Cosmos Ecosystem

Cosmos is a decentralized network of independent blockchains that aims to create an "Internet of Blockchains." It is designed to facilitate the interoperability of multiple blockchain networks, allowing them to communicate with each other in a seamless, scalable, and efficient manner. This page provides a table listing projects within the Cosmos ecosystem, including project names, descriptions, and interest levels as calculated by the CryptoTotem algorithm. Learn more ↓
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Projects Status Date start
Raised Launchpad Ecosystem X score Interest lvl
Industry
MilkyWay bounty
IDO
Past
Apr 29, 2025
$6M
Medium
DeFi
+1
IDO
TBA
Medium
Blockchain
+4
Mande Network bounty
TBA
NA
Crowdfunding & Lending
+4
ICO
Past
May 17, 2017
   
Highest
Blockchain
+1
TBA
Medium
Blockchain
Kii Chain bounty
IDO
TBA
NA
Blockchain
+3
Initia bounty
IEO
Past
Apr 18, 2025
$25M
High
Blockchain
+1
IDO
Past
Dec 20, 2023
NA
Blockchain
+1
IDO
Past
Dec 10, 2024
Medium
Blockchain
+2
IEO
Past
Jan 18, 2024
$3,8M
Medium
Big Data & Data Storage
+2
Jan 18, 2024
NA
Privacy & Security
Jan 18, 2024
$21M
   
Highest
Exchanges & Wallets
+2
ICO
Past
Jan 18, 2024
$17M
   
Highest
Blockchain
Jan 18, 2024
NA
Exchanges & Wallets
+4
Dymension bounty
Jan 18, 2024
$6,7M
NA
Blockchain
Jan 18, 2024
Medium
Trading & Investing
+3
Jan 18, 2024
Medium
Blockchain
Jan 18, 2024
$6,07M
Medium
Finance
+2
IEO
Past
Oct 11, 2023
$10M
Medium
Blockchain
+2
Oct 11, 2023
NA
Finance
+2
Archway bounty
IEO
Past
Jun 15, 2023
$21M
High
Blockchain
Jun 15, 2023
$6,7M
Medium
Business Services & Consulting
+1
IEO
Past
Feb 09, 2022
$21,5M
High
Blockchain
+2
pSTAKE bounty
IEO
Past
Dec 16, 2021
$10M
High
Finance
+1
Dec 16, 2021
High
Blockchain
+2
ICO
Past
Dec 16, 2021
$10,5M
High
Ecology
+1
MANTRA bounty
ICO
IEO
Past
Mar 19, 2021
High
Finance
+3
ICO
IEO
Past
Mar 02, 2019
$6M
High
AI

What is Cosmos network

Cosmos is an entire environment with a decentralized infrastructure where blockchains interact with each other in parallel.

Cosmos Network promotes the concept of the “Internet of Blockchains” by creating an entire network of blockchains where participants interact with each other, according to decentralized principles.

The Cosmos ecosystem started in 2017 and raised $17.3 million in ETH and BTC during its first ICO. A little earlier, in 2014, the project Tendermint Inc and its Whitepaper emerged under the leadership of Jae Kwon.

In 2016, thanks to funding raised, several other developers joined Tendermint. Then team started the first Basecoin framework for cryptocurrencies based on Golang language. Then came the first iteration of Cosmos Hub.

Cosmos core team

Jae Kwon is credited as the creator of Cosmos, but co-founders include:

  • All In Bits Inc
  • Interchain Foundation
  • IRIS Foundation Limited

Investors and partners

  • Paradigm
  • 1confirmation
  • IOSG Ventures
  • Pantera Capital
  • DragonFly Capital
  • Polychain Capital
  • HashKey Capital

How does Cosmos work

To put it factually, The Cosmos is the first blockchain based on protocols, truly advanced technologies such as Tendermint Core, and backed by the BFT (Byzantine Fault Tolerant) algorithm, which endows the ecosystem with the property of scalability.

Thanks to the universal language of the IBC (Inter Blockchain Communication) protocol there is interaction of blockchains with each other in Cosmos.

Notably, Cosmos has two types of blockchains:

  1. Hubs, which link blockchains together.
  2. Zones, which include blockchains with fast transaction finalization.

Cosmos ecosystem open up a unique opportunity for developers to create chains that are interoperable with other blockchains. For this purpose, the ecosystem has implemented the entire Cosmos SDK. In addition, the ecosystem implements an entire library for creating Cosmos-based smart contracts, CosmWasm.

Since its existence, the Cosmos ecosystem has attracted more than 250 projects, including Celestia, dYdX, Metamask, Akash Network, Keplr, Injective and others.

Key benefits of Cosmos blockchain

  • Modular architecture with readily available tooling
  • Interoperability
  • Cross-chain functionality
  • High scalability thanks to Tendermint
  • Transactions reliability and security

ATOM token

ATOM is a proprietary token in Cosmos that is used to pay fees, votes for proposals that affect the development of the Cosmos network and distribute rewards for users, validators and delegates. Cosmos used PoS, so the ATOM is used in staking, among other things.

Conclusion

We can definitely say that Cosmos introduces an innovative ecosystem that is highly visible in crypto space and in demand among developers. Though the Cosmos blockchain is developing not so fast, it is developing thoroughly. And the project’s extensive range of tools forces competitors to take Cosmos Hub into consideration, while investors are closely following its development.