Kava launches Hard V2 to become first full lending protocol in the Cosmos eco...

Kava launches Hard V2 to become first full lending protocol in the Cosmos eco...

Shortly after the launch of Stargate, Cosmos ecosystem chains are entering the DeFi arena. Kava, a DeFi-centric blockchain project built on the Cosmos SDK, has announced the concurrent release of Kava 5.1 and Hard Protocol V2, which marks the full launch of two-sided lending markets on the Kava blockchain.The Kava 5.1 upgrade is a significant boost to performance over previous major versions, with the team claiming a ten-fold increase in throughput through “consensus enhancements.” The upgrade also carries improvements to the BEP3 relayer that acts as the connection to Binance Smart Chain,....


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