chore: v0.44.8 Release Notes (#11610)

* updates

* updates

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.44.8](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.44.8) - 2022-04-12
+
 ### Improvements
 
 * [\#11563](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/11563) Updated Tendermint to v0.34.19; `unsafe-reset-all` command has been moved to the `tendermint` sub-command.

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-# Cosmos SDK v0.44.7 Release Notes
+# Cosmos SDK v0.44.8 Release Notes
 
-This release introduces bug fixes and improvements on the Cosmos SDK v0.44 series:
+This release introduces only a Tendermint dependency update to v0.34.19 which
+itself includes two bug fixes related to consensus. See the full changelog from
+v0.34.17-v0.34.19 [here](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/v0.34.19/CHANGELOG.md#v0.34.19).
 
-- The `everything` prune strategy now keeps the latest 2 heights (instead of only the latest one). If this flag is set, state sync is automatically disabled.
-- The bank keeper has a new `WithMintCoinsRestriction` method to allow custom module-specific restrictions on minting (e.g. only minting a certain denom). This function is not on the `bank.Keeper` interface, so it's not API-breaking, but only additive on the `Keeper` implementation; please use casting to access this method.
-- Fix data race in store trace component.
+See the [Cosmos SDK v0.44.8 Changelog](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.44.8/CHANGELOG.md)
+for the exhaustive list of all changes.
 
-See the [Cosmos SDK v0.44.7 Changelog](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.44.7/CHANGELOG.md) for the exhaustive list of all changes.
-
-**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/compare/v0.44.6...v0.44.7
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/compare/v0.44.7...v0.44.8