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Finance

Cosmos Builder Tendermint Rebrands to ‘Ignite’ as Team Shifts Focus

Ignite says it’s now a “product-first” company focused on its Cosmos portfolio manager and blockchain development platform.

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Opinion

A Bridge Too Far: Does the Wormhole Hack Mean the Multi-Blockchain Dream Is Dead?

Bridges and other connections between blockchains present inherent security challenges. Whether those can be solved will determine the future of the entire ecosystem.

A collapsed bridge along Forbes Avenue near Frick Park in Pittsburgh on Jan. 28, 2022. Just a few days later, a Solana-Ethereum cryptocurrency bridge called Wormhole met a similar fate. (Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Markets

Cosmos Token Surges 8% Amid Airdrops, Polkadot Bridge

Prices of airdropped tokens to Cosmos stakers were some of the biggest gainers in the past 24 hours.

ATOM surged 8% in the past 24 hours but saw resistance on Monday morning. (TradingView)

Tech

Cosmos Exchange Osmosis Expands to Ethereum Assets With Gravity Bridge

Connecting Osmosis with the leading smart-contract chain could give the Cosmos automatic market marker another boost in total value locked.

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Markets

Fantom, Harmony Lead Gains in Major Cryptos as DeFi Narrative Heats Up

Near broke set a new high while tokens of Cosmos gained 10% in the past 24 hours.

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Markets

Near, Cosmos Defy Altcoin Plunge With Price Surge

Tokens of the layer 1 blockchains were up as much as 25% while the broader market took a beating.

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Markets

Cosmos-Based Exchange Osmosis Crosses $1B in Locked Value

Trading volume crossed $95 million on the decentralized exchange while prices of its native tokens surged to all-time highs.

Umee wants to build bridges between Ethereum and Cosmos.

Finance

Umee Buckles Down for Mainnet With $32M Token Sale on CoinList

CEO Brent Xu is leveraging his former life as a bond trader to build what he calls a “global debt hub.”

The Open Intents Framework is a new initiative created by Ethereum ecosystem leaders to simplify and standardize cross-chain token transfers.  (Akinori UEMURA/Unsplash)

Markets

Avalanche, Cosmos Lead Crypto Losses Amid Altcoin Purge

Crypto markets were bathed in red on Tuesday as weakening technical signals and macroeconomic factors came into play.

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Markets

Alts Find It Tough to Beat Layer 1 King Ethereum

Big investors looking beyond bitcoin may take their first baby steps into ether, which has so far outperformed its layer 1 alternatives. But for how long?

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