Ho Chang Jun

What’s Interesting Today: Lido, confronted by EigenLayer's growing presence in Ethereum DeFi staking, has introduced "Restaking Vaults" in collaboration with Mellow Finance and Symbiotic. This move is part of Lido's reGOOSE strategy and the Lido Alliance, aiming to reinforce the importance of stETH

What’s Interesting Today: Optimism has reached a significant decentralization milestone with its implementation of permissionless fault proofs on the OP Mainnet. This upgrade allows users to execute ETH and ERC-20 withdrawals directly to Ethereum Layer 1 without needing centralized intervention. Users can now challenge invalid withdrawals by providing collateral,

What’s Interesting Today: Ethena Labs, issuer of the USDe stablecoin, has expanded its reach in the DeFi sector by integrating with Aave, the largest lending platform in the industry. Users can now deposit various assets including ETH and WBTC on Aave to borrow stablecoins in USDe or sUSDe, with

What’s Interesting Today: Fleek, an on-chain cloud platform, has partnered with Polygon Labs to develop high-performance, permissionless web services using Fleek's new cloud infrastructure designed for Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK) projects. Fleek's Edge Functions testnet introduces CDN and JavaScript Runtime services. This collaboration aims

What’s Interesting Today: Mina, known for its unique zero-knowledge focus, has implemented the Berkeley upgrade on its mainnet, which marks a significant enhancement by adding programmability to its platform. This blockchain maintains a constant size of just 22 kilobytes thanks to recursive zk-SNARK proofs, allowing for efficient verification and

What’s Interesting Today: StarkWare, known for its Ethereum scaling solutions, has announced a bold plan to scale Bitcoin by leveraging a controversial opcode called OP_CAT, which was originally proposed by Satoshi Nakamoto and removed in 2011 due to security concerns. StarkWare’s plan, revealed at a $1 million

What’s Interesting Today: Safe{Con}2, hosted by Safe during Berlin Blockchain Week 2024, was a significant event in the digital asset ownership and smart account sector. Safe, which secures over $100 billion in digital assets, led this conference, which featured discussions, networking, and major announcements from leading Web3

What’s Interesting Today: Hamster Kombat, a new tap-to-earn game similar to Notcoin and based on Telegram, is preparing to launch its token on The Open Network (TON). Since its launch in March, the game has attracted 60 million users and boasts the largest Telegram channel with 20 million subscribers.

What’s Interesting Today: Ethena Labs' synthetic dollar, including USDe and sUSDe, is now operational on the Ethereum Layer 2 network, Blast, bringing native yield, lending, and trading features to various DeFi protocols. Six protocols, including ThrusterFi and HyperlockFi, now support these tokens, offering enhanced liquidity and multiplied rewards.

What’s Interesting Today: Celo, an Ethereum layer-2 network, has integrated Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to enhance cross-chain operations and access real-world price data. This integration is expected to boost the growth and adoption of the Celo ecosystem by providing top-tier cross-chain security. Chainlink's CCIP