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...
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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...
Crypto Race 2026: ATOM and Avalanche Surge as Bitcoin and Ethereum Retreat
The Crypto Race has changed shape once again. After the slowdown observed last week, the field is no longer moving in a single direction: several altcoins have rebounded sharply, while Bitcoin and Ethereum have given back some of their recent gains. The data was...
Is the Hub Dead? Gauntlet Rekindles Hope for ATOM — Part 9
Over the course of eight articles, we have tried to separate facts from noise. The hacks attributed to Cosmos did not necessarily involve the Hub or IBC. Several projects presented as pillars of the ecosystem actually brought almost no value to ATOM. Cosmos technology...
Crypto Race 2026: The Rally Loses Momentum as TAO and Nolus Stand Out
One week after the first collective advance of Crypto Race 2026, the pack is spreading out again. The snapshot taken on Saturday, August 29 at 00:00 shows that only four of the fourteen tracked assets finished the week in positive territory: TAO, Nolus, Lava and Flux....
Is the Hub Dead? Cosmos EVM Faces Its First Major Test of Trust — Part 8
Since the beginning of this series, we have tried to separate facts from noise. Several attacks have been presented as “Cosmos hacks” even though they involved smart contracts, bridges, or independent applications. The Cosmos Hub, ATOM, and IBC were not necessarily...









