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Excited to announce total transparency for the Stride token.
Token transparency is critical for tokenholders. They are often in the dark about token supply, insider influence, revenue claims, and so much more.
But, there are no standards for what and how information should be disclosed. The space has struggled from this. Investors are rightfully skeptical about the projects they see.
Until now.
Blockworks has put forth a landmark framework, taking input from thought leaders, projects, and the SEC.
This provides a clear path for protocols to be transparent with their community, and for tokenholders to better understand projects.
Stride is proud to be one of the highest scoring protocols in Blockworksā initial cohort. Stride has always been transparent, putting the community first.
Token transparency is critical for tokenholders. They are often in the dark about token supply, insider influence, revenue claims, and so much more.
But, there are no standards for what and how information should be disclosed. The space has struggled from this. Investors are rightfully skeptical about the projects they see.
Until now.
Blockworks has put forth a landmark framework, taking input from thought leaders, projects, and the SEC.
This provides a clear path for protocols to be transparent with their community, and for tokenholders to better understand projects.
Stride is proud to be one of the highest scoring protocols in Blockworksā initial cohort. Stride has always been transparent, putting the community first.
Hydro Round 7 just ended, with an average voter reward APR of 35%
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Congratulations to @stride_zone, @dropdotmoney, @AmuletFinance, @phoenix_dir, and @shade_protocol on the winning ATOM bucket bids!
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Congratulations to @stride_zone, @dropdotmoney, @AmuletFinance, @phoenix_dir, and @shade_protocol on the winning ATOM bucket bids!
A bull case for ATOM in 2025 --
The ICF is now a live player. s-tier @0xMagmar @BPIV400 + 40 more teammates working on PMF for the Cosmos Hub, 10+ years of runway.
ATOM has also been grandfathered into a market structure where it'd float around in the top 100 forever, even if the ICF did nothing.
Heads you win, tails you're flat.
The ICF is now a live player. s-tier @0xMagmar @BPIV400 + 40 more teammates working on PMF for the Cosmos Hub, 10+ years of runway.
ATOM has also been grandfathered into a market structure where it'd float around in the top 100 forever, even if the ICF did nothing.
Heads you win, tails you're flat.
Heads-up: Temporary Pause for staked ATOM ā stATOM (LSM) Liquid Staking
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The Cosmos Hub will have an upcoming software upgrade that disables the LSM and migrates to a new x/liquid module.
This will break LSM liquid stakes on Stride, so this feature will be disabled starting June 8th, and then reenabled with the upcoming Stride v27 chain upgrade.
Weāll keep you posted soon as the Stride v27 upgrade is scheduled and staked ATOM can be converted to stATOM again.
Good news: Unstaked ATOM (i.e., ATOM sitting in your wallet) can still be liquid staked on Stride at any time!
Thank you for your patience!
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The Cosmos Hub will have an upcoming software upgrade that disables the LSM and migrates to a new x/liquid module.
This will break LSM liquid stakes on Stride, so this feature will be disabled starting June 8th, and then reenabled with the upcoming Stride v27 chain upgrade.
Weāll keep you posted soon as the Stride v27 upgrade is scheduled and staked ATOM can be converted to stATOM again.
Good news: Unstaked ATOM (i.e., ATOM sitting in your wallet) can still be liquid staked on Stride at any time!
Thank you for your patience!
Airdrop Alpha for stakers:
Mainnet coming soon + airdrop snapshot is around the corner. Make sure you have min $100 of the following assets staked before the snapshot:
ā¢ $FLIX ā @OmniFlixNetwork
ā¢ $OSMO ā @osmosiszone
ā¢ $ATOM ā @cosmoshub
ā¢ $OM ā @MANTRA_Chain
ā¢ $ARCH ā @archwayHQ
ā¢ $STARS ā @StargazeZone
ā¢ $ELYS ā @elys_network
ā¢ $STRD, $stATOM, $stOSMO, $stSTARSā @stride_zone
Symphony will also reward early users with yield-bearing stable-coins pegged to $USD, $XAU, $CNY, $RUB & $INR.
Mainnet coming soon + airdrop snapshot is around the corner. Make sure you have min $100 of the following assets staked before the snapshot:
ā¢ $FLIX ā @OmniFlixNetwork
ā¢ $OSMO ā @osmosiszone
ā¢ $ATOM ā @cosmoshub
ā¢ $OM ā @MANTRA_Chain
ā¢ $ARCH ā @archwayHQ
ā¢ $STARS ā @StargazeZone
ā¢ $ELYS ā @elys_network
ā¢ $STRD, $stATOM, $stOSMO, $stSTARSā @stride_zone
Symphony will also reward early users with yield-bearing stable-coins pegged to $USD, $XAU, $CNY, $RUB & $INR.
BlockHunters Voices Episode 41
In this episode, we chat with @shellvish, co-founder of @stride_zone, the pioneering liquid-staking protocol now evolving into the IBC-powered DEX for the Cosmos Hub.
From launching first-to-market LSTs to architecting a cross-chain liquidity engine, Vishal shares insights on discipline, protocol design, and the future of DeFi in Cosmos.
Chapters:
01:46 Vishalās pre-Stride background & crypto origin story
04:02 Liquid-staking battle: Stride vs. Quicksilver
04:55 Why Cosmos?
08:05 Stride protocol overview
09:06 Yield-supercharged LPs on the Stride DEX
10:19 Multichain trading via IBC Eureka vs. bridges
11:19 Standout features of the new DEX
13:55 Liquid staking as a DEX āsuperpowerā
18:17 Bootstrapping initial DEX liquidity
20:43 Attracting traders & trading volume
26:06 From L1 to consumer chain: Cosmos Hub alignment
28:18 Stride as the liquidity foundation for Cosmos Hub DeFi
32:00 Balancing neutrality with Hub integration
33:00 Next 6ā12 months: DEX & LST roadmap, $STRD outlook
35:10 Co-founder challenges, routines & influences
40:06 Rapid-fire questions
x.com/BlockhuntersOrg/status/1924803380490260960
In this episode, we chat with @shellvish, co-founder of @stride_zone, the pioneering liquid-staking protocol now evolving into the IBC-powered DEX for the Cosmos Hub.
From launching first-to-market LSTs to architecting a cross-chain liquidity engine, Vishal shares insights on discipline, protocol design, and the future of DeFi in Cosmos.
Chapters:
01:46 Vishalās pre-Stride background & crypto origin story
04:02 Liquid-staking battle: Stride vs. Quicksilver
04:55 Why Cosmos?
08:05 Stride protocol overview
09:06 Yield-supercharged LPs on the Stride DEX
10:19 Multichain trading via IBC Eureka vs. bridges
11:19 Standout features of the new DEX
13:55 Liquid staking as a DEX āsuperpowerā
18:17 Bootstrapping initial DEX liquidity
20:43 Attracting traders & trading volume
26:06 From L1 to consumer chain: Cosmos Hub alignment
28:18 Stride as the liquidity foundation for Cosmos Hub DeFi
32:00 Balancing neutrality with Hub integration
33:00 Next 6ā12 months: DEX & LST roadmap, $STRD outlook
35:10 Co-founder challenges, routines & influences
40:06 Rapid-fire questions
x.com/BlockhuntersOrg/status/1924803380490260960
Got a Bad Kid(top NFT collection on ATOM)? Give them a Stride bucket hat with the new @badkidsart bucket hatifier
The hat stays on until the Stride DEX launches this summer. Visit this link and post your bad bucket hats below.
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https://moonyandfriends.github.io/hat.github.io/ (hat tip @moonyandfriends)
The hat stays on until the Stride DEX launches this summer. Visit this link and post your bad bucket hats below.
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https://moonyandfriends.github.io/hat.github.io/ (hat tip @moonyandfriends)
Come listen to @RoboMcGobo and @joe4deadcat talk through the ATOM renaissance and why protocols like Stride are so eager to take part.
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https://x.com/stride_zone/status/1922732151843270995
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https://x.com/stride_zone/status/1922732151843270995
Strideās DEX will sit at the heart of a massive ecosystem of applications.
Hosting liquidity on Stride will get you access to all of them. Integrate once. Scale infinitely.
Powered by the Cosmos Hub(ATOM) and IBC Eureka.
Hosting liquidity on Stride will get you access to all of them. Integrate once. Scale infinitely.
Powered by the Cosmos Hub(ATOM) and IBC Eureka.
Chorus One's latest article captures the essence of the Cosmos Hub's new vision:
Cosmos has always been one of the most fascinating ecosystems for its innovation, but $ATOM has consistently struggled to capture value from the activity and technology built around it.
Now, with the acquisition of Skip, and with @0xMagmar and @BPIV400 leading the charge at Interchain Labs, Iām definitely bullish on ATOM and the clear vision and direction theyāre bringing to the Hub.
Our thesis is simple:
1. Interchain Labsā new mandate is to position the Cosmos Hub as the main growth engine and liquidity center of the ecosystem. This marks a significant strategic shift, with ATOM evolving from a governance-focused token, to the core asset driving value capture across the entire stack.
2. IBC is already one of the top 5 bridging solutions by volume, generating around $1B in monthly activity and connecting the most chains (119), even before integrating with major ecosystems like Ethereum and Solana. IBC Eureka aims to further increase demand for ATOM by routing more traffic through the Cosmos Hub, positioning it as the central hub for interchain economic activity.
3. @stride_zone is building a new DEX optimized for IBC Eureka. This product will serve as the foundation for onboarding, bridging, and seamless asset movement across Cosmos and external ecosystems like Ethereum, Solana, and others. With all activity bringing value back to ATOM.
4. The Cosmos Hub is becoming a general-purpose chain that will compete with major L1s. The market has consistently shown that general purpose L1s are the main drivers of value creation. An L1 needs apps and activity. Cosmos apps such as @StargazeZone are considering to move to the Cosmos Hub.
This is a turning point for the Hub. By consolidating applications on a unified execution layer, the Cosmos Hub has a real opportunity to increase activity on its L1, strengthen ATOMās value capture, and compete with major L1s.
Cosmos has always been one of the most fascinating ecosystems for its innovation, but $ATOM has consistently struggled to capture value from the activity and technology built around it.
Now, with the acquisition of Skip, and with @0xMagmar and @BPIV400 leading the charge at Interchain Labs, Iām definitely bullish on ATOM and the clear vision and direction theyāre bringing to the Hub.
Our thesis is simple:
1. Interchain Labsā new mandate is to position the Cosmos Hub as the main growth engine and liquidity center of the ecosystem. This marks a significant strategic shift, with ATOM evolving from a governance-focused token, to the core asset driving value capture across the entire stack.
2. IBC is already one of the top 5 bridging solutions by volume, generating around $1B in monthly activity and connecting the most chains (119), even before integrating with major ecosystems like Ethereum and Solana. IBC Eureka aims to further increase demand for ATOM by routing more traffic through the Cosmos Hub, positioning it as the central hub for interchain economic activity.
3. @stride_zone is building a new DEX optimized for IBC Eureka. This product will serve as the foundation for onboarding, bridging, and seamless asset movement across Cosmos and external ecosystems like Ethereum, Solana, and others. With all activity bringing value back to ATOM.
4. The Cosmos Hub is becoming a general-purpose chain that will compete with major L1s. The market has consistently shown that general purpose L1s are the main drivers of value creation. An L1 needs apps and activity. Cosmos apps such as @StargazeZone are considering to move to the Cosmos Hub.
This is a turning point for the Hub. By consolidating applications on a unified execution layer, the Cosmos Hub has a real opportunity to increase activity on its L1, strengthen ATOMās value capture, and compete with major L1s.
300K STRD(The IBC Eureka DEX. Purpose-built on Cosmos Hub. ATOM) has been burned in the last 8 weeks
With Strideās DEX launching soon, how do you think the burn rate will change in 2025?
With Strideās DEX launching soon, how do you think the burn rate will change in 2025?
Stride Swap: The IBC Eureka DEX, Built for the Cosmos Hub
Summary
Stride will become a multichain DEX, purpose-built for IBC Eureka and the Cosmos Hub.Ā
The Interchain Foundation has invested in Stride. Stride is partnering with Interchain Labs to build Stride Swap in alignment to IBC Eureka and other products.Ā Stride will be the primary venue for routing liquidity across the IBC Eureka bridge. Supports all chains, tokens, and wallets used by IBC Eureka. Offers advanced trading features (including hooks and built-in vaults).Ā Strideās current liquid staking protocol will be vertically integrated into Stride Swap.Ā Fees will be used to buy and burn STRD (80%) and buy and burn ATOM (20%) subject to STRD governance.Ā Stride will be a key design partner for and launch alongside a new permissionless VM on the Cosmos Hub.Ā
Stride Swap will go live in Summer 2025.Ā
Strideās Next Chapter
Stride is best known as the Cosmos ecosystemās largest liquid staking provider. Since 2022, Stride has helped users stake ATOM, TIA, OSMO, and others ā with over $35M in liquid staked tokens and 412K registered addresses. But now, Stride is evolving ā weāre building a vertically integrated product suite around a single, high-leverage chain ā Cosmos Hub.
With the launch of IBC Eureka, Cosmos connects to Ethereum and soon every large blockchain. This expansion of IBC will attract meaningful multichain volume. Think: swaps between Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, and Cosmos ā all routed through the Hub.
To support this, weāre launching Stride Swap, a purpose-built DEX for the Cosmos Hub and IBC Eureka that will handle bridge swaps for Eureka and serve as the liquidity foundation for Cosmos Hub DeFi.
And we are not doing it alone. Stride is proud to announce the Interchain Foundation's investment in Stride, and its vision for Stride Swap. With the partnership of Interchain Labs in product, Stride will build a platform to support IBC's growth.
This is our opportunity to make the Hub the engine of the interchain, with Stride at its center.
The Vision
Soon the Cosmos Hub will be able to have the widest selection of deep major token trading pools in crypto, all living on Stride.
This makes for a uniquely powerful environment to trade and leverage using spot. Swap from SOL to BNB on one chain in a single block? Only possible on Cosmos Hub. Borrow ATOM against SOL? Only possible on Cosmos Hub. Short BTC against BABY? Only on Cosmos Hub. And so on and so forth. The projected revenues from this activity can be used to improve Strideās DeFi product lines on the Hub in various ways (e.g. cross-selling, cross-subsidization, rehypothecation).
Hereās how we get there:
Step 1: IBC Eureka becomes the highest volume bridge in crypto.Step 2: With IBC v2 deployed to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and all other major chains, Cosmos Hub becomes a center of DeFi activity across crypto.Step 3: With high swap volume on Stride DEX, there will be high fees, which will attract deep liquidity. As a result, Stride DEX will be a unique DEX with deep liquidity for many different major tokens.
The final outcome is that Cosmos Hub has the widest selection of deep major token trading pools in crypto, and it all takes place on Stride, supporting STRD and ATOM.
Strideās Partnership with Interchain Foundation
Stride and the Interchain Foundation are aligning towards a common goal. The growth of Cosmos, and IBC.
This partnership has one main component, the ICF's investment in Stride and its vision for Stride Swap - a cornerstone for IBC Eureka's expansion.
However, there are more synergies at play that make this a great match:
Aligned product visions: Our collaboration with Interchain Labs is constant, and built on mutual earned trust over years. Both teams are aligned on roadmap, asset support for IBC Eureka, features, and more.Ā Coordinated business development: Given Stride Swap's DEX and LST products are complementary to IBC Eureka and the Cosmos Hubās native ecosystem as an offering, both teams will be able to pitch them to chains and new applications as a complete offering. As Interchain Labs recruits new chains to join IBC Eureka, there will be a natural incentive to encourage these chains to deploy liquidity on Stride Swap. Similarly, as new applications consider deploying on the Cosmos Hub, there will be a natural incentive to suggest they integrate with Stride.Stride's strengthening ATOM's utility: Stride will direct 20% of protocol revenue to buy and burn ATOM. Under the hook, swaps use ATOM as gas (if approved by STRD governance). Every trade that routes to Stride Swap helps support the Cosmos Hub.
The foundation for Cosmos-Hub native DeFi
Tens of billions of dollars are routed through IBC every year. With the addition of high-volume chains like Ethereum, Solana, dYdX, Babylon, etc, Eureka is well-positioned to do the same.
This Eureka volume will all pass through the Cosmos Hub. With IBC's flexibility and extensibility, an ecosystem of DeFi applications living on the Hub will benefit from that volume in ways that no other ecosystem currently does.
In this future, Eureka essentially becomes the only bridge in existence with its own native DeFi ecosystem. Value capture, revenue, and growth become vertically integrated instead of outsourced to external applications, all for the benefit of ATOM and applications deployed on the Hub.
All of this lives natively on the Cosmos Hub.
And you canāt build DeFi without a DEX.Ā
Lending markets, structured products, perps ā they all need a base layer of liquidity to function. The Cosmos Hub has been missing that foundation until now.
Stride Swap prioritizes composability, so any application deploying on the Hub can easily connect.Ā
Deep liquidity and reliable oracles support liquidations from lending protocols and perps.Ā Vault products plug into Stride natively, integrated within the frontend.Ā Hooks allow applications to flexibly tap DEX liquidity (e.g. out of range liquidity can be automatically supplied on lending markets to earn extra yield) and build multi-step flows (e.g. transfer -> swap -> collateralize)
Weāre already talking to every application who plans to launch on the Hub.
Roadmap
Q2: Stride Swap launch
The DEX launches on the Cosmos Hub ā ready to power the next wave of multichain DeFi.
Eureka integration: Swaps routed via Cosmos:go will automatically use Stride liquidity.Multichain UX: One-click deposits and withdrawals across chains. No bridging headaches.Vaults at launch: Built-in vaults make LPing simple and powerful.Pay in any token: Swap fees? Covered in whatever token you have on hand.Cross-chain LPing: Provide liquidity from any chain, sign once, done.
Launch is expected in Summer 2025. In the meantime, weāll be rolling out beta access, sharing early partners, and working with ATOM-aligned protocols to integrate directly into the DEX.
Q3: Advanced trading features
Weāre rolling out simple-to-use but advanced tools for serious traders.
Auto dollar-cost averaging: Enter or exit positions over time ā no manual effort needed.Limit orders: Set a buy or sell price and let the system fill your trade when the timeās right.Programmatic fees: Stride Swap is aligned with external apps and chains, giving important blockchains and apps kickbacks and revenue share. Dynamic fees allow us to lower fees when markets are calm, and raise them when volatile. Everyone wins.
Q3: Integrate Liquid Staking & Lending
We will integrate the DEX with our liquid staking products (e.g. stATOM) and an external Hub-based lending market. For users, this means smarter routing, better yields, and seamless composability.
Extra yield for idle LPs: If your LP position goes out of range, your tokens can be temporarily lent out or staked ā so youāll still earn.
DEX ā LST fee sharing: When we launch a new pool, weāll use LST fees to attract LPs. If the DEX prints, stATOM holders benefit.Smart routing for LSTs: Buying stATOM at a premium? Weāll auto-mint at 1:1 instead. More yield, less friction. Selling stATOM at a discount? We can tap into recent yet-to-be-staked stATOM inflows to instantly unbond your LST at 1:1 instead.Built-in arbitrage: If stATOM ever de-pegs, our system can mint + swap to restore the peg and secure the arbitrage profit as protocol revenue.
Q4: Add Solana Support
IBC Eureka will connect to Solana, onboarding SOL and making Cosmos ā Solana routing effortless.
SOL ā Cosmos bridging: Trade between ecosystems in a single click. No bridges, no delays.Phantom & Backpack support: All the major Solana wallets, fully integrated from day one.Full token listings: Weāll support SOL, BONK, WIF, and the rest of your favorite SPL-20 tokens.
2026: More Chains, More Possibilities
IBC v2 connect to 10+ new blockchains. As they come online, Stride Swap will be ready to support them with liquidity, trading, and staking from day one. Wherever IBC goes next, Stride goes with it.
Strideās intimate history with the Cosmos Hub
Strideās launch brought a number of firsts to the Cosmos ecosystem. Stride was the first fully functional app-specific liquid staking blockchain, the first consumer application to utilize interchain accounts at scale and, most importantly, the first live, redeemable LST for ATOM: stATOM.
stATOM quickly became a DeFi cornerstone, fueling liquidity and collateral across 16 protocols on 15 chains. As adoption grew, Stride surpassed $200M in TVL, with stATOM representing over 25% of all Strideās staked assets.Ā
In 2023, Stride became the second chain to adopt Interchain Security (ICS), securing the network with ATOM-backed validators and sharing over $200K in protocol revenue with the Hub. ICS boosted Strideās economic security from $25M to over $2B, accelerating stATOMās growth. Stride has also contributed core infrastructure to the Cosmos HubāIBC rate limiting, ICA callbacks, ICS tooling, and tools to snapshot stATOM holders to ensure airdrop inclusion.Ā
Culturally, Stride has been embedded in the Cosmos community from the start, bringing in key investors like Multicoin and Pantera and proudly repping and buying Bad Kids.Ā
We wrote more about Strideās intertwined history with the Cosmos Hub here.
Final thoughts
Stride is doubling down on the Cosmos Hub and IBC.
The Cosmos Hub has always been our home. IBC Eureka is the opportunity weāve been waiting for.
Stride Swap is how we make it real.
Disclaimer: Certain information set forth is āforward-looking informationā, representing current plans; however, future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements depending on business conditions and technological concerns.
Stride will become a multichain DEX, purpose-built for IBC Eureka and the Cosmos Hub.Ā
The Interchain Foundation has invested in Stride. Stride is partnering with Interchain Labs to build Stride Swap in alignment to IBC Eureka and other products.Ā Stride will be the primary venue for routing liquidity across the IBC Eureka bridge. Supports all chains, tokens, and wallets used by IBC Eureka. Offers advanced trading features (including hooks and built-in vaults).Ā Strideās current liquid staking protocol will be vertically integrated into Stride Swap.Ā Fees will be used to buy and burn STRD (80%) and buy and burn ATOM (20%) subject to STRD governance.Ā Stride will be a key design partner for and launch alongside a new permissionless VM on the Cosmos Hub.Ā
Stride Swap will go live in Summer 2025.Ā
Strideās Next Chapter
Stride is best known as the Cosmos ecosystemās largest liquid staking provider. Since 2022, Stride has helped users stake ATOM, TIA, OSMO, and others ā with over $35M in liquid staked tokens and 412K registered addresses. But now, Stride is evolving ā weāre building a vertically integrated product suite around a single, high-leverage chain ā Cosmos Hub.
With the launch of IBC Eureka, Cosmos connects to Ethereum and soon every large blockchain. This expansion of IBC will attract meaningful multichain volume. Think: swaps between Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, and Cosmos ā all routed through the Hub.
To support this, weāre launching Stride Swap, a purpose-built DEX for the Cosmos Hub and IBC Eureka that will handle bridge swaps for Eureka and serve as the liquidity foundation for Cosmos Hub DeFi.
And we are not doing it alone. Stride is proud to announce the Interchain Foundation's investment in Stride, and its vision for Stride Swap. With the partnership of Interchain Labs in product, Stride will build a platform to support IBC's growth.
This is our opportunity to make the Hub the engine of the interchain, with Stride at its center.
The Vision
Soon the Cosmos Hub will be able to have the widest selection of deep major token trading pools in crypto, all living on Stride.
This makes for a uniquely powerful environment to trade and leverage using spot. Swap from SOL to BNB on one chain in a single block? Only possible on Cosmos Hub. Borrow ATOM against SOL? Only possible on Cosmos Hub. Short BTC against BABY? Only on Cosmos Hub. And so on and so forth. The projected revenues from this activity can be used to improve Strideās DeFi product lines on the Hub in various ways (e.g. cross-selling, cross-subsidization, rehypothecation).
Hereās how we get there:
Step 1: IBC Eureka becomes the highest volume bridge in crypto.Step 2: With IBC v2 deployed to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and all other major chains, Cosmos Hub becomes a center of DeFi activity across crypto.Step 3: With high swap volume on Stride DEX, there will be high fees, which will attract deep liquidity. As a result, Stride DEX will be a unique DEX with deep liquidity for many different major tokens.
The final outcome is that Cosmos Hub has the widest selection of deep major token trading pools in crypto, and it all takes place on Stride, supporting STRD and ATOM.
Strideās Partnership with Interchain Foundation
Stride and the Interchain Foundation are aligning towards a common goal. The growth of Cosmos, and IBC.
This partnership has one main component, the ICF's investment in Stride and its vision for Stride Swap - a cornerstone for IBC Eureka's expansion.
However, there are more synergies at play that make this a great match:
Aligned product visions: Our collaboration with Interchain Labs is constant, and built on mutual earned trust over years. Both teams are aligned on roadmap, asset support for IBC Eureka, features, and more.Ā Coordinated business development: Given Stride Swap's DEX and LST products are complementary to IBC Eureka and the Cosmos Hubās native ecosystem as an offering, both teams will be able to pitch them to chains and new applications as a complete offering. As Interchain Labs recruits new chains to join IBC Eureka, there will be a natural incentive to encourage these chains to deploy liquidity on Stride Swap. Similarly, as new applications consider deploying on the Cosmos Hub, there will be a natural incentive to suggest they integrate with Stride.Stride's strengthening ATOM's utility: Stride will direct 20% of protocol revenue to buy and burn ATOM. Under the hook, swaps use ATOM as gas (if approved by STRD governance). Every trade that routes to Stride Swap helps support the Cosmos Hub.
The foundation for Cosmos-Hub native DeFi
Tens of billions of dollars are routed through IBC every year. With the addition of high-volume chains like Ethereum, Solana, dYdX, Babylon, etc, Eureka is well-positioned to do the same.
This Eureka volume will all pass through the Cosmos Hub. With IBC's flexibility and extensibility, an ecosystem of DeFi applications living on the Hub will benefit from that volume in ways that no other ecosystem currently does.
In this future, Eureka essentially becomes the only bridge in existence with its own native DeFi ecosystem. Value capture, revenue, and growth become vertically integrated instead of outsourced to external applications, all for the benefit of ATOM and applications deployed on the Hub.
All of this lives natively on the Cosmos Hub.
And you canāt build DeFi without a DEX.Ā
Lending markets, structured products, perps ā they all need a base layer of liquidity to function. The Cosmos Hub has been missing that foundation until now.
Stride Swap prioritizes composability, so any application deploying on the Hub can easily connect.Ā
Deep liquidity and reliable oracles support liquidations from lending protocols and perps.Ā Vault products plug into Stride natively, integrated within the frontend.Ā Hooks allow applications to flexibly tap DEX liquidity (e.g. out of range liquidity can be automatically supplied on lending markets to earn extra yield) and build multi-step flows (e.g. transfer -> swap -> collateralize)
Weāre already talking to every application who plans to launch on the Hub.
Roadmap
Q2: Stride Swap launch
The DEX launches on the Cosmos Hub ā ready to power the next wave of multichain DeFi.
Eureka integration: Swaps routed via Cosmos:go will automatically use Stride liquidity.Multichain UX: One-click deposits and withdrawals across chains. No bridging headaches.Vaults at launch: Built-in vaults make LPing simple and powerful.Pay in any token: Swap fees? Covered in whatever token you have on hand.Cross-chain LPing: Provide liquidity from any chain, sign once, done.
Launch is expected in Summer 2025. In the meantime, weāll be rolling out beta access, sharing early partners, and working with ATOM-aligned protocols to integrate directly into the DEX.
Q3: Advanced trading features
Weāre rolling out simple-to-use but advanced tools for serious traders.
Auto dollar-cost averaging: Enter or exit positions over time ā no manual effort needed.Limit orders: Set a buy or sell price and let the system fill your trade when the timeās right.Programmatic fees: Stride Swap is aligned with external apps and chains, giving important blockchains and apps kickbacks and revenue share. Dynamic fees allow us to lower fees when markets are calm, and raise them when volatile. Everyone wins.
Q3: Integrate Liquid Staking & Lending
We will integrate the DEX with our liquid staking products (e.g. stATOM) and an external Hub-based lending market. For users, this means smarter routing, better yields, and seamless composability.
Extra yield for idle LPs: If your LP position goes out of range, your tokens can be temporarily lent out or staked ā so youāll still earn.
DEX ā LST fee sharing: When we launch a new pool, weāll use LST fees to attract LPs. If the DEX prints, stATOM holders benefit.Smart routing for LSTs: Buying stATOM at a premium? Weāll auto-mint at 1:1 instead. More yield, less friction. Selling stATOM at a discount? We can tap into recent yet-to-be-staked stATOM inflows to instantly unbond your LST at 1:1 instead.Built-in arbitrage: If stATOM ever de-pegs, our system can mint + swap to restore the peg and secure the arbitrage profit as protocol revenue.
Q4: Add Solana Support
IBC Eureka will connect to Solana, onboarding SOL and making Cosmos ā Solana routing effortless.
SOL ā Cosmos bridging: Trade between ecosystems in a single click. No bridges, no delays.Phantom & Backpack support: All the major Solana wallets, fully integrated from day one.Full token listings: Weāll support SOL, BONK, WIF, and the rest of your favorite SPL-20 tokens.
2026: More Chains, More Possibilities
IBC v2 connect to 10+ new blockchains. As they come online, Stride Swap will be ready to support them with liquidity, trading, and staking from day one. Wherever IBC goes next, Stride goes with it.
Strideās intimate history with the Cosmos Hub
Strideās launch brought a number of firsts to the Cosmos ecosystem. Stride was the first fully functional app-specific liquid staking blockchain, the first consumer application to utilize interchain accounts at scale and, most importantly, the first live, redeemable LST for ATOM: stATOM.
stATOM quickly became a DeFi cornerstone, fueling liquidity and collateral across 16 protocols on 15 chains. As adoption grew, Stride surpassed $200M in TVL, with stATOM representing over 25% of all Strideās staked assets.Ā
In 2023, Stride became the second chain to adopt Interchain Security (ICS), securing the network with ATOM-backed validators and sharing over $200K in protocol revenue with the Hub. ICS boosted Strideās economic security from $25M to over $2B, accelerating stATOMās growth. Stride has also contributed core infrastructure to the Cosmos HubāIBC rate limiting, ICA callbacks, ICS tooling, and tools to snapshot stATOM holders to ensure airdrop inclusion.Ā
Culturally, Stride has been embedded in the Cosmos community from the start, bringing in key investors like Multicoin and Pantera and proudly repping and buying Bad Kids.Ā
We wrote more about Strideās intertwined history with the Cosmos Hub here.
Final thoughts
Stride is doubling down on the Cosmos Hub and IBC.
The Cosmos Hub has always been our home. IBC Eureka is the opportunity weāve been waiting for.
Stride Swap is how we make it real.
Disclaimer: Certain information set forth is āforward-looking informationā, representing current plans; however, future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements depending on business conditions and technological concerns.
Cosmos Hub is back!
With Eureka, Cosmos Hub is living up to its name as a major hub for IBC routing.
Stride ( A liquid staking protocol that supports assets such as
TIA, $ATOM, $DYM, $DYDX, $OSMO, $SAGA, $JUNO )has always been a core part of Cosmos Hub - and soon Stride's partnership with the Hub will expand further.
Stay tuned.
With Eureka, Cosmos Hub is living up to its name as a major hub for IBC routing.
Stride ( A liquid staking protocol that supports assets such as
TIA, $ATOM, $DYM, $DYDX, $OSMO, $SAGA, $JUNO )has always been a core part of Cosmos Hub - and soon Stride's partnership with the Hub will expand further.
Stay tuned.
Deep stATOM liquidity is essential for onboarding new users to ATOM DeFi.
Thanks to @Hydroteam_ ās latest round, liquidity is about to get deeper
Nearly 200k ATOM will be deployed as stATOM liquidity across 3 protocols, making ATOM DeFi more robust.
Thanks to @Hydroteam_ ās latest round, liquidity is about to get deeper
Nearly 200k ATOM will be deployed as stATOM liquidity across 3 protocols, making ATOM DeFi more robust.
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