Hi Cosmonauts! Welcome to the Cosmos ecosystem news roundup, here are the top stories in Cosmos in the 1st half of September:
COSMOS HUB AND CONSUMER CHAINS: TOKI and Progmat Launch Project Pax Cross-Chain Stablecoin Transfers, Gaia v19.2.0 Patch, and more
NAMADA: Namada Validators: Pre-Genesis Stage 2 is Now Open, Namada Prepares for Mainnet Launch, Namada Community Bonfire
DYDX v4: dYdX Introduces Keplr Wallet Integration, dYdX Chain Kicks Off Season 6
OSMOSIS: Cosmos Hub and Osmosis Merger Proposal and Polaris
KUJIRA: Kujira Announces the Rujira Alliance
CELESTIA: Celestia to Scale 1 GB Blocks
SEI: Sei Expands with fastUSD: A Yield-Bearing Stable, Sei Creator Fund Round 2 Results
PERSISTENCE: pSTAKE to Deprecate Cosmos Liquid Staking and Refocus on Bitcoin Staking, pSTAKE Finance Introduces Bitcoin Liquid Staking on BNB Chain
SECRET NETWORK: Secret Network Launches HackSecret 4, Secret Network Integrates Confidential Computing Layer with Cronos, Launches Secret Builders Program to Support Early Stage Projects
AKASH: Akash Network Shines at Korea Blockchain Week 2024, Akash Network Hosts AI Powered Summit at TOKEN2049 in Singapore
OTHER ECOSYSTEM NEWS: Nomic upgrading to add a new Ethereum module
All this and much more. Let’s dive in and unpack the biggest news within Cosmos: