Hansum: The $HANSUM token was launched on August 29, with an airdrop to $ATOM, $OSMO, and $JUNO users. Snapshot was taken on March 1, 2022.
StreamSwap: The $PASG Bootstrapping Phase began on StreamSwap, with deposits of $ATOM and $OSMO live until August 29. After the completion of StreamSwap streams, users can now redeem $PASG on the StreamSwap app.
Nomic: Nomic Airdrop II is available to claim for those who held ATOM, OSMO, JUNO, EVMOS, or KUJI before September 27, 2022, with validators outside the top 20 counted (maximum of 10k tokens per network, per account). Additionally, rewards for participating in the Nomic Incentivised Testnet tasks before August 8, 2023, are available to claim.
fetch.ai: The latest Fetch Super Wallet update, v0.15, brought cross-chain EVM support (ETH & BSC Network) and $FET token bridging into the wallet
Osmosis: Osmosis announced integration with Notifi Network to deliver a seamless Web3 experience. With Notifi integrated directly into the Osmosis frontend, users can enjoy DeFi like never before. Proposal #810, which enables users to pay fees on the Cosmos Hub using any token by swapping it for ATOM on Osmosis, was passed with 97.9% support.
Stride: stSOMM is live on Stride, allowing Sommelier Finance's $SOMM to be liquid staked as stSOMM. Users can now earn staking rewards for their $SOMM while remaining liquid. Additionally, the stSOMM/SOMM stableswap pool is now live on Osmosis.
Kava: Kava partnered with Chainstack, which offers high-performance Kava Mainnet nodes to Kava developers and users, facilitating easy access to the Kava blockchain ecosystem with their Kava Mainnet API endpoints. Also, Stargate announced its deployment on the KAVA chain, enabling users to access native USDT on Kava and bridge $KAVA, $USDT, and $MIM to and from all supported networks.
Quicksilver: The SOMM/qSOMM pool is live on Osmosis. qSOMM is Quicksilver's liquid stake derivative of Sommelier Finance $SOMM.
Manta: The Staking APR on the DAO increased to 5.36%, with stakers now receiving a variety of weekly rewards, including $STARS, $ATOM, $wBTC, $WETH, $wstETH, $USDC, $USK, $KUJI, and $MNTA.
Secret Network: Governance proposal #265 passed, aiming to support IBC Relayers with fee grants, as IBC Relayers are essential for network interoperability.
Cosmos: The voting period is open for Cosmos Hub governance proposal #821 "Gaia v12 Upgrade," which brings the Liquid Staking Module (LSM) to the Hub.
Mars Protocol: Governance proposal #127 is live for voting, proposing to make all markets on the Osmosis outpost more efficient by reducing their reserve factors from 20% to 10%. Additionally, proposal #126 "stATOM Listing - Neutron Outpost" passed, and stATOM will soon be launched as a collateral asset on the Neutron outpost of the Red Bank.
Harbor Protocol: Harbor Protocol published an incident report and status update on a recent exploit that resulted in an estimated loss of ~$250,000. The team is taking legal action against the bad actors and working with MEXC and Simpleswap to track the funds.
Neutron: Neutron revealed a collaboration with Hadron Labs, Lido, and Axelar Network to bring wstETH liquidity to Neutron and the Cosmos Ecosystem, expected to launch in September 2023. Additionally, the TFM Aggregated Limit Order Book (ALOB) has been deployed on Neutron, leveraging Astroport liquidity in unique ways.
Omniflix: axlUSDC by Axelar Network is now available on OmniFlix.Market, allowing users to get axlUSDC in their OmniFlix.Market account using TFM or ibc.fun by Skip Protocol.
Warp Protocol: Warp Protocol is now live on Neutron, enabling developers to create DeFi features and experiences that expand their user base by leveraging decentralized automation.
Shade: Shade Protocol partnered with Fina.cash to bring new utility to $SILK by empowering its access and usage globally.
Leap Wallet: Leap landed on Astrovault, the premiere DEX on Archway. Astrovault utilizes LSDs as base trading pairs and already has over $1M TVL just over a month after its launch.
Akash: The countdown to the AlSupercloud begins with the Akash Mainnet 6 upgrade scheduled for block height 12,606,074, projected to be reached on August 31st. Key capabilities of the final codebase, Node v0.24.0, include an open market for high-density GPUs, stable payments with $USDC, and take fees for $AKT stakers.
Archway: Archway announced its participation in the Akash Hackathon, sponsoring the "Integration and Interoperability - Archway track" for all talented builders. Additionally, Archway is now trackable on DefiLlama.
Cosmos: Noble is bringing native USDC to the Cosmos and IBC ecosystem in partnership with Circle. Additionally, Gravity Bridge Community announced the passing of Proposal 195, integrating NFT bridging between Ethereum and Cosmos chains like Stargaze. Also, the latest BuildersProgram Project Showcase introduced Source Network, a decentralized Odata management infrastructure ecosystem.
Sei: Sei Network users can now experience encrypted messaging on DMAIL and claim a unique Dmail NFT Account with 8-11 digits, earning an extra 20 Dmail Points daily.
Stargaze: Governance proposal #212 for Stargaze v12 Upgrade is live, which will add a new module, updates to CosmWasm, and bug fixes, including packet-forward-with 1.2 and 1.3 capabilities and wasmd v0.33.
Nolus: $JUNO is now live for Nolus leasing, allowing users to lease up to 3x on $JUNO holdings with a fixed interest rate and favorable liquidation terms.
Evmos: The governance proposal for Evmos v14.0.0-rc2 passed and is now live. This testnet upgrade includes many improvements, such as integrating Cosmos SDK to v0.47 and ibc-go to v7, migrating evmos-ledger-go to the evmos repo