KAVA — the Cosmos L1 that learned EVM and wants to run DeFi + AI

Kava began as a Cosmos SDK L1 built for cross-chain DeFi and now blends EVM compatibility + IBC to be the settlement fabric for apps that need fast finality and easy Solidity ports.

Founders & crew you should know: Scott Stuart, Brian Kerr and Ruaridh O’Donnell — a team that moved from lending primitives to broader infra (DeFi tooling, DEXes, and now AI rails).

Token snapshot (date-stamp when you quote): circulating supply ≈ 1.08B KAVA — this is the liquidity backbone you’ll see on exchanges and staking dashboards. Use live price endpoints for current values.

What’s actually shipping in 2025: Kava’s roadmap pushed Oros (an AI-agent layer) and deeper EVM tooling so bots and dApps can automate cross-chain flows and on-chain AI billing — this moves Kava from pure DeFi into hybrid AI+finance rails.

Why it matters (short): Kava is trying to be the low-fee, cross-chain settlement layer where developers can run DeFi primitives and emerging AI agents—so watch EVM adoption, IBC liquidity, and how much fee revenue becomes protocol utility versus marketing noise. Also note there’s a $100k CreatorPad (Aug 21 → Sep 21, 2025) campaign boosting short-term on-chain activity .. @kava #KavaBNBChainSummer $KAVA