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What’s Interesting Today: Fantom's rebranded Sonic Labs released its litepaper on Oct. 14, outlining the FTM token migration, governance token $S, and an upcoming airdrop. $S will be distributed through a points-based airdrop, loyalty rewards, and a 1:1 migration for FTM holders. FTM, now trading at

What’s Interesting Today: Paradigm executives have launched Ithica, a new web3 development firm, aimed at enhancing open-source development in the crypto space. On October 11, CTO Georgios Konstantopoulos announced that Ithica has raised $20 million from Paradigm and is working on its first project, Odyssey, a Layer 2 network

What’s Interesting Today: Powerledger has completed its integration with the Solana blockchain, enhancing innovation in global sustainability markets by combining Solana’s speed and efficiency with Powerledger’s energy trading and tracking solutions. As part of the transition, Powerledger deprecated its own blockchain on October 1, 2024, adopting a

What’s Interesting Today: Donald Trump’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, is proposing to build its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on Aave’s protocol, specifically as an Aave v3 instance on the Ethereum mainnet. The governance proposal includes a revenue-sharing plan, offering AaveDAO 20% of the platform's

What’s Interesting Today: IDA Finance, a Hong Kong-based digital asset issuer, is integrating Chainlink's services into its upcoming HKDA stablecoin, backed by the Hong Kong dollar. This integration includes Chainlink’s Proof-of-Reserves (PoR) technology for on-chain verification of the assets backing HKDA, enhancing transparency and security. Additionally,

What’s Interesting Today: Circle has launched native USDC on the Sui Network, enabling direct access for developers and users without bridging. The mainnet and testnet addresses have been established, with Wormhole facilitating the integration of the upcoming Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) for seamless asset transfers. Leading applications in DeFi,

What’s Interesting Today: Ethereum's new improvement proposal, EIP-7781, aims to increase network throughput by 50% by reducing slot times from 12 seconds to eight seconds. Proposed by Ben Adams of Illyriad Games, this upgrade seeks to enhance Ethereum's processing capacity, allowing it to handle more

What’s Interesting Today: Ubisoft is set to launch a 10,000-piece NFT collection on Ethereum's Arbitrum network via Magic Eden, tied to its upcoming game, Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E.. These Niji Warrior ID NFTs will grant holders early access to the game, governance participation,

What’s Interesting Today: Grayscale Investments has launched the Grayscale Aave Trust, offering investors exposure to AAVE, the governance token of the Aave decentralized lending platform. The Trust allows users to engage in transparent borrowing and lending through self-executing smart contracts, eliminating traditional credit requirements. It is available for daily

What’s Interesting Today: Franklin Templeton has expanded its blockchain U.S. treasury fund (FOBXX) to the Aptos network, following recent additions like Avalanche. FOBXX is a Nasdaq-listed, digitized fund allowing investors to hold U.S. government securities in digital wallets via Franklin Templeton's Benji app. The firm