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Сообщение ChainCatcher, Фонд Interchain заявил, что он стремится поддерживать развитие экосистемы Cosmos и осознает влияние недавних событий Cosmos EVM на команды, которые полагаются на технологии Cosmos для развертывания.С этой целью ICF создает программу дискреционного финансирования для поддержки пострадавших цепей, сотрудничающих с работами по восстановлению. В рамках этой же программы фонд будет совместно с сообществом вкладывать ресурсы для дальнейшего укрепления практик безопасности, инфраструктуры и способности к реагированию на инциденты по всей экосистеме.Фонд продолжит инвестировать в устойчивость и безопасность Cosmos, дополнительные детали новой программы финансирования будут опубликованы в ближайшие дни.

ChainCatcher news, according to an announcement from the Interchain Foundation (ICF), its wholly-owned subsidiary Interchain Labs has been renamed to Cosmos Labs. ICF stated that this move aims to promote the adoption of "customizable and interoperable" public chains; currently, the Cosmos ecosystem has over 200 chains running in production, with an average monthly cross-chain volume exceeding $1 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Interchain Labs has confirmed that between 2022 and 2024, an individual later identified as being linked to North Korea contributed to the Cosmos codebase while employed by a former maintainer.The individual had limited access to the cosmos/IAVL and cosmos/cosmos-sdk codebases, and most of their contributed code has been deprecated or excluded from the roadmap, with independent audits finding no security vulnerabilities. To support transparency, ICL will offer a month of double bounties on the Cosmos HackerOne page for discovering vulnerabilities related to this participant's GitHub account.After ICL took over core stack development, new security protocols were implemented to prevent further contributions, and the individual was denied reapplication for a position. ICL has conducted security upgrades on all Cosmos core codebases and will deprecate the related codebases in the future. This incident highlights the need for stringent security protocols in the Web3 and broader technology sectors.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Interchain Labs has launched a new bridging product called IBC Eureka, designed to connect Ethereum and Cosmos blockchain systems.IBC Eureka is built on the second version of the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol, leveraging Cosmos Hub's ATOM to support IBC routing, thereby enabling fast and low-cost connections between Ethereum and Cosmos. Ethereum is now the first non-Cosmos network to join the IBC ecosystem. Eureka developers plan to add networks such as Solana, Base, and Arbitrum in the future.The system aims to reduce the transfer costs from Ethereum to Cosmos (including GAS fees and relay fees) to less than $1. The first projects to access IBC Eureka include the decentralized exchange dYdX, the Layer 1 blockchain MANTRA focused on real-world assets, the Bitcoin liquid staking protocol Lombard, and the Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon.

ChainCatcher message, the Interchain Foundation has released its monthly financial report. As of December 31, 2024, the Interchain Foundation holds a total value of $241 million in cryptocurrency, including 699 BTC valued at $65 million and 17,191 ETH valued at $57 million.In addition, it also holds fiat assets worth a total of $89 million.

ChainCatcher news, Cosmos has announced its roadmap for the first quarter of 2025, which will feature the transition, stability, and the first product testing of Hub and Interchain Stack:Complete the staffing of the Interchain Labs core team.Integrate all core components from the administrators.Launch maintenance, security, and performance optimization for the Interchain Stack and Cosmos Hub.Prepare the Hub and Interchain Stack for rapid development.For the Hub, efforts will be made to ensure that the Hub is secure and easy to maintain, enabling the large-scale introduction of new features and applications. The team will explore removing the LSM module, accelerating block times, and reinvesting in audits. For the Interchain Stack, the goal is to deliver V2 of the Cosmos SDK and IBC (Eureka), and to accelerate the transaction speed of Comet BFT.

ChainCatcher news, Interchain Foundation acquires blockchain solution provider Skip Protocol.Interchain Foundation (ICF) is a Swiss non-profit organization dedicated to promoting interoperability and sustainable development within the Cosmos ecosystem. This strategic acquisition brings Skip's expertise in product, engineering, and overall coordination with the ecosystem and community into ICF.After the acquisition, Skip will be renamed Interchain Inc., becoming a subsidiary of ICF, led by Skip co-founders Barry Plunkett and Maghnus Mareneck, who will be responsible for leading all product, protocol, and strategic development for the foundation. Its main goal is to promote the development of cross-chain native companies and developers, attract new users and capital liquidity, and drive technological achievements to enhance the competitiveness of the Interchain Stack.

According to ChainCatcher news, CoinDesk reported that the Interchain Foundation, which supports Cosmos, plans to allocate $26.4 million in funding in 2024. Of this, $3 million will ensure the continued modularity, efficiency, and stability of CometBFT (a Byzantine Fault Tolerance engine for state machine replication), $4.5 million will be used to enhance the composability of the Cosmos SDK, $7.5 million will go towards inter-chain communication protocols, $2.5 million will be allocated for the smart contract framework CosmWasm, $155,000 will be allocated to CosmJS (which helps developers integrate JavaScript-based clients with Cosmos SDK blockchains), and $1.5 million will be used for the security audit of the Interchain Stack.

ChainCatcher message, Cosmos stated on social media that Interchain will soon support the modular blockchain Celestia.At the same time, the Celestia team also plans to reward the managers and maintainers of core infrastructure and tools in the Cosmos SDK, CometBFT, CosmWasm, and IBC ecosystems through a dedicated program.

ChainCatcher news, the Interchain Foundation supporting the Cosmos ecosystem is developing its development and funding priorities for 2024 and creating the Interchain Stack roadmap. The Interchain Foundation invites users to provide feedback by October 1.It is reported that the four strategic themes of the Interchain Stack roadmap include: increasing modularity through generalized software to better adapt to specific use cases; improving the developer experience to make it easier to build with the Interchain Stack; paying off technical debt so that we can make faster progress; and driving user adoption.

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain communication network Synapse has launched the test networks for Synapse Interchain Network and Synapse Chain to enable cross-chain communication.Among them, the Synapse Interchain Network (SIN) is the first optimistic proof-of-stake (PoS) cross-chain network, achieving trustless communication and settlement between chains. Applications built on SIN can access all blockchain data and liquidity.The Synapse Chain is an Optimistic L2, built on the SYN OP Stack, enabling native information interoperability and interconnection. As the hub of SIN, Synapse Chain serves as the inter-chain data availability layer for SIN, where all SIN states are published to Synapse Chain and used for message proof, adjudication, and fraud reporting. Additionally, Synapse Chain implements a modular Layer2 cross-chain, supporting cross-chain deposits and fast withdrawals from standard L2 bridges, native cross-chain communication, and instant cross-chain communication using SIN.

ChainCatcher news, based on the Cosmos liquid staking protocol Stride, officially announced that Stride has successfully transitioned to the Inter-Chain Security (ICS) system of Cosmos Hub, which is powered by the ATOM token.ChainCatcher previously reported that the transition to ICS will increase Stride's economic security from approximately $25 million to $2.3 billion, making the protocol more resilient against hacking attacks. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, the cryptocurrency interoperability project Axelar has launched the Interchain Token Service (ITS), aimed at enhancing the interoperability of ERC-20 tokens across all Ethereum-compatible blockchains.Sushi is one of the first projects to adopt "cross-chain tokens" through this service and plans to leverage ITS for seamless interaction of its native SUSHI token across multiple chains. The initial deployment will ensure interoperability of SUSHI across chains such as Arbitrum, Ethereum, Optimism, and Polygon.

According to Chain Catcher news, Cosmos' official Twitter stated that it will launch native USDC on Interchain using Interchain Security. According to the announcement, supporting native USDC on Interchain will enable DApps to run more efficiently. In addition, Cosmos expects that the launch of the stablecoin will drive migration to Interchain and optimize liquidity. (Source link)