Cøsmos Network: Proposal to add the Gravity DEX onto Cosmos Hub is live, Tendermint invests in Tgrade, The Pomp Podcast with Ethan Buchman, Akash Mainnet 2 is here, IRISnet Mainnet 1.0 is live, e-Money collaborates with Elrond, Secret announces SEFI, Chainlink VRF is live on Polygon, Kava 5 on Mar 24, and more!
Biweekly update on Cosmos ecosystem vol. 43, 23rd February — 9th March
Dear Space Cowboys and Astronaut Girls, another two weeks are in the books so it’s time for the summary of all things from the Cosmos universe!
First and foremost, Proposal 38 is now in the voting period. The aim for the Cosmos Hub Gravity DEX is to act as a marketplace for trading tokens from any connected network including: Cosmos-SDK networks, Ethereum, including DeFi tokens , and other networks via IBC/Peg or others. Vote until March 17th.
Ethan Buchman and Sam Hart published a nice overview of how they view the Cosmos Hub. What’s more, Ethan Buchman featured in the recent episode of ‘The Pomp Podcast’ with host Anthony Pompliano. They discuss sustainable economic systems, localism, sovereignty, interoperability, proof of stake, and why standardization is so important. Tune it on!
As for the Cosmos ecosystem updates: ICF March update was published. Tendermint announces investment in Tgrade to bolster Cosmos’ growing DeFi ecosystem. Akash Network launches Akash Mainnet 2, the first decentralized open-source cloud. European stablecoins eEUR, eCHF, eSEK, eNOK & eDKK issued by e-Money will circulate on the Elrond mainnet. In the latest post, the Althea team documents how Gravity, a bridge between Ethereum and Cosmos-based blockchains, works, in an understandable way, at a medium level of detail. The Secret team announced SEFI, native governance token for the Secret DeFi ecosystem. Also, Secret Network integrates Band Protocol to secure a privacy-preserving DeFi ecosystem. IRISnet Mainnet 1.0 Upgrade happened on February 25th. Moreover, IRIS Network turns 2! Congrats to the team! Kava’s Mainnet launch event discovered a bug for which a fix is currently in works. It is set to launch on March 24th. Gaming giant Atari partners with Polygon to bring their NFT and token products to Layer 2. Good news is, Chainlink VRF ss live on Polygon. Bluzelle oracles update is here: MVP & testnet Integration completed. The Injective team has carried out a major upgrade to the Injective exchange mechanism this past month. Sifchain BetaNet is live. Terra ‘s ecosystem map is here. Bytom Foundation has completed the buyback and coin burn of BTM for MOV trading fee profit of February this month. Bitsong will postpone Mainnet 1.0 launch by 20 days. Furthermore, The guide on how to migrate from ERC-20 to BitSong Mainnet is now available. Kadena is establishing its first-ever Ambassador Program to empower the community to spread awareness and educate a wider audience about the potential of Kadena’s blockchain technology. Oracle partnered with MIT Technology Review Insights to conduct a survey of 860 business leaders working in human resources, finance, IT, supply chain and more. The Oasis-Eth ParaTime by Second State is live on Mainnet of the Oasis Network. Multi-wallet management is being added to SENT’s custom Cosmos based wallet which is built on React.js, Go, and Electron.js. CRO Mainnet will launch on March 25th as Crypto.org Chain. Also, Crypto.com exchange lending now supports DAI, USDT, USDC and XRP. They also add DOGE, UNI and YFI as loan currencies. Find the latest BSC news in our report. Persistence’s ‘Proof-of-Stake: The New Paradigm’ virtual conference took place. Regen’s Gregory Landua will be giving a presentation for the ‘UN Development Innovation Days’ this month. HackAtom RU 2021 soon. And more!
See you at the end of the month with more exciting Cosmos news!
Development
Github metrics:
- The Cosmos Hub is a Port City: Ethan Buchman and Sam Hart published a nice overview of how they view the Cosmos Hub.
Tendermint
- Tendermint Announces Investment in Tgrade to bolster Cosmos’ growing DeFi ecosystem: Tendermint invests in framework that provides developers the tools to build secure and robust DeFi products.
- Towards Tendermint Core 1.0: Tendermint roadmap for the next 18 months.
Tendermint Core 1.0’s chief concern is stability. It must be stable enough that people can (continue) to build production software on it confidently. This requires an increased level of clarity and rigidity around all the interfaces exposed by Tendermint Core. It also requires us to build confidence in Tendermint Core’s performance and correctness through investments in performance-oriented refactors and increased, more sophisticated testing.
This post outlines the things the team considers necessary for a 1.0 release.
The team thinks of new features and improvements as a kind of Maslow’s hierarchy combined with a food pyramid, with the most substantial and most boring goals at the bottom, and the shinier and smaller changes at the top.
If you have questions, ideas, or would like to contribute, please open an issue or join Tendermint developer forum.
- Meet the team:
Cosmos Governance
Proposals:
# 38 Signal Proposal to Adopt the Liquidity Module onto the Cosmos Hub
The aim for the Cosmos Hub Gravity DEX is to act as a marketplace for trading tokens from any connected network including:
- Cosmos-SDK networks
- Ethereum, including DeFi tokens
- Other networks via IBC/Peg or others
The proposal is now live. Vote until March 17th.
Mentime, check out the DEMO & play with the DEX https://swap.bharvest.io
Awareness and social encounters
- Standardization And Interoperability I Ethan Buchman I Pomp Podcast #506: This is an episode of The Pomp Podcast with host Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano and guest, Ethan Buchman, the cofounder of Cosmos. In this conversation, they discuss sustainable economic systems, localism, sovereignty, interoperability, proof of stake, and why standardization is so important.
- Code with Us: CosmWasm and IBC: Cross Chain Contracts
- Citizen Cosmos:
Upcoming events:
Schedule:
- Registration opened now
- Hacking starts: March 15th, 19:00 pm MSC
- Submissions Due: March 26th, 23:45 pm MSC
- Voting for Community Choice Award: March 27th — 30th, voting closes 17:00 pm MSC
- Winners Announced: March 31st 15:00 pm MSC
Finance
Information from Mintscan.io:
Cosmos Markets
Information from Coinlib.io:
Top Cosmos Ecosystem Coins by Market Capitalization:
Cosmos Roadmap:
100% complete
Releases:
- Cosmos SDK 0.40 cosmos/cosmos-sdk
- Tendermint Core 0.34 tendermint/tendermint
- IBC 1.0 cosmos/cosmos-sdk
Interchain Foundation
ICF bi-weekly updates
- ICF Update — March 1st: Developer Adoption Working Group; Interchain Accounts; Solo Machine vs. Proof of Authority; Off-chain Oracle Module; Chain Name Service; Atlas Node Discovery; Welcome Charly Fei! Alan Dart Extension; Cosmos SDK Audit; Cosmjs maintenance; Thank you Jae Kwon;
The last edition of the Interchain Foundation’s biweekly update! They are using this space to highlight some of the more exciting activities that took place at the Interchain Foundation over the last two weeks. This includes some check-in meetings that occurred with various funding recipients as well as general meetings and goings-on that members of the Interchain ecosystem might find interesting and informative. If any of the updates are especially relevant to what you are working on feel free to drop them a line at hello@interchain.io.
If you missed previous updates, check it out at ICF Update — Feb 11th ICF Update — Jan 28th ICF Update — Jan 14th ICF Update — Dec 15th ICF Update — Dec 1st ICF Update — Nov 17th ICF Update — Nov 3rd ICF Update — Oct 20th ICF Update — Oct 6th, ICF Update — Sept 7, ICF Update — Sept 22.
Ecosystem updates
Akash Network:
- Akash Network Launches Akash MAINNET 2, the First Decentralized Open-Source Cloud: Akash MAINNET 2 progresses a vision and a journey that started five years ago, when two open-source developers set out to enable builders of the Internet with more freedom and flexibility to expand the human experience. Akash MAINNET 2 is the culmination of five years of development and four of the ecosystem’s most ambitious testnets, including Phase 3 of The Akashian Challenge, where we saw over 460 developers from around the world (second highest number of participants after Ethereum’s testnet) deploy 3600+ applications on the world’s first decentralized open-source cloud.
- Akash Network Integrates with Equinix Metal to Provide the First Viable Decentralized Cloud Solution
Althea Network:
- How Gravity works: Gravity is a bridge between Ethereum and Cosmos-based blockchains. In this post, the team documents how the whole system works, in an understandable way, at a medium level of detail.
- The Althea testnet upgraded on February 28th.
- Althea Network is growing!
Binance:
- BSC Tools AMA Transcript
- Binance Smart Chain Recap Analytics and Analysis (03/04/2021)
- Find the latest BSC news here.
Bitsong:
- BitSong Mainnet Launch (UPDATE): Bitsong will postpone Mainnet 1.0 launch by 20 days.
- Action Required: Migration from erc-20 to BitSong Mainnet has started: The guide on how to migrate from ERC-20 to BitSong Mainnet is now available.
Crypto.com:
- CRO Mainnet Launching on March 25th 2021 as Crypto.org Chain
- CRO Mainnet Launching on March 25th 2021 as Crypto.org Chain
- Crypto.com: February 2021 Updates
- ETHUSD Perpetual Contract is Now Available on the Crypto.com Exchange: The ETHUSD Perpetual Contract is now available on the Crypto.com Exchange, following the launch of Derivatives Trading with the BTCUSD Perpetual Contract.
- DeFi Swap Now Supports DeFi Pulse Index (DPI), Enjin (ENJ) and Synthetix Network Token (SNX).
- DeFi Earn is Now Integrated with Yearn Earn V2.
- Crypto.com Exchange Lending Now Supports DAI, USDT, USDC and XRP. It also adds DOGE, UNI and YFI as Loan Currencies.
- Crypto.com Launches $200m Fund For Crypto Startups: Crypto.com Capital to invest in projects at Seed and Series A stages.
- BNT Exclusive Campaign: Crypto Earn now supports Bancor deposits, allowing users to earn up to 3% p.a. interest on their BNT.
- Introducing Crypto.com Exchange Derivatives Race
- Crypto.com partners with Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™ Team.
Injective
- Injective Exchange Upgrade: A Novel Order Matching Mechanism: The Injective team has carried out a major upgrade to the Injective exchange mechanism this past month.
- Largest Asian Staking Provider HashQuark Partners with Injective as a Genesis Validator
- Figment, One of the World’s Largest Blockchain Infrastructure Providers, is Partnering with Injective
- Injective: February 2021 Update
- Equinox Staking Dashboard and Waitlist Release
- Prominent European Validator Chorus One Joins Equinox Staking
- Singapore Government backed Validator Stakewithus Joins Injective as a Genesis Validator
Kava:
- KAVA 5 is set to launch 15:00 UTC Wednesday March 24th.
- Kava-5 Launch Post-Mortem: Kava’s Mainnet launch event discovered a bug for which a fix is currently in works.
- Kava To Use IBC to Make Chainlink Data Available Across Cosmos
Oracle:
- New Oracle and MIT Technology Review Insights Report: Connected Business Planning Helps Organizations Navigate Uncertainty: Oracle partnered with MIT Technology Review Insights to conduct a survey of 860 business leaders working in human resources, finance, IT, supply chain and more.
- Google’s Privacy Sandbox — We’re all FLoCed: To hear Google tell it, consumer privacy is now so important that it has decided to stop tracking and targeting individuals across the internet.
- Oracle Citizenship Leads by Example: Last week, the team released the 2020 Oracle Corporate Citizenship Report.
- How to Achieve Crypto-Secure Data Management
- Consumers Deserve a Data Dividend
- Celebrating 25 Years of Java
- Expanding Research Infrastructure at Rice University
Polygon (previously Matic)
- Gaming Giant Atari Partners With Polygon to bring their NFT and Token Products to Layer 2: The Atari Group, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, has announced a significant partnership with Polygon. Atari will leverage Polygon’s layer 2 solution to increase the scalability of the Atari Token, NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and token-related products.
- Chainlink VRF Is Live on Polygon, Providing Developers With a Secure Source of Verifiable Randomness
Secret Network:
- Introducing SEFI: Native Governance Token for the Secret DeFi Ecosystem: The Secret team announced SEFI, native governance token for the Secret DeFi ecosystem. Learn about the genesis distribution for SCRT stakers, bridge users, and SecretSwap LPs, as well as long-term token mechanics.
- Announcing the Secret Binance Smart Chain Bridg: The Secret Binance Smart Chain Bridge is now in development, bringing programmable privacy to BSC and expanding Secret DeFi’s role as a privacy-first, front-running resistant liquidity hub.
- Secret Grant 1: Secret NFT Reference Implementation: A new Secret Grant has been awarded to develop a non-fungible token (NFT) standard for Secret Network, unlocking critical and unique new use cases for NFTs with programmable privacy.
- Secret Network Integrates Band Protocol to Power Secret Contracts for Secret DeFi: Secret Network has completed the implementation of Band Protocol to bring decentralized and scalable cross-chain oracles to Secret.
- Secret Network Ecosystem Update: February 2021
Projects that are actively building on the Cosmos ecosystem
MISC
Social media metrics
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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