This Week in Cosmos with WhisperNode

Earning Opportunities, Testnets, Airdrops, Grants, Hackathons,Highlights, Career Opportunities, and more.

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May 27, 2024

This Week in Cosmos with WhisperNode

Welcome to This Week in Cosmos, brought to you by WhisperNode, your go-to roundup of the most compelling developments in the Cosmos ecosystem. This week, we're blasting off into a galaxy of exclusive airdrops, career openings, and the latest tech integrations within the Cosmos Ecosystem. Fasten your seatbelts for an exhilarating exploration of the digital frontier!

EVERYTHING TESTNET

  • Rivalz Incentivized Testnet Now Live

    Rivalz Intel Incentivized Testnet live on Dymension. During the testnet users can earn Testnet Points. These will directly dictate the Rivalz $RIZ airdrop - set to happen in early Q3 2024.

    You can get Testnet Points by: Running Light rClient, Completing Social Challenge and Minting Data Fragmentz on the Testnet. Testnet guide here



  • Babylon Bitcoin Staking Testnet-4 Launch

    This testnet aims to focus on the security of staked Signet Bitcoins by testing user interactions with the Signet BTC test network. The Babylon Bitcoin Staking Testnet-4 goes live tomorrow, Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

    Key participants, including Bitcoin holders, validator teams, wallet providers, custodians, and liquid (re)staking protocols, will have the opportunity to explore and evaluate Bitcoin staking. Stakers can participate in our Bitcoin Staking Chronicles campaign on Galxe



  • Soarchain - Runner Drop
    Runner Nodes in Soarchain use layer-2 scaling to manage data and verify mobile data, enhancing scalability and security.

    To join the Runner Drop and share in the 5,700,000 SOAR allocation, follow the steps to set up a Soarchain wallet, send a small transaction, and submit your wallet address.





  • Initia Incentivized Testnet - Feeding your Jennie

    6 weeks left to complete Initia Incentivized Testnet, Feed your Jennie, and participate in the 6 Minitias testnets. Initia testnet guide here





  • BULL and BEAR Testnet coming soon

    Bull and Bear is a rapid trades and predictions decentralized platform built on Injective. Limited invite codes for closed beta access will be available soon.



Launching Into the Cosmos

  • Fireblocks Integrates Injective to Expand Institutional Access

    Fireblocks, the world’s leading digital asset custodian, has integrated Injective to rapidly accelerate institutional adoption.

    Injective is now one of the first-ever L1 blockchains to be natively integrated with Fireblocks, opening up new access for Fireblocks global institutional users to directly onboard onto Injective and its broader ecosystem of decentralized applications.





  • Celestia-built Rollkit gets an interchain boost

    Ethereum’s modular scaling roadmap promises faster and cheaper transactions, but current fragmentation issues pose challenges for user experience.

    Celestia's Rollkit, boosted by Axelar's Interchain Amplifier aims to streamline cross-chain interoperability, offering a more secure and connected ecosystem for new and existing chains.


  • ATOM Wars: Introducing the Hydro Auction Platform

    Introducing Hydro: a new auction platform enabling efficient liquidity deployment for ATOM and other tokens across the Interchain.

    As part of the "ATOM Wars" strategy, Hydro's bidding and governance system enhances liquidity access and community control, with updates and a roadmap detailed in the litepaper.




  • Money Market coming to Sei Mainnet

    Yei Finance is a decentralized, open-source money market on the Sei network, focusing on lending and optimizing interest rates. It leverages Sei’s unique features to enhance the lending landscape.


    Yei Finance aims to increase collateral flexibility with isolated vaults and parameter modules. More asset types like interest-bearing assets and LP tokens are coming to maximize yields!



  • Secret’s Confidential Computing Layer is expanding!

    Secret partnered with CUDOS to provide cloud computing infrastructure for decentralized confidential computing (DeCC) applications built on Secret! This can enable powerful new use-cases such as decentralized and confidential AI model training.

    The CUDOS Intercloud platform can also power essential dApp services like websites and frontends. CUDOS will also be adding support for Secret’s native token on their platform, allowing users to purchase cloud computing resources using SCRT!



  • The Cosmos Project of the Week, brought to you by Whispernode for the community!

    The blockchain providing opportunity for everyone.

    Kujira is a blockchain revolutionizing FinTech for web3 builders, dapps and protocols. Most importantly, Kujira recognize none of this matters without users driving adoption of next-generation digital wealth and commerce solutions.


    Kujira emphasizes great user experiences and operational sustainability. This approach has attracted a loyal and engaged community of users and builders who share Kujira’s philosophy. The opportunities Kujira is making available to everyone may once have been reserved for a few, but that's changing.


Earning Opportunities!

Galxe quest, Giveaway and NFTs

  • Join the Interchain Amplifier Pilot Program!

    Axelar's integration with Stacks connects Bitcoin's leading L2 with new ecosystems, expanding the Bitcoin economy. With Axelar’s Interchain Amplifier, Hedera Network’s speed, scalability, and low fixed fees can soon connects to institutions, creators, and consumers around the world,

    This quest features Interchain Amplifier Pilot Program project Stacks, the leading Bitcoin L2 for Smart Contracts, Apps & DeFi!, Win 500 STX, 1,000 AXL, or $65 in Stacks merch.

  • Security researchers and engineers are welcome to participate in Babylon Cantina security campaign with $150,000 USDC in rewards

A Galaxy of Opportunities

  • Careers at Interop Labs

    Interop Labs is the initial developer of Axelar network. Inviting you to Build the interconnected future of Web3 together.


    Open Roles at Interop Labs: AI/ML Distributed Systems Engineer, Head of Marketing, APAC Marketing & Community Manager, and Smart Contract Security Engineer


  • Develop a functional Minimum Viable Product on Sei

    Looking to go super seiyan and leave your cushy Web3 job to build a startup?

    The Sei Foundation is offering a three-month stipend to help builders develop a functional Minimum Viable Product on Sei. If you're interested, DM Head of BD Justin Barlow to introduce yourself or tag potential applicants. You can be awarded $25k for successful referrals who complete the program and go on to raise external funding.


  • Archway Hunt-A-Thon

    Archway is a Cosmos-native layer 1 blockchain that puts developers first. By rewarding developers programmatically based on the transaction volume they bring to the network, developers are able to benefit from the value they help create.

    Developers are invited to participate in Archway Hunt-A-Thon. Build on a Cosmos-native blockchain that values developer contributions. Submit your scalable, cross-chain dApps by June 7th to compete for a share of the $100,000 prize pool and a chance to secure extended funding within the Archway ecosystem.


  • Secret Network HackSecret III

    Secret Network enables developers to build decentralized applications with encrypted data, both natively on Secret and on other blockchains through cross-chain communication, unlocking powerful new use-cases for Web3. This is known as Decentralized Confidential Computing, or DeCC.


    This hackathon includes two tracks, one for cross-chain applications, and one for native Secret applications. The choice is yours!

  • Berachain Careers

    Berachain is a high-performance, EVM-compatible L1 Blockchain, looking to challenge the traditional Proof-of-Stake ethos.

    Open roles: Indonesia Growth Lead, Japan Growth Lead, Liquidity Lead, Philippines Growth Lead, Singapore Growth Lead, Thailand Growth Lead, Marketing Lead, Developer Relations Engineer (DevRel), Senior Software Engineer | Core, Staff Software Engineer | Backend, Staff Software Engineer | Smart Contracts, APAC Growth Lead.


  • SEDA Protocol is on the lookout for a Business Development Associate to enhance and expand its ecosystem. This role involves building new partnerships and strengthening existing ones across leading blockchain projects, utilizing SEDA's multichain, permissionless protocol that connects real-world data to blockchain networks.

A Universe of Airdrops

The cosmos is alive with airdrop excitement.

  • 20% of the total 200,000,000 CROW allocation will be distributed to $DYM stakers (60%), Crow Egg NFT holders (30%), and other NFT holders (10%), with the snapshot for $DYM stakers already taken and the NFT holders' snapshot to be taken soon.

  • $SAGA Vault Two Airdrop snapshot will be taken before June 13th.

  • Saga is excited to roll out the Power-Level Over 9000 airdrop campaign, featuring a series of "Vaults" for distributing SAGA tokens, starting with the First Vault, which allocates 3 million tokens.

  • IBC is launching a unique airdrop campaign! Chains that retweet the post with "We Sign Da $IBC DuMB ConTraCt" will make their stakeholder eligible for participation. Zero Chains has already been selected for the airdrop.

  • PRYSM will feature the Mad Scientists NFT collection in its upcoming mainnet airdrop, highlighting its unique integration with the $LAB token for an interactive minting experience.

  • The snapshot for the $AXV airdrop to $PLQ stakers occurred on May 1, 2024, targeting stakers ranging from 1,000 to 100,000 $PLQ.

  • The Mande Network is launching RollApp with 5 million $MAND tokens as incentives for early users, initiating a series of strategic development phases to enhance blockchain applications with credible, innovative features.

  • NIM allocations are now automatically available for all since the TGE. Ledger users with Keplr and Leap wallets can check their NIM balance by connecting to the Nim chain on the Dymension portal, ensuring they select the EVM account used with their wallets.

  • The snapshot for the Astrovault $AXV airdrop was taken on 1-5-2024 for $PLQ stakers with holdings between 1,000 and 100,000.

  • The $COOK airdrop, accounting for 5% of token allocation, will be claimable after the campaigns end. The snapshot was already taken!

Cosmos IBC Analysis

Over the last 7 days, IBC value transfers peaked at $26.6 million on Osmosiszone, followed by $13.2 million on Cosmoshub, $12.2 million on Axelarcore, $4.9 million on Akashnet, and $4.2 million on SecretNetwork.

This week's top performers in the Cosmos are $XKI up 50.54%, $CANTO up 32.73%, $ANT up 26.2%, $DIFF up 21.7%, and $MATH up 12.87%. Shout out to Cosmsolytics

Key Governance Votes on IBC-Chains