A Snow Fall Chronicle 9 October 2026 review — key developments from 1 September to 9 October. Since the beginning of September, the networks covered in this review have moved in different directions. Cosmos Hub is refining its financial ambitions. Lava is pursuing a...
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Crypto Race 2026: Akash leads as the final quarter begins
The Crypto Race is entering its final quarter. After nine months of tracking, the October 3, 2026 snapshot shows substantial gaps: Akash maintains a strong lead, Bittensor remains in positive territory, and Nolus still tops the second category. Algorand is also...
Cosmos Hub: a clearer economic ambition as the ecosystem reorganises
Week of 28 September–2 October 2026 This week, Cosmos outlined several elements of its evolution: a product direction for the Hub, recommendations under review for ATOM’s economics, and a Cosmos Labs announcement about banking connectivity with Swift. Meanwhile, the...
Crypto Race 2026: Akash pulls away, TAO accelerates and Flux climbs back
Snapshot: September 26, 2026 After TAO returned to break-even and Nolus moved into positive territory last week, the Crypto Race has picked up speed. Twelve of the fourteen assets we track rose between the September 19 and September 26 snapshots. The gains were far...
Cosmos This Week: USDC Changes Course, Paxos Moves Forward, and Validators Keep Pace
Three developments this week tell three different stories about Cosmos. One affects users and their USDC. Another concerns ATOM’s ambition to reach new markets. The third shows what that ambition also demands from the people running the infrastructure when events move...
Crypto Race 2026 — TAO Returns to Break-Even as Nolus Moves into Positive Territory
Last week's move was not simply a brief bounce. For the first time in several weeks, every participant in Category 1 moved higher together. Bitcoin climbed back above $80,000, the altcoins accelerated, and two competitors crossed an important threshold: TAO virtually...
Nolus Wants to Make DeFi Leverage Less Brutal — Here Is How
Fixed rates, spot assets and partial liquidations: Nolus does not promise to eliminate the risks of leverage, but it is trying to prevent one bad market sequence from immediately turning into a disaster. In DeFi, leverage promises greater exposure and potentially...
Crypto Race 2026: Akash Extends Its Lead as Nolus Takes First Place in CAT 2
The Crypto Race 2026 continues to fragment. This week, some competitors moved sharply higher, while others gave back much of their recent rebound. Akash remains firmly at the top of CAT 1 and further improves its yearly performance. Behind it, TAO falls sharply, while...
Nolus Is Not Leaving Cosmos: It Is Going Where the Liquidity Is
Over the past several weeks, Nolus governance has processed an unusual number of proposals: closing markets on Osmosis, authorizing Solana relayers, deploying contracts, registering oracles, and adding new assets. Behind this succession of votes lies a major strategic...









