🏛️ Institutional Push

• ICF focuses on direct institutional outreach (Washington, big web2 firms)

• Institutions want full control over their chain

• Hence they prefer launching sovereign L1s over L2s

• Cosmos uniquely fits these needs
  => Sovereignty, trusted & battle-tested infra, selective interop via IBC

💰 Revenue & Monetization Strategy

• Focus on real-world adoption & sustainable revenue

• Three main monetization channels:

1. Skip:Go: We charge a small fee on cross-chain swaps & transfers

2. IBC Eureka: IBC to Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, etc

3. Consulting & chain creation services for enterprises
   => All revenue will be used to buy back & burn $ATOM 🔥

📊 KPIs

• We don't measure success by TVL, but rather by:
  A) Revenue generated from our services
  B) Number of real businesses using the Cosmos stack
  C) Active users of Cosmos chains (beyond speculative DeFi)

⚠️ Risks & Challenges

• Regulatory risk: sudden crackdown could slow institutional adoption

• Competition risk: rival stacks could emerge & ship faster
  => Our edge: Cosmos' network effects, reliability, and open-source tenure

🏦 ATOM Digital Asset Treasury (DAT)?

• Institutions & large ATOM holders approached us regarding a DAT

• At the ICL/ICF, we're actively discussing it

• One of the biggest ATOM holders is a top executive at a major web2 firm

• Still exploratory, no fixed launch timeline

🔮 Vision for the Future

• Eventually, every business will run its own blockchain

• Cosmos is best positioned to be the infrastructure provider for it

Check out the full interview here: A Conversation with Magmar (Interchain Labs)

Thanks for reading folks!

We hope this article helped you stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the Cosmos ecosystem.

Disclaimer

This article is intended to educate readers about certain topics and should not be considered financial advice in any way.