Polygon’s AggLayer adopts Agora’s AUSD as native currency

AUSD now powers AggLayer on Polygon, optimizing crosschain liquidity and eliminating token bridges.

Agora, a stablecoin company, has introduced its AUSD stablecoin as the native currency for Polygon’s AggLayer, a crosschain settlement network, to enable multichain transactions via a stable, fiat-backed asset.

The partnership aims to eliminate the need for token bridges, simplifying and unifying liquidity for developers and end-users in the AggLayer community onchain.

Agora is a stablecoin startup co-founded by Nick van Eck, Drake Evans and Joe McGrady. Custodians, including State Street and VanEck, back its institutional-grade stablecoin AUSD.

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