Ho Chang Jun

What’s Interesting Today: Tether has launched a new gold-backed, U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin named Alloy (aUSDT), the first of its kind by the company. The coin, which is overcollateralized by Tether Gold (XAUt), provides holders with exposure to gold while maintaining the value and functionality of the U.S.

What’s Interesting Today: Kadena, the scalable Proof of Work blockchain, has partnered with Lurk Lab to develop a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) tech stack, including a ZK bridge between Ethereum and Kadena. This collaboration aims to enable secure cross-chain messaging. The roadmap consists of two milestones to be achieved in the

What’s Interesting Today: Helio has updated its Solana Pay plugin for Shopify, significantly expanding the scope for merchants to accept payments in hundreds of cryptocurrencies, including Solana and BONK. The update introduces enhanced features such as NFT airdrops and token-gated access, aiming to simplify and secure transactions directly between

What’s Interesting Today: Chainlink's CCIP interoperability protocol and Automation services are now operational on the Gnosis network, enabling developers to outsource heavy computing tasks and reduce gas fees by up to 90%. This integration facilitates cross-chain communication and value swapping, enhancing Chainlink's position as a

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