Cosmos Bites #26: Pivotal moment for Cosmos & ATOM
The revival of the Cosmos Hub ⚛️
IBC everywhere & the launch of IBC Eureka 🌌
MANTRA Chain launches $108M ecosystem fund 🕉️
Osmosis is becoming a BSN 🧪
Bitcoinification of the Interchain 🪙
Date
Apr 9, 2025
The Revival of the Cosmos Hub
The Hub will be the ultimate router for crypto via IBC Eureka:
Being a service provider for all appchains.
Benefitting $ATOM via buyback & burns.
Permissionless app deployment on the Hub leveraging Eureka.
ATOM-aligned projects actively buying & using $ATOM in their apps.
Excellent new leadership & positive community vibes.

The Cosmos Hub to connect them all
The Hub is going to become the platform to connect multichain apps & protocols with appchains.
Solving the multichain scaling problem.
Apps integrate with the Hub to serve all IBC chains.
Creating a vibrant ecosystem of service providers for appchains.
$ATOM accrues value via this service-based marketplace.
Creating a win-win-win for all involved parties.
Appchains are the Hub's customers
The Hub is designed to empower appchains.
It’s not competing with them.
The Hub is a multichain development platform that gives partners superpowers.

IBC Expansion
Making the Cosmos Hub the most compelling place to build apps.
Allowing devs to build apps that are not possible anywhere else by leveraging IBC.
We're expanding IBC to Basa and Solana as fast as we can.
Everyone wants IBC.
Manic.fun is coming to the Hub
Fully $ATOM aligned.
Built by 0x_Hank, a true Cosmos OG.
Something something new leadership $ATOM.
What will it be? Pump fun on the Hub?
Follow Manic.fun to learn more.

Osmosis is becoming a BSN
Integrating Babylon’s Bitcoin staking protocol.
Leveraging BTC’s robust security framework.
Unlocking new opportunities for BTC holders.
Making Osmosis the #1 venue to trade Bitcoin onchain.
#Bitmosis

Mantra launches $108M Ecosystem Fund
A $108M investment initiative designed to propel RWA innovation, adoption & growth within the MANTRA Chain ecosystem.
Partnering with renowned incubators, accelerators & VCs.
If you’re a founder, team or dev with an idea, reach out.
RWA projects at any stage of development are welcome.

dYdX Surge is live!
A 9-month trading competition on dYdX.
With $20M in $DYDX allocated to traders.
Surge to the top and make every trade more rewarding!
Llama 4 Maverick is live on AkashChat
Meta’s newest AI model Llama 4 is live on AkashChat along with other new features like:
a) Voice Input (speak your prompts).
b) Branching Conversations (branch off the chat in a new thread).
Native $BTC is now live on Keplr
The first appchain is now available on the appchain wallet.
Update your extension and add the Bitcoin chain to your wallet.
IBC in your hands. IBC Everywhere. IBC wallet.
Bitcoinization of the Interchain
Osmosis => Bitmosis: #1 DEX to trade Bitcoin
Babylon => Bitcoin Staking
Stargaze => First NFT trading in $BTC
Keplr => IBC wallet that now also supports native $BTC
Nomic => Native Bitcoin Bridge

Stargaze on Steroids
Intergaze is evolving its product offerings.
Next to an NFT launchpad, there will also be a marketplace on Intergaze.
First marketplace in the interwoven economy.
Both Launchpad & Marketplace will earn VIP rewards (on Initia).

Rank #1 Sloth sold for 2k $TIA 🦥
Body: Skeletonized Sloth (1:1) 🩻
Extras: Cig (1:1)
Eyeless, lipless and dead lazy (1:1)
Sold for ~$5,400.

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.