Osmosis chain
Overview
Osmosis is a decentralised exchange and an appchain in its own right, built with the Cosmos stack and serving as the primary liquidity hub of the Cosmos ecosystem. Because it is a sovereign chain rather than a contract on someone else's network, it can customise its own AMM logic, and because it speaks Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC), it can trade assets natively bridged from other chains — the site advertises swaps across 100+ connected blockchain ecosystems including Bitcoin and Ethereum assets alongside Cosmos-native tokens. Beyond spot swaps it offers leverage of up to 30x through integrated partners Levana and Mars, and capital-efficient liquidity pools that the site says have generated over $72 million in supply-side revenue for liquidity providers. The OSMO token is used for staking and for voting on network governance proposals. Statistics displayed on osmosis.zone in July 2026 include $44.1 billion in all-time volume, 1 million+ users, $96.1 million in listed assets and $1.27 million in 24-hour volume — the last figure indicating that current daily activity is a small fraction of its cumulative history. Investors listed include Paradigm, Bain Capital and Electric Capital. Osmosis launched as a Cosmos SDK appchain DEX and became the Cosmos ecosystem's main liquidity venue via IBC, later adding leverage trading through Levana and Mars. Cumulative volume has reached $44.1 billion, though 24-hour volume shown in July 2026 was $1.27 million.
Within the DeFi Intel graph, Osmosis connects to 11 tracked entities, most strongly to USD Coin, Tether USD, Dai.
Relations
Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 10 of 11 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
deployed_on | USD Coin | 95% |
deployed_on | Tether USD | 95% |
deployed_on | Dai | 95% |
deployed_on | Binance USD | 95% |
deployed_on | Frax | 95% |
deployed_on | Ondo US Dollar Yield | 95% |
integrates_with | Cosmos Hub | 95% |
built_with | Cosmos SDK | 95% |
deployed_on | Osmosis DEX | 90% |
deployed_on | OSMO | 85% |
Frequently asked questions
What is Osmosis?
Osmosis is a dex tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph. It is connected to 11 other tracked entities, most strongly to USD Coin, Tether USD, Dai.
What type of entity is Osmosis?
Osmosis is classified as a dex (chain) in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph.
What is Osmosis connected to?
In the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, Osmosis is linked to 11 other tracked entities, most strongly to USD Coin, Tether USD, Dai.
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