Ho Chang Jun

What’s Interesting Today: Celestia, a layer-1 data availability network, revealed a roadmap to scale block sizes to 1 gigabyte, aiming to boost data throughput for its rollup ecosystem. This move enhances scalability, lowers transaction costs, and enables new on-chain applications like web apps and gaming. Celestia competes with rivals

What’s Interesting Today: Polygon Labs is migrating its MATIC token to POL as part of the transition to Polygon 2.0. The upgrade brings additional utility, allowing users to swap MATIC for POL on a 1:1 basis. POL will replace MATIC as the native gas and staking token

What’s Interesting Today: Ripple is enhancing the XRP Ledger by introducing Ethereum-compatible smart contracts via a new sidechain. This sidechain, built on the XRPL, will use the Axelar network for cross-chain token transfers, with Wrapped XRP (eXRP) as the primary token. The integration of Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility

What’s Interesting Today: Libre, a tokenization firm backed by Brevan Howard, has launched on the NEAR blockchain, enabling users to access and manage tokenized credit and hedge funds like the Hamilton Lane credit fund, Brevan Howard Master Fund, and Blackrock ICS Money Market Fund. NEAR’s Chain Signatures feature

What’s Interesting Today: Cardano's "Chang" hard fork, launched on Sunday, introduces on-chain governance, turning the ADA cryptocurrency into a governance token. This upgrade allows ADA holders to elect representatives and vote on development proposals. It replaces the Cardano Foundation, Input Output Global (IOHK), and Emurgo

What’s Interesting Today: Kaia DLT Foundation has launched its mainnet, positioning Kaia as the fastest and most efficient EVM-based blockchain, supported by major Web3 partners like Kakao and LINE NEXT. Alongside the launch, Kaia introduced the Kaia Wave initiative, developed with LINE NEXT, to accelerate Web3 adoption by allowing

What’s Interesting Today: The Bitcoin layer-2 network, Stacks, is rolling out its Nakamoto upgrade, which will increase transaction speed by 120 times, reducing confirmation times from 10 minutes to mere seconds. This upgrade decouples Stacks' block production from Bitcoin and fully implements Nakamoto consensus rules by the end

What’s Interesting Today: Aave Labs has proposed a new stability mechanism for its GHO stablecoin by using BlackRock’s tokenized fund, BUIDL, to maintain its dollar peg. The update suggests exchanging users' USDC for BUIDL shares that are held in a smart contract until redeemed. BUIDL, which pays

What’s Interesting Today: Nillion Network, a privacy-focused "blind computing" protocol, has integrated with Arbitrum, aiming to enhance privacy and scalability for over 600 dApps on Arbitrum's network. As the largest Ethereum Layer 2 network with over $15 billion in total value locked, Arbitrum stands to

What’s Interesting Today: Grayscale Investments has expanded its cryptocurrency offerings by launching a new trust for Avalanche (AVAX), which allows accredited investors to gain exposure to this digital asset. This new trust joins Grayscale's array of investment products, including their successful spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds