Description
Quicksilver is a Cosmos-native liquid staking zone that enables stakers to delegate to any validator (no whitelist) and receive liquid staked qASSETs that can be used for swapping, pooling, lending, and other DeFi activities, all while the original stake continues to earn staking APY and retains governance voting rights on the native chain. For partner chains, Quicksilver offers liquid staking onboarding with minimal to zero development work, using Interchain Accounts (ICA) over IBC to control stake accounts, requiring only dependency on core IBC modules (ibc-go v3.3.30+) and giving access to users and liquidity across 50+ IBC-enabled chains. The protocol is governed by its QCK utility token, which is used for on-chain governance, securing the Quicksilver chain via staking, and paying network transaction fees. The project has strategic backing from firms such as 01node, Cerulean VC, Chorus One, CMCC Global, Figment Capital, Forbole, Interop VC, Iqlusion, Ki Foundation, Maven 11, Moonlet, Strangelove, Zero Knowledge Validator, and OKX Ventures.