Cosmos


Tech

Blockchain Staking Provider Chorus One Expands to Peer-to-Peer Network Urbit

Chorus One's bet on Urbit's future growth is described by executives as a natural extension of the company's staking services on blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos and Polkadot.

Josh Lehman, executive director, Urbit Foundation, spoke at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas, in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi-Focused Layer 1 Berachain Raises $42M Series A at $420.69M Valuation

The round was led by Polychain Capital and included participation from venture capital firms Hack VC, dao5, Tribe Capital, Shima Capital, CitizenX and Robot Ventures.

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Tech

Developers Block Potential ‘Eight-Figure’ Exploit Involving Cosmos-Based Ethermint

Ethermint enables the use of Ethereum smart contracts within the Cosmo ecosystem and is employed by several chains, including Cronos, Kava and Canto.

Two RPC interfaces for Polygon and Fantom were impacted in a DNS hijack attack. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Hub Nibiru Chain Valued at $100M After $8.5M Seed Funding Round

The startup will launch its mainnet and stablecoin this summer.

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Tech

Cosmos-Based DeFi Protocol Quasar to Start Mainnet After Raising More Than $11.5M

Quasar is optimized for managing DeFi investments across multiple blockchains.

Quasar logo (Quasar)

Finance

Layer 1 Blockchain Canto’s Daily Active Addresses and Transactions Dips 89% in February

In face of the recent drop in network activity, Canto’s total value locked has held steady at $189 million.

Canto daily active addresses and transactions (Artemis)

Finance

Original Terra Lending Protocol Mars Hub Deploys Mainnet, Issues Airdrop

The protocol will initially be rolled out on Osmosis, Cosmos' largest decentralized exchange.

Mars Hub goes live on Cosmos. (Luca R/Unsplash)

Opinion

Tech’s Money Woes: Beginning of the End for Web2?

Gloomy forecasts, mass layoffs and antitrust lawsuits have bruised "Big Tech" over the past year. But that doesn't automatically portend the end of Web2. For Web3 to emerge, we have to address key questions about AI and decentralization.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Tech

Cosmos DEX Osmosis to Make Cross-Chain Trades More Efficient With Neon Upgrade

The upgrade would also make pricing ticks more efficient and will stave off liquidity attacks utilizing upward price manipulation.

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Tech

Crypto Developers Grew in Numbers Amid Bear Market, VC Firm Electric Capital Says

Developers are focusing on alternative ecosystems to Bitcoin and Ethereum, helping them grow faster, the VC firm said in a report.

La cantidad de contratos inteligentes implementados en Ethereum aumentó más de 40% desde el final del primer trimestre, según Alchemy. (Getty Images)