Integrating an existing chain with Cosmos chains, wallets and DEX's

[Agorise]

Hi there, is there a relatively straight-forward path to integrating existing chains (like Steem, a Graphene (web3) chain) with Cosmos chains?

We want to make it so that $STEEM for example can be easily swapped (via keplr, leap, etc) with tokens from other Cosmos chains, get listed on Cosmos DEX's, and utilize chains like Jackal and Akash for distributed file storage.

We want to keep ie: Steem as a Graphene chain, but also to leverage the power of Cosmos chains and communicate with them.

Cosmos is so huge and overwhelming, I am curious what is the best way to begin this integration process with an existing chain. I want to keep the connections as lightweight as possible too, without having to rewrite much if anything.

Thank you in advance for any direction and links that you can provide. :)

[Agorise]

I should also mention that we would like to possibly hire a Golang dev for this project to work with our existing team here at Agorise. If interested, please dm @agorise:matrix.org on matrix.