Why builders choose Cosmos

1. True decentralization via governance.

2. A 7-year battle-tested stack.

3. Real builders, not paid grantees.

4. Founding multichain ecosystem.

5. Distributed token via ICO — no infra VCs & founders dumping on you.

"Babylon chose to build on the Cosmos SDK as it provides the modularity & sovereignty we needed to implement our unique Bitcoin-securing mechanisms."
— David Tse, Co-Founder of Babylon

Cosmos EVM submitted for audit

• Soon every Cosmos chain will be able to import the EVM.

• Making Cosmos more attractive for EVM devs.

• EVM apps can be easily deployed and migrated to Cosmos chains.

• The SDK gives devs superpowers as they can build straight into the VM.

• Unlocking new apps that are impossible on other chains.

Prop #998: Shorter voting period on the Hub

• Reduce voting period from 14 to 7 days.

• Lower voting period for expedited props to 3 days.

• Goal: Increase iteration velocity on the Hub.

"For the Hub to be competitive it needs to ship faster with the least amount of overhead."
— Noam, Product Manager at the ICL

IBC Eureka is live on Osmosis

• Osmosis added support for Eureka assets such as ETH, USDT & WBTC.

• Making it much easier to access Osmosis & Eureka assets from everywhere.

• Following Babylon, Elys & Lombard to integrate with IBC Eureka.

• Collaboration > Competition.

Lumera Protocol is launching an Appchain

• Leveraging the Cosmos SDK to build decentralized infrastructure for the Interchain.

• Offering advanced AI, decentralized storage, and content authentication to Cosmos apps.

• Purpose-built L1 designed to deliver: Inference, Cascade & Sense.

• CometBFT for secure consensus.

• IBC for seamless interoperability.

Cosmos Venture

• Connecting early-stage Cosmos projects with investors, exchanges, tokenomics experts, and more.

• Fully integrated with Cosmoverse.

• Long-term alignment with the growth of the Cosmos ecosystem.

=> Cosmos + Liquidity = Top-3 Ecosystem

Initia Stage 1 VIP rewards have been distributed

• 500k+ $esINIT was distributed to rollups.

• Interwoven rollups will redirect most rewards to active users.

• Each stage lasts for 2 weeks and hands out ~500K $esINIT.

• Stage 2 rewards will be distributed on May 25th.

Battle for Blockchains is live on Intita

• Fully onchain strategy game with 24 unique battlefields.

• Powered by $BFB. Trade it, spend it, win more of it.

• Built as an appchain on Intiita.

• With Celestia underneath.

• Play now! Battle, conquer, earn!

dYdX Yapper Leaderboard is live on KaitoAI

• You get paid to yap about dYdX.

• Tweet about dYdX to climb up the leaderboard.

• $50K prize pool every month will be distributed to Yappers.

• This campaign runs for 3 months, with 100 monthly winners.

Scraps NFT mint on Intergaze

• Stage 1 WL opens later today, May 14th, at 11pm UTC

• Mint price: $4INIT

• Max mint: 1 NFT

• Total supply: 3000 NFTs

• Artist: YoYa, the creator of Drama Queens.

Next Gen BTCFi DEX is coming to Babylon

• Cradle is a DEX built on Babylon for BTCFi.

• Offering BTC spot & options trading paired with structured yield products.

• Unlocking Bitcoin liquidity for the Interchain.

That's it for today, 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.