Ho Chang Jun

What’s Interesting Today: Circle has acquired Hashnote, the issuer of US Yield Coin (USYC), a tokenized real-world asset fund, with the aim of making USYC a preferred form of yield-bearing collateral on crypto exchanges and with institutional partners. This acquisition strengthens Circle’s presence in the growing market for

What’s Interesting Today: Wintermute has expanded its partnership with TRON DAO to enhance liquidity and trading efficiency within the TRON ecosystem. By providing market coverage across both centralized and decentralized exchanges, Wintermute aims to streamline trading, reduce volatility, and support TRON's DeFi growth. This collaboration focuses on

What’s Interesting Today: Vitalik Buterin announced significant leadership changes at the Ethereum Foundation to improve technical expertise, communication with ecosystem developers, and support for decentralization, privacy, and censorship resistance. The foundation will not engage in political lobbying or ideological shifts. These changes come after a turbulent 2024, with controversy

What’s Interesting Today: Aurora Labs has launched the Aurora Cloud Console, a no-code, zero-cost platform enabling developers and businesses to deploy, customize, and manage EVM blockchains with ease. Built on NEAR Protocol, it offers scalability, security, and cross-chain interoperability, making blockchain deployment as simple as setting up an online

What’s Interesting Today: Lido Impact Staking (LIS) launched on January 15, 2025, offering a sustainable philanthropy model by allowing users to stake ETH, stETH, or wstETH and allocate staking rewards to social impact projects without compromising their principal. Key features include transparency, financial flexibility, and long-term funding for causes

What’s Interesting Today: Sonic Labs has introduced a points program to reward users through three types of points: Passive Points, earned by holding whitelisted assets in Web3 wallets; Activity Points, earned by deploying these assets as liquidity on participating apps; and App Points (Gems), where apps compete for Sonic

What’s Interesting Today: GoldRush Blockchain Data APIs, powered by the Covalent Network, are now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, offering seamless access to structured multichain blockchain data across 100+ blockchains. This integration supports web3 and AI-powered applications, including NFT generation, token forecasting, and onchain verification, while benefiting from Google

What’s Interesting Today: Usual Protocol is activating a revenue-sharing model after its stablecoin USD0++ depegged from $1, dropping in value. To stabilize the ecosystem, the protocol introduced a “revenue switch,” which will allow it to distribute earnings from real-world assets and operations to its community. Additionally, a “1:1

What’s Interesting Today: Phala Network, a Polkadot parachain, has launched its Op-Succinct layer-2 rollup on Ethereum to enhance scalability and efficiency. The rollup integrates optimistic and zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, improving transaction finality, reducing costs, and bolstering security. This development aligns with Phala’s goal to advance cryptographic computing and

What’s Interesting Today: Pyth Network has partnered with Revolut to integrate its digital asset price data into DeFi, bridging TradFi and Web3. Revolut will publish its data on Pyth Price Feeds, providing DeFi developers access to over 500 real-time feeds. This collaboration highlights the growing connection between traditional and