Refining Staking Process and Seeking Feedback

**CoW Swap** serves as the core infrastructure for Gnosis's financial technology stack, providing protection against sandwich attacks and predatory MEV (Maximal Extractable Value). **Key features:** - Fair pricing mechanism without extractive practices - Designed for regions with volatile local currencies, particularly LATAM - Part of the broader Gnosis ecosystem alongside Safe, Gnosis Pay, and Gnosis Business The platform positions itself as a reliable alternative to traditional systems that may exploit users during transactions. CoW Swap's architecture aims to deliver consistent performance in markets where currency instability creates additional trading risks.

The Gnosis network is spotlighting several projects in its ecosystem: - **Picnic** - A project building on Gnosis - **CoW Swap** - Decentralized exchange protocol - **Safe** - Multi-signature wallet infrastructure - **Circles** - Universal basic income protocol - **Zeal Wallet** - Wallet solution This announcement continues Gnosis's pattern of promoting projects building on its network, following a similar showcase in January that included additional projects like POAP, Fileverse, Backed Finance, Autonolas, and DappNode. The focus appears to be on highlighting the diversity of applications choosing to build on Gnosis Chain's infrastructure.

**Gnosis Chain has established dominance in Latin American stablecoin transactions**, capturing 85% of the local stablecoin market share in the region. **Key metrics from January 2026:** - Over 490,000 transactions processed - Nearly $100 million in transaction volume - 300% market cap growth in two months The network has seen increased circulation of multiple stablecoins including USDC.e, EURe, BRLA, and ZCHF. This growth strengthens Gnosis Chain's position as a stablecoin settlement layer, particularly for non-USD denominated assets. The platform is positioning itself as the infrastructure of choice for payment solutions targeting Latin American markets.

The Gnosis app has introduced a new offering combining Circles and Fileverse Floppy Disk technology. **Key Features:** - Permissionless onchain collaboration - Private and real-time functionality - Built on Gnosis Chain infrastructure The tool enables encrypted, decentralized collaboration directly onchain. Users can access the new feature through the Gnosis app now. This builds on Fileverse's previous work on Gnosis Chain, which emphasized customizable and encrypted decentralized solutions.

**Gnosis Chain node operators have until December 22, 16:00 CET** to implement a hard fork that could restore funds to victims of the Balancer exploit. The update releases are now available for download and execution. This hard fork represents a potential solution for recovering assets lost in the recent Balancer security incident. **Key details:** - Deadline: December 22, 16:00 CET - Purpose: Enable fund recovery for exploit victims - Action required: Node operators must update their systems The Balancer team previously attempted to contact the exploiter through on-chain messages, offering a path for voluntary fund return. This hard fork approach suggests the community is moving forward with a technical solution. Node operators can find additional information and participate in discussions through the official forum.