Cosmos Bites #45: Cosmos Is Assembling An Army
$XRP is Unleashing DeFi in Cosmos ⚛️
Filing for first $SEI ETF with staking 🏦
The End of Proof of Stake & Polaris Open Beta ✴️
Biggest Cito Earn Campaign Ever - 2500$ in prizes 💸
Spice Agents are live on Stargaze 🌶️
Date
Jun 28, 2025
XRP is Unleashing DeFi via its Cosmos EVM Sidechain
XRPL EVM is a sidechain of Ripple Labs’ XRPL (XRP Ledger) blockchain
Using Cosmos tech (Cosmos SDK, EVM + IBC) to build their own L1 chain
Enabling smart contracts and DeFi use cases for $XRP

Filing for first SEI ETF with staking
Canary Capital filed for an SEI ETF with the SEC
Seeking approval for an ETF to bring $SEI closer to mainstream investors

Proof-of-Governance (PoG) as the Endgame for LSTs
Proposal to remove staking from Celestia and replace it with PoG.
This would:
Lower inflation by 20x (5% to 0.25%) without affecting security
Seamlessly integrate with LSTs (native token = LST)
Allow TIA to be used in Celestia native DeFi more easily
Value accrual for $TIA via REV and fees
Check out the forum discussions.

Defying the FUD
You need thick skin and eat gravel to survive in crypto
All tokens have their -95% drawdown at some point
Celestia has a $100+ million war chest => 6+ year runway
Team of ~50 people is fully committed, playing the long game
Polaris Open Beta is Live!
No more email login required to enter the Token Portal
Polaris is now available to everyone
Trade all tokens, across all chains

Polaris Ecosystem Map
28+ chains are already integrated with Polaris
And many more to come

Cito Earn x Polaris
Biggest Cito Earn Campaign Ever
Create content about Polaris and win crypto prizes
Prize pool: 2000 $USDC, $1000 OSMO, 3 Mad Scientists

ZIGChain Mainnet Beta is live!
June 25th, 2025 marks the official Genesis Day of ZIGChain
Transforming $ZIG into a native L1 with its own native token
Built on the Cosmos SDK & IBC enabled
Reward Boost: 10M extra $ZIG for stakers
Next up: Launch of Zamanta, a tool for AI & RWA-powered investing
EVM Upgrade on Mantra
Mantra completed the Dunkong EVM upgrade
Making Mantra a MultiVM Chain (EVM + CW)

Zero Fee Deposits are Live on dYdX
Deposits >$100 to dYdX are now instant and free
Seamless bridging powered by Cosmos and the Skip API

Stride is selling stBGT
So that the team can go all-in on Cosmos and Stride DEX
BakerDAO will continue to grow stBGT and profit-share (20%) with Stride
These fees will be used to buy & burn STRD

Spice Agents are live on Stargaze
Official Akash community collection
Supply: 3,333 NFT
First collection denominated in $AKT
Trade them now on Stargaze!

Sloths x Toki
Sloths are collaborating with Toki Finance
Three special perks await the Sloths
a) TOKI Bonus Points
b) TOKI First Transfer Bonus
c) Chance to win a Sloth NFT
Toki Points will be converted to $TOKI tokens after TGE

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.