# Cosmos, Google Cloud and 15 Firms Join DeFi Interoperability Effort

By John Kim

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/57302
Published: 2026-11-14T09:25:26.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-14T09:25:26.000Z
Section: Business

> The collaboration, announced Nov. 12, centers on using the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol to support decentralized finance.

Cosmos is collaborating with Google Cloud and 15 other firms on financial interoperability, with the initiative centered on using the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol to support decentralized finance.

Wells Fargo and OpenZeppelin are among the named participants. Cosmos announced the collaboration on Nov. 12.

The effort applies Cosmos’ broader work on blockchain interoperability to financial systems.