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Hack VC-Backed Nillion to Shut Down Its Chain on Cosmos, Shift Focus to Ethereum

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February 19, 2026
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Hack VC-Backed Nillion to Shut Down Its Chain on Cosmos, Shift Focus to Ethereum

NilChain, a privacy-focused blockchain built with the Cosmos SDK by Nillion, is winding down operations on Cosmos as part of broader shifts across the interoperability-focused ecosystem.

In an X announcement on Feb. 17, the team said the network will halt operations on March 23, urging holders of the NIL token to migrate their assets to Ethereum before the shutdown.

NilChain was designed as a network for secure computation. But the chain has seemingly not been able to reach broad usage inside the Cosmos ecosystem.

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