The Cardano Foundation has announced the integration of the Cross-Chain Communication Protocol (IBC) for enabling reliable transactions and data exchange across different blockchain networks to enhance connectivity and join the cross-chain ecosystem. By bringing IBC capabilities to Cardano, projects seeking to build bridges between the Cardano network and sidechains based on the Cosmos SDK may use this solution. In addition to joining the cross-chain ecosystem, the implementation of IBC for Cardano 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 Cardano sidechains.