ApeSwap Expands to Polygon with Ten Partner Projects! 🐵🚀🌕

It’s time to plant new seeds to grow the Jungle 🌱

What’s better than ApeSwap & BANANA going cross-chain? 🤔 Going cross-chain with the official support of Polygon!

And you know if we are going to expand we are going to do it right, the ApeSwap way. ❤️ That's why we recruited ten of our family members to launch with us, creating an entire DeFi ecosystem on Polygon. 💪

The Cross-Chain Details ⛓

Cross-chain assets have been around for a while, so it’s only our natural evolution to go multi-chain.

While planning the future of ApeSwap we saw this trend clearly and have full intention of remaining on the cutting edge of DeFi innovation.

Our vision is to provide the best trading experience for all investors, traders, and of course, Apes, so with this first expansion we are laying the groundwork to become a premier multi-chain DEX.

To kick things off we will be bridging one Banana per block into Polygon to incentivize liquidity on the new chain!

We have also obtained support from the Polygon team to help us with this expansion, including MATIC farming rewards! We couldn’t be more excited to continue to grow the Jungle with them as a new partner. This is the first of many steps to ensure we build the best decentralized exchange we possibly can for you, the ApeSwap Family!

Who’s Expanding with Us 🌴

We have an all-star lineup joining us on this journey, many of which are projects you apes are already familiar with from our rapid expansion. 🥳

This includes three yield farms, a vault, two launchpads, a dashboard, an NFT marketplace, an NFT project, as well as a leveraged trading platform.

1. PolyCrystal Finance (Farm)— PolyCrystal is a new yield farm that will be launching exclusively on Polygon!
2. BarberShop Finance (Farm) — BarberShop is also a new yield farm project, focused on putting a new spin on yield farming!
3. Tako Defi (Farm) — Tako Defi is a yield farm with multiple features to maximize your yields through various gamification!
4. ApeRocket (Vault Service) — ApeRocket is a premier vault platform that is closely tied to the ApeSwap team.
5. Astronaut (IDO Platform) — Our O.G. “Initial Ape Offering” who serves as a top-notch launchpad for new projects.
6. ApeTools (IDO Platform) — A very committed partner to growing the ApeSwap Jungle. Also working on DEX tooling and an incubator!
7. JDIYield (Yield Farming Dashboard) — Another successful IAO candidate that focuses on aggregating yield farming protocols to provide more data and ease of use.
8. NFTKEY (NFTs)— One of BSC’s premier NFT marketplaces, featuring exclusive NFT projects.
9. Neural Pepe (NFTs) — An innovative, futuristic, and memeified NFT project (who will be releasing something new featuring apes on Polygon)!
10. Unimex (Leveraged Trading) — A decentralized leverage trading platform that gives access to a wide range of crypto assets to trade on margin.

What’s the Timeline? 🗓

As much monkeying around as we do, we take our monkey business very seriously. Here is the rollout for the next few days. 🤑

1. June 18th — Official expansion announcement 🥳
2. June 18th, 16:00 UTC — Reddit AMA with Obie Dobo to answer all your burning questions 🔥
3. June 19th, 1:00 UTC — AnySwap bridge opens up to bridge BEP20 BANANA to Polygon 🍌
4. June 21st, 16:00 UTC — ApeSwap Decentralized Exchange officially launches on Polygon, with MATIC and BANANA farming live 🥵
5. ONGOING — Partner projects will be launching through us continuously shortly after 🚀