protection.
• @0xcarrier also supports Moonbeam.
• We held a massive Discord AMA with Carrier. Here you can find the summary in a tweet or blog post.
• Carrier also has something coming up for all NFT enthusiasts…
• Carrier in 60 seconds: Wormhole in 60 - Carrier
• We are excited to announce that @TheGariNetwork, one of the world's fastest-growing on-chain social apps, is going xChain. The social media platform is expanding to Aptos, where it aims to benefit from Aptos’ scalability, security, & speed.
• A new xAsset is available! Great to see that just hours after its official launch ARB from @arbitrum has been bridged to @Injective_ & to the broader @cosmos ecosystem for the first time!
• More xAssets are available! Great to see @FolksFinance is setting up liquidity for Wormhole-bridged ETH & BTC on @Algorand.
• Wombat is moving xChain…
• …and Wombex is moving too!
• We're excited to be powering @XcademyOfficial's cross-chain expansion to @BNBCHAIN and help them tap into new markets.

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Community

• We celebrated 100,000 Twitter Followers with you! Thank you 100,000 times!
• We joined @CetusProtocol's infrastructure Twitter Space with @AlasdGem from @PythNetwork and @decentradev, one of our Wormhole core contributors.
• Castling Finance won the $5,000 xPay bounty at the @jump_pit hackathon! Got a grant-worthy idea → http://wormhole.com/xgrant
• Oh boy - our @thexintern is running a meme contest ...and he's giving away USDC as prize money! See all the details and show us your best memes!
• The #wormholememecontest is in full swing! We've already seen over 400 submissions, and the Wormhole board of memelords is working hard to scientifically judge, rank, & categorize them all.

💻 Building

• We’re building in the open. Always. Here you can find February’s Github stats.

🪄 Rando

• Confirmed: GPT-4, not a maxi.
• The Wormhole blog is moving to our website: https://wormhole.com/blog/
• We're stoked to introduce our newest 'hire': @thexintern! The xIntern is an AI-powered super-intern roaming the xChain universe to keep a watchful eye on what's going on. He received an extra dose of sarcasm & is known to be a bit of a wisecracker. What's his job?

 ⚬ Weekly news summaries
 ⚬ Motivating builders
 ⚬ Memeing
 ⚬ Twitter Space & AMA notes
 ⚬ Watching #xChainWhales
 ⚬ Holding contests

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