Interchain Foundation

The Interchain Foundation is announcing an updated version of its ATOM delegation program. The redesign follows months of internal review to improve incentive alignment, support high-performing validators, and empower partners growing the Cosmos Hub and ecosystem.

This blog explains the rationale, outlines the new program, and introduces the initial validator cohort.

The ICF is proud to support the open source movement around IBC.

Since inception, we’ve had two principal aims:

1. Drive the adoption of DLT technologies.
2. Make those technologies sustainable over the long term.

This contribution to the Linux Foundation helps us achieve both of these goals.

The LF Decentralized Trust’s stewardship model provides a well-established pathway for community governance of the protocol’s development, helping IBC become a leading open standard for interoperability.

It also provides IBC direct access to one of the largest open source developer communities in the world, to drive its adoption globally.

The ICF's redesigned ATOM delegation program is now in its third quarterly adjustment cycle.

Here's a reminder of how validators qualify, what changed, and the Q3 2026 selected validators and ecosystem growth recipients:

medium.com/the-interchain…

Our discretionary security grant program is proceeding to its next stage.

The $3M program supports incident recovery, security hardening, monitoring infrastructure, and contributions to shared ecosystem security posture.

Full post: interchain-io.medium.com/the-interchain…

We are pleased to share the Treasury Snapshot for September.

This initiative is part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, providing a clear view of the ICF's holdings.

You can find the snapshot and breakdown below:

interchain-io.medium.com/icf-treasury-s…