Noble
Cosmos appchain for native stablecoin issuance
About
Noble is purpose-built stablecoin and real-world-asset issuance infrastructure for the Cosmos / IBC and broader appchain ecosystem. It is the native home of USDC on Cosmos and launched USDN (powered by M0's building blocks). Noble provides issuance, distribution and interoperability rails so assets can move across connected appchains.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2023
- HQ
- Remote
- Stage
- Private
- Funding
- Venture-backed (Polychain, others)
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