Cøsmos Network: HackAtomVI is live, Secret Network and Ki Foundation welcomed to the IBC Gang, Interchain Security is coming to the Cosmos Hub soon, Evmos testnet is up, Akash partners with Polygon, Polygon unveils Miden, Oasis collabs with Band Protocol, Althea introduced the World’s Smartest Router, The BSC network upgrade tomorrow, and more!
Biweekly update on the Cosmos ecosystem vol. 60🎉, 15th November — 29th November
Dear Cosmonauts, welcome the 60th issue of the ‘Cosmos ecosystem biweekly’ report! Thank you for your interest and for being with us! As usual we have a bunch of great news for you today!
The biggest HackAtom in Cosmos history is live, offering developers around the world the chance to compete for their share of a massive $1,000,000 of ATOM in prizes. The official opening ceremony took place in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 11. Get ready to take the decentralized web to the next level! Don’t miss your chance to participate! Submit your project by December 8th!
Good news is, Interchain Security is coming to the Cosmos Hub soon.
Considering the Cosmos governance updates, Cosmos Proposal #58 has successfully passed. This signal proposal is to ask Atom stakers about adopting Budget and Farming modules on Cosmos Hub for general utility incentivization mechanism in near future.
Check out the results of the Cosmos Hub Vega Testnet and information about the timeline for the Mainnet upgrade.
In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Peng Zhong, CEO of Tendermint, the core developer of the Cosmos blockchain, discussed recent cutting-edge advancements in the ecosystem. Check out Ethan Buchman talks on how Cosmos is creating an “Internet of Blockchains”.
As for the Cosmos ecosystem news: Evmos incentivized testnet is up. Secret Network, Ki Foundation, welcome to the IBC Gang. Oasis partners with Band Protocol to bring open finance to the mass market. Akash and Polygon offer decentralized infrastructure to Dapp developers. Polygon unveils Miden, an advanced ZK Rollup. Althea introduced the World’s Smartest Router. By embedding KeyLTE core technology into their SmartRouter, Althea is pushing the boundaries of telecom and introducing. Agoric announced a long-term partnership with Informal Systems. The Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network upgrade and hard fork will take place at BSC block height of 13,082,000, or at approximately 2021–11–30 08:00 (UTC). Moreover, BSC partnered with Crust Network to introduce decentralized storage solutions. It is only 1 week to go for the governance voting of the Crypto.org Chain mainnet upgrade. The Injective community has voted to launch Injective Astro: A $120 Million Incentive Program to bring liquidity and traders to Injective Protocol. IRIS Hub 1.2 mainnet has been successfully upgraded. Read more about the 1st NFT IBC transaction between 4 chains & the cutting-edge technology that made it possible. Celer to bring efficient cross-chain bridging to Kava. SoundHound Inc. selects Oracle as its strategic cloud infrastructure provider. Persistence’s pStake finance, raised $10 million in a recent round of funding. Bluzelle enters the metaverse with Denomination. The Idena Chronicles issue #78 is out. Regen Network grant submissions are now open. Sentinel dVPN Stats Page on Cosmos is now live. And more!
That’s all for today! More to follow!
Development
Github metrics:
- Cosmos Hub Vega Testnet Update: Check out the results of the Cosmos Hub Vega Testnet and information about the timeline for the Mainnet upgrade.
- NFTs Travel From WenChang Chain to Ethereum for the First Time Through #IBCGang Member IRISnet: Read more about the 1st NFT IBC transaction between 4 chains & the cutting-edge technology that made it possible.
- Interchain Security is coming to the Cosmos Hub soon
“Interchain Security will allow ATOM holders to earn staking rewards on a large number of Cosmos chains, just by staking their ATOM “
- Evmos incentivized testnet is up
- Secret Network, Ki Foundation, welcome to the IBC Gang.
- Cosmos Mission Control is out:
Cosmos Governance
- Cosmos Proposal #58 passed successfully [Signal Proposal: Adopting the Budget and Farming Modules on Cosmos Hub] This signal proposal is to ask Atom stakers about adopting Budget and Farming modules on Cosmos Hub for general utility incentivization mechanism in near future.
- Proposal #59 is in the deposit period.
Find the latest governance proposals here.
Awareness and Events
Cosmos Around the World — Catch the Highlights
What an exciting month has been for the Cosmos Ecosystem. The ever-expanding community was reached in every corner of the world via online & in-person events as:
•Messari Mainnet
•LA Blockchain Summit
•NFT NYC
•Cosmoverse
- HackAtom VI
‘We’ll see about 200 chains connected through Cosmos’ IBC next year,’ says Tendermint CEO Peng Zhong:
In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Peng Zhong, CEO of Tendermint, the core developer of the Cosmos blockchain, discussed recent cutting-edge advancements in the ecosystem.
DeFi Decoded — Ethan Buchman on how Cosmos is creating an “Internet of Blockchains”
Zaki Manian — The Future of Interchain Composability — SOMMELIER
- Interchain.FM new episodes:
HackAtom VI is here
The biggest HackAtom in Cosmos history is officially here and you can register to participate now. Take part in HackAtom VI individually or as part of a team and impress our judges to claim your share of the massive $1,000,000 in ATOM prize pool. HackAtom VI will last for a whole month online from Nov 11 to Dec 8.
Submit your project by December 8th.
Finance
Information from Mintscan.io:
Cosmos Markets
Information from Coinmarketcap.com:
Information from Coinlib.io:
Top Cosmos Ecosystem Coins by Market Capitalization:
Cosmos Roadmap:
The Cosmos Hub Roadmap 2.0
Earlier this year, Cosmos completed its whitepaper, fulfilling its founding vision of blockchain interoperability, scalability & usability that was laid out in the original 2016 roadmap. Today the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol, enabling the transfer of digital assets & messages between Cosmos chains & more, lifts the Cosmos Hub to new levels of scalability & utility. Discover those key developments that are bringing the cross chain and DeFi future to the Cosmos Hub:
- Liquidity Protocols
- Staking Derivatives
- Interchain Staking & Accounts
- NFTs
Ecosystem updates
Akash Network:
- Akash and Polygon Offer Decentralized Infrastructure to dApp Developers: Akash Network and Polygon join forces with a bounty matching program that offers the Polygon Ecosystem a path from traditional cloud to cloud providers on Akash Network. Akash’s peer-to-peer marketplace offers Polygon developers a cost-effective option to deploy and scale their applications and services while Polygon provides a starter kit to developers including instructions for hosting on Akash Network.
- Introducing the Permaweb Hackathon
Althea Network:
- The Althea team began preparations for the Althea blockchain launch.
- Introducing the World’s Smartest Router: By embedding KeyLTE core technology into their SmartRouter, Althea is pushing the boundaries of telecom and introducing
Agoric:
- The Path to Verified BLDs : How Informal Systems and Agoric Are Using Formal Methods Analysis to Improve Software Integrity: Agoric announced a long-term partnership with Informal Systems that will further our formal verification efforts, and to share the formal methods assessments reports focused on some of Agoric’s most critical code.
Binance (BSC):
- Binance Smart Chain Bruno Upgrade v1.1.5: The Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network upgrade and hard fork will take place at Binance Smart Chain (BSC) block height of 13,082,000, or at approximately 2021–11–30 08:00 (UTC). Deposits and withdrawals on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network will be suspended starting from approximately 2021–11–30 07:45 (UTC).
- #MVBIII Grand Finale! Meet the Top 10 Players of This Season: Binance Smart Chain’s MVBIII Top 10 Revealed
- Crust Network Partners with BSC to Introduce Decentralized Storage Solutions: Crust Network, a decentralized storage network that underpins Web3.0 style data & file architecture, introduces practical and user-friendly IPFS-based storage to BSC.
- Find the latest BSC news here.
- What Is BscScan and How to Use It? | Binance Academy
Crypto.com:
- Crypto.com The Most Secure Crypto Platform Worldwide Adds SOC 2 Compliance
- System Maintenance for Derivatives Trading — 30 November 2021
- CONMEBOL announces multi-year partnership with Crypto.com as Official Partner of CONMEBOL Libertadores
- Perpetuals Trading Race Winner Announcement
- Margin Trading Race Winner Announcement
- Margin Trading is Now Available in the Crypto.com Exchange App
- Crypto.com Exchange Introduces OTC Portal
- FILUSD, WAXPUSD, BATUSD, and LRCUSD Perpetual Contracts Are Now Available in the Crypto.com Exchange
- Crypto.com App XYO Trading Competition Leaderboard
Injective
- Injective Astro: A $120 Million Liquidity Incentive Program: The community has voted to launch Injective Astro: A $120 Million Incentive Program to bring liquidity and traders to Injective Protocol.
- Injective VIP Fee Discount Program Launch: The VIP Fee Discount Program is now live on the Injective mainnet.
- Injective is Set to Launch the World’s First Fully Decentralized Derivatives Markets with the Band IBC Oracle
- Crypto Briefing: Injective Protocol Launches Mainnet, $120M Incentive Program
- CoinMarketCap: What Is Injective Protocol (INJ)? Features, Tokenomics, and Price Prediction
IRIS Network:
- IRIS Hub 1.2 mainnet has been successfully upgraded: On November 15, IRISnet successfully upgraded its mainnet to IRIS Hub 1.2. The upgraded mainnet, as well as the integrated TIBC protocol and enhanced NFT features have gone live, which will further push up the network utility rate and better support business applications and use cases, especially in terms of cross-chain NFT and trustworthy global trade of digital/digitized artworks. As planned in the upgrade proposal & pre-announcement, the node software halted at block height 12534300 (2021–11–14 16:30:00 UTC), to allow all nodes to upgrade. After approximately 12 hours, the voting power of validators who had completed the upgrade exceeded 67%, and all nodes began running, indicating that the upgrade has been completed successfully. The upgraded mainnet IRIS Hub 1.2 has integrated TIBC protocol and enhanced NFT features to better support various business scenarios, including cross-border trade of digital/digitized artwork, and bring us one step closer to the vision of the Internet of Values.
- IRISnet Monthly Update: 2021.10 — Technology & Ecosystem & Community Recap
- Announcement | irishub v1.2.1 has been successfully upgraded
- Notice | Upgrade to irishub v1.2.1
- IRITA is awarded the 2021 China Blockchain Excellent Product.
- Find the latest IRISNet proposals here.
Kava:
- Celer Network to Bring Efficient Cross-Chain Bridging to Kava
- The Loan Wars: Rules of Engagement
- Q4 Kava Developer Update
- Kava 9 Is Coming: IBC and More: The Kava 9 mainnet upgrade is coming, and it’s bringing a number of exciting changes aimed at expanding the Kava Ecosystem by adding new ways for users and projects to bring their assets to Kava. Chief among these is the upgrade to version 44 of the Cosmos SDK, which will implement the Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC). This will allow holders of all IBC-enabled assets to seamlessly bring their assets to Kava and earn with them on Kava’s best-in-class products. Existing Kava users will also gain access to an array of new in-demand assets to use in the Kava Ecosystem. The targeted launch timeframe for the Kava 9 upgrade is late Q4 2021 to Q1 2022.
Oracle:
- Oracle for Research Introduces New Cloud Service and Awards to Accelerate Scientific Innovation: Oracle for Research announced new resources that enable researchers, scientists, and developers to solve the world’s most complex problems.
- Oracle Academy Launches Global Career Center to Prepare Future Workforce: Offers educators and their students free experiential learning resources, technical certification opportunities.
- Nearly 40% of Americans Will Travel This Thanksgiving: Oracle survey shows the majority of travelers plan to stick within driving distance.
- How Oracle Powers its Sports Partners — and Vice-Versa: The teams and leagues we work with also use Oracle technology to make spectating more fun.
- Supply Chain Worries Remain, But Consumers Slow to Holiday Shop: 30% of consumers have done none or very little gift buying.
- Supply Chain Woes Have Consumers Gobbling Up Thanksgiving Fixings Early: Oracle survey shows 58% of Americans have already bought their Thanksgiving groceries or plan to shop early.
- Oracle Explores the Future of Energy at New Smithsonian FUTURES Exhibit: Interactive experiences help visitors understand their role in building a clean energy future.
- SoundHound Inc. Selects Oracle as its Strategic Cloud Infrastructure Provider: OCI helps SoundHound process more than 1 billion annual queries as it accelerates its growth and global expansion.
- New Connected TV Capabilities Within Oracle Moat Help Advertisers Measure Reach and Frequency Across Campaigns
- Oracle Cloud Brings Sizzling Service to Brothers Bar & Grill: Midwest fan favorite embraces Oracle Simphony to streamline operations, reduce wait times, and speed customer transactions by 15% during peak hours.
Persistence:
- Catch the Interchain.FM podcast with the Persistence team
- Persistence’s pStake finance, raised $10 million in a recent round of funding. The funds will be used to bootstrap their liquid staking protocol.
Polygon (previously Matic)
- Polygon unveils Miden: Polygon Miden is an advanced ZK Rollup. ZK Rollups are very promising, but currently, it’s hard for them to support arbitrary logic and transactions, such as those happening on Ethereum. Polygon Miden will solve this challenge using its core component — Miden VM.
- Copper integrates with Polygon: The Copper team announced that it will be integrating and going live with Ethereum scaling solution Polygon.
- Polygon donating $1m to Gitcoin: Polygon has committed $1 million to Gitcoin in support of digital public goods, making one of the largest donations to the decentralized funding platform for open-source projects.
- 7 takeaways from the Polygon Hermez fireside chat
- Polygon Arrives on Nexo With Up to 20% APR for MATIC Holders
- Akash Network and Polygon Join Forces
- NFL Dabbles With NFT Ticket Collectibles on Polygon
- Check out the latest Polygon integrations here.
Sentinel:
- Sentinel dVPN Stats Page on Cosmos is Now Live! Stats.Sentinel.Co
- Sentinel: Ushering in Decentralized Web in Cosmos + HODLDROP:
Projects that are actively building on the Cosmos ecosystem
MISC
Social media metrics
The Cosmos community continues to grow! There is a stable increase in the number of subscribers of Cosmos social media channels these weeks.
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