USDT is coming to Cosmos

• Stable is building a sovereign L1 chain

• Purpose built for stablecoin & optimized for USDT payments

• Zero gas fees for peer-to-peer USDT transfers

• Built on the Cosmos SDK and CometBFT

USDrise - The Interliquid Yield Bearing Stablecoin

• USDrise = Yield-bearing stable coin on SunriseLayer

• Backed 1:1 by USDN from Noble

• Maintains a 1:1 peg with the US Dollar

• Serves as the primary gas token for Sunrise

Noble USDC is coming to THORChain

• Thorchain v3.9.0 upgrade will integrate with Noble

• Bringing native USDC to THORChain

• Enhancing composability between Thorchain, the App Layer and the broader Cosmos ecosystem.

Unlocking EVM on Bitcoin: Babylon x Cosmos

• Babylon Genesis, a Cosmos SDK chain, unlocks native DeFi for Bitcoin

• Dual VM support: CosmWasm (Rust) + Cosmos EVM (Solidity)

• Shared ledger allows BTC-LSTs to flow across both smart contract layers

• Merging BTC’s security with Cosmos’s modular architecture

=> Babylon = Native BTC staking + Cosmos SDK + EVM + IBC

ATOM Staking Report

• +15.7% increase in total stake

• 60% of supply is staked

• 1.28M unique $ATOM delegators

• $ATOM whales are back (31 accounts with 100K+ ATOM joined in H1)

• Staking APR grew by 1.4% from 15.4% to 16.8%

The world is coming onchain & Cosmos will power it!

• Clarity Act & GENIUS bill classify $ATOM among the most mature crypto assets

• Cosmos is at a turning point to see massive adoption within the US & beyond

• Cosmos tech will spread into Fintech, Banks, Asset Issuance & more

Lotus Upgrade is live on Mainnet Beta

• 33% lower inflation

• TIA interop via Hyperlane

• Disabled auto-claim of staking rewards

• Vesting of investor staking rewards

New CIP: Cut TIA inflation an additional 50%

• From 5% to 2.5%

• Remove ~29M of new TIA issuance per year

• Trim ~220M TIA over an eight-year period

• Bring the 1.5% terminal inflation rate forward by a full decade

=> End game remains PoA, with an inflation rate of 0.25%

Benefits of Proof of Governance

• Massively reduces issuance

• Removes complexity of staking & LSTs

• End competition between DeFi yield and staking

• Perfect stake-weight distribution by default

• Easier onboarding of ETF issuers

Evolve - The Modular Launchpad

• The fastest way to launch a L1/Rollup

• Choose your VM & execution environment, including Cosmos SDK

• With Celestia underneath

• Powering both XO Market and the Noble App Layer

First deflationary day for $OSMO

• 48k $OSMO burned via ProtoRev

• 35k $OSMO burned via Taker Fees

• New tokenomics are panning out well

• The burn rate has doubled with the recent changes

Telekom launches CosmoTrigger

• Seamless on-chain upgrade orchestration for Cosmos SDK networks

• Ensuring validators & infrastructure are always ready when major changes go live

• Bringing efficiency and reliability to your upgrade workflow

Milkyway MassDrop Phase 2

• The second part of the $MILK airdrop can now be claimed

• Eligible addresses must have staked at least 10 MILK

• Phase 2 claim is open for 30 days

Check out our airdrop claiming tutorial to learn more 👇

Cito Zone Russian goes live!

• You can now access all Cito Zone content in the Russian language

• Cito Research, Data Analysis, Ecosystem insights and more

• Cito News Telegram channel & a channel for discussion (chat)

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.