Kava is a DeFi platform that offers collaterized loans and stablecoins built with the Cosmos SDK. It aims to be cross-chain enabled bringing stablecoins to major crypto ecosystems such as BTC, BNB, ATOM and more. KAVA token will act as a governance and staking token to secure the network and vote on key upgrades. USDX token will be issued as a stablecoin backed by crypto asset collateral. Some calls it the MakerDAO on Cosmos. While USDX will be have similar to DAI, the USD stablecoin on Ethereum.
THORChain is building a chain-agnostic bridging protocol that will allow trustless and secure value-transfer connections with most other chains (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero and all of Binance Chain). Users will be able to instantly swap any asset at fair market prices and deep liquidity. Token holders will be able to stake any asset and earn on liquidity fees. Projects will be able to access manipulation resistant price feeds and accept payments in any currencies, no matter the type or liquidity.