Weekly CosmWasm Dev Digest #44 - July 29, 2025
ISSUE #44 - Cosmos Network Sees Historic Peak in Transaction Volume
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This week, we're thrilled to highlight the launch of RUJI Perps, a decentralized trading platform now live with 10 markets, offering up to 4x leverage on assets like BTC and ETH. Additionally, Sei Network is integrating USDC, bringing the world's largest regulated stablecoin to a faster Layer 1 blockchain. Join us as we explore these and other innovative developments in the Cosmos space!
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🚀 Releases
Testnet-2 is live with its new feature: a fully on-chain Central Limit Order Book… Read more
Stake $NAMI to earn revenue shares, choosing between direct USDC rewards or auto-compounded tokens with no unstaking period required… Read more
RUJI users can now stake tokens, earning USDC from protocol fees, with more options coming, including staking through a specific liquidity pool… Read more
THORSwap offers live cross-chain support for TRON, enabling seamless swaps between $TRX and USDT (TRC20) with native cryptocurrencies across multiple chains… Read more
Cosmos Hub upgraded to mainline SDK, reducing tech debt and enabling faster development, marking a milestone with the Gaia v25 upgrade… Read more
“RUJI Perps, a decentralized trading platform, is now live with 10 markets, allowing users to trade assets like BTC and ETH with up to 4x leverage.”. Read more
Review and manage multiple agents across devices… Read more
Mantrachaind@v5.0.0-rc0 is released on Dukong Testnet, featuring Ethereum integration, dual address support, and upgrades to IBC v10 and CosmWasm v3… Read more
CosmWasm 3.0 is released, featuring full IBCv2 support, improved DX, and powerful tools for building smart contracts across chains… Read more
🛠️ Development
Cosmos event highlights: focus on XRP integration, financial institution adoption, new projects, venture capital investment, and involvement from multi-billion dollar companies… Read more
Sei Network will integrate USDC and CCTP V2, allowing the world’s largest regulated stablecoin to operate on a faster Layer 1 blockchain… Read more
ICF funds Hadron Labs for CosmWasm’s long-term maintenance until December 31, 2027, ensuring sustained open-source development and stability… Read more
$USDC pool now on stagenet to test unifying contracts for seamless deposit and withdrawal across different versions… Read more
Circle introduces Gateway, enabling unified USDC balances for instant cross-chain liquidity on Avax, Base, and Ethereum testnets in July… Read more
Robinhood Chain is being built on Arbitrum to revolutionize asset ownership… Read more
MANTRA Chain becomes the first purpose-built MultiVM Layer 1 blockchain for Real-World Assets, marking a significant milestone for RWA and DeFi… Read more
FAFO achieves over 1 million transactions per second on a single node, processing and Merkleizing blocks efficiently… Read more
🫂 Community
Rujira Network launches official Reddit community for sharing insights, updates, and connecting with others about its omnichain DeFi platform… Read more
🤝 Partnerships
Ondo Finance acquired Strangelove to expand its engineering and product capabilities for developing on-chain infrastructure at scale… Read more
💥 Incidents
GMX’s GLP pool on Arbitrum experienced an exploit, transferring $40M in tokens, with trading and GLP operations disabled to prevent further issues… Read more
🗞️ Other
Entrepreneur created “FreePay,” a free and open-source payment terminal aiming to replace traditional finance systems with cryptocurrency solutions… Read more
🔭 Beyond the cosmos
Chainlink joins xStocks Alliance to power global DeFi access for tokenized stocks and ETFs… Read more
🌅 Sunset
Confio ends CosmWasm maintenance due to lack of funding after Interchain Foundation’s steward model discontinuation, handing over control to the community for future development directions… Read more
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