Episode 263: Cosmos, Sommelier and Emerging Assets with Zaki Manian

This week, Anna catches up with Zaki Manian, co-founder of Iqlusion and Sommelier. They embark on a comprehensive recap of the history of Cosmos to-date, covering all ground since their last interview 2 years ago. They also dive into topics such as the IBC launch, Osmosis, how the ecosystem grew and accelerated up until the Luna crash and how it continues to recover in its next phase.

They then chat about Sommelier and how it has evolved, as well as the concepts of emerging asset types, such as real world assets, and how ZKPs for privacy may finally find a product market fit that could build up real market adoption. You won’t want to miss this one!

Here are some additional links for this episode:

• Episode 108: Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint
• Episode 174: Through the Cosmos Stargate Upgrade
• Episode 201: DeFi’s Multichain Future with Zaki Manian from Sommelier
• ATOM 2.0 Whitepaper
• ATOM 2.0 Forum Discussion
• iqlusion
• Sommelier

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