diff --git a/apps/maestro/src/features/CanonicalTokenDeployment/CanonicalTokenDeployment.tsx b/apps/maestro/src/features/CanonicalTokenDeployment/CanonicalTokenDeployment.tsx
index 7165b7c38..401571148 100644
--- a/apps/maestro/src/features/CanonicalTokenDeployment/CanonicalTokenDeployment.tsx
+++ b/apps/maestro/src/features/CanonicalTokenDeployment/CanonicalTokenDeployment.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { Alert, InfoIcon } from "@axelarjs/ui";
 import { useMemo, type FC } from "react";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
 
+import { useChainFromRoute } from "~/lib/hooks";
+import { useGetChainsConfig } from "~/services/axelarConfigs/hooks";
 import { MultiStepDialog, StepLoading } from "~/ui/compounds/MultiStepForm";
 import {
   CanonicalTokenDeploymentStateProvider,
@@ -24,6 +27,20 @@ const STEPS = [Step1, Step2, Step3];
 
 const CanonicalTokenDeployment: FC = () => {
   const { state, actions } = useCanonicalTokenDeploymentStateContainer();
+  const routeChain = useChainFromRoute();
+  const { data: tokenInfo } = useGetChainsConfig({
+    axelarChainId: routeChain?.axelarChainId,
+  });
+
+  const isGatewayToken = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      (
+        tokenInfo?.assets.map((asset: any) =>
+          asset.tokenAddress.toLowerCase()
+        ) || []
+      ).includes(state.tokenDetails.tokenAddress.toLowerCase()),
+    [tokenInfo, state.tokenDetails.tokenAddress]
+  );
 
   const CurrentStep = useMemo(() => STEPS[state.step], [state.step]);
 
@@ -32,6 +49,14 @@ const CanonicalTokenDeployment: FC = () => {
     [state.step]
   );
 
+  if (isGatewayToken)
+    return (
+      <Alert status="warning" icon={<InfoIcon className="h-6 w-6" />}>
+        This token is supported directly on Axelar and cannot be registered in
+        ITS.
+      </Alert>
+    );
+
   return (
     <MultiStepDialog
       triggerLabel="Register interchain token"
diff --git a/apps/maestro/src/server/context.ts b/apps/maestro/src/server/context.ts
index 8a1adaf0f..193e3981c 100644
--- a/apps/maestro/src/server/context.ts
+++ b/apps/maestro/src/server/context.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import {
+  AxelarConfigClient,
   AxelarscanClient,
+  createAxelarConfigClient,
   createAxelarQueryClient,
   EVMChainConfig,
 } from "@axelarjs/api";
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ const createContextInner = async ({ req, res }: ContextConfig) => {
 
   const axelarQueryClient = createAxelarQueryClient(NEXT_PUBLIC_NETWORK_ENV);
 
+  const axelarConfigClient = createAxelarConfigClient(NEXT_PUBLIC_NETWORK_ENV);
+
   return {
     req,
     res,
@@ -74,6 +78,12 @@ const createContextInner = async ({ req, res }: ContextConfig) => {
         axelarscanClient,
         "evmChains" as const
       ),
+      axelarConfigs: axelarConfigs.bind(
+        null,
+        maestroKVClient,
+        axelarConfigClient,
+        "axelarConfigs" as const
+      ),
       wagmiChainConfigs: WAGMI_CHAIN_CONFIGS,
     },
     persistence: {
@@ -186,3 +196,24 @@ async function evmChains<TCacheKey extends string>(
 
   return evmChainsMap;
 }
+
+async function axelarConfigs<TCacheKey extends string>(
+  kvClient: MaestroKVClient,
+  axelarConfigClient: AxelarConfigClient,
+  cacheKey: TCacheKey
+): Promise<any> {
+  const chainConfigs = await axelarConfigClient.getChainConfigs(
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_NETWORK_ENV
+  );
+
+  const cached = await kvClient.getCached<any>(cacheKey);
+
+  if (cached) {
+    return cached;
+  }
+
+  // cache for 1 hour
+  await kvClient.setCached<any>(cacheKey, chainConfigs, 3600);
+
+  return chainConfigs;
+}
diff --git a/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/_app.ts b/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/_app.ts
index c8aea5728..904c5fed8 100644
--- a/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/_app.ts
+++ b/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/_app.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { publicProcedure, router } from "~/server/trpc";
 import { authRouter } from "./auth";
+import { axelarConfigsRouter } from "./axelarConfigs";
 import { axelarjsSDKRouter } from "./axelarjsSDK";
 import { axelarscanRouter } from "./axelarscan";
 import { erc20Router } from "./erc20";
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export const appRouter = router({
   axelarscan: axelarscanRouter,
   erc20: erc20Router,
   axelarjsSDK: axelarjsSDKRouter,
+  axelarConfigs: axelarConfigsRouter,
   interchainToken: interchainTokenRouter,
   auth: authRouter,
   openai: openaiRouter,
diff --git a/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/axelarConfigs/getChainConfigs.ts b/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/axelarConfigs/getChainConfigs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..648ed0c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/axelarConfigs/getChainConfigs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { TRPCError } from "@trpc/server";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+import { publicProcedure } from "~/server/trpc";
+
+export const getConfigForChain = publicProcedure
+  .meta({
+    openapi: {
+      summary: "Get the full configs for a chain on the Axelar network",
+      description:
+        "Get the full configs for a chain on the Axelar network, including the assets registered directly on the network",
+      method: "GET",
+      path: "/axelar-chain-configs",
+      tags: ["axelar-chain-configs"],
+    },
+  })
+  .input(
+    z.object({
+      axelarChainId: z.string().max(64),
+    })
+  )
+  .output(z.any())
+  .query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
+    try {
+      return (await ctx.configs.axelarConfigs()).chains[input.axelarChainId];
+    } catch (error) {
+      // If we get a TRPC error, we throw it
+      if (error instanceof TRPCError) {
+        throw error;
+      }
+      // otherwise, we throw an internal server error
+      throw new TRPCError({
+        code: "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
+        message: "Failed to get chain configs",
+      });
+    }
+  });
diff --git a/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/axelarConfigs/index.ts b/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/axelarConfigs/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b22853021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/maestro/src/server/routers/axelarConfigs/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { router } from "~/server/trpc";
+import { getConfigForChain } from "./getChainConfigs";
+
+export const axelarConfigsRouter = router({
+  getChainConfigs: getConfigForChain,
+});
+
+export type AxelarConfigsRouter = typeof axelarConfigsRouter;
diff --git a/apps/maestro/src/services/axelarConfigs/hooks.ts b/apps/maestro/src/services/axelarConfigs/hooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f657f174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/maestro/src/services/axelarConfigs/hooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Maybe } from "@axelarjs/utils";
+
+import { trpc } from "~/lib/trpc";
+
+export function useGetChainsConfig(input: { axelarChainId?: string }) {
+  return trpc.axelarConfigs.getChainConfigs.useQuery(
+    {
+      axelarChainId: Maybe.of(input.axelarChainId).mapOr("", String),
+    },
+    {
+      enabled: Boolean(input.axelarChainId),
+      staleTime: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24, // 24 hours
+      refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+    }
+  );
+}