Ho Chang Jun

What’s Interesting Today: Chain-key Bitcoin (ckBTC), a non-custodial Bitcoin token built on the Internet Computer blockchain (ICP), will soon bridge to the Cosmos ecosystem via the decentralized exchange Osmosis. This move introduces a secure, non-custodial Bitcoin option to Cosmos, amid concerns over centralization in existing wrapped Bitcoin solutions like

What’s Interesting Today: Sui, a Layer 1 blockchain, is set to launch Circle's native USDC and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), becoming the first blockchain using the Move programming language to support these protocols. This integration enhances Sui's security, utility, and interoperability, while bringing more liquidity

What’s Interesting Today: Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is now live on ZKsync, enhancing cross-chain DApp development and interoperability. This integration allows developers to create DApps that operate across multiple blockchains and facilitates programmable token transfers and cross-chain smart contracts. The move supports asset tokenization and increases blockchain

What’s Interesting Today: On September 13, Worldcoin announced the integration of its World ID with the Solana blockchain through a new cross-chain protocol from the Wormhole Foundation, which received a Worldcoin Wave 1 Community Grant. This integration enables seamless authentication for Solana-based decentralized applications (DApps) and enhances cross-chain compatibility

What’s Interesting Today: Grayscale Investments has introduced the Grayscale® XRP Trust, offering accredited investors a way to invest in XRP, the digital asset that powers the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for cross-border transactions. This Trust is available for daily subscriptions and operates like Grayscale's other single-asset investment products.

What’s Interesting Today: Osmosis has launched Polaris, a cross-chain token portal designed to improve the decentralized finance (DeFi) user experience by allowing seamless trading across multiple blockchains from a single interface. Unlike traditional Cosmos-based solutions, Polaris supports non-Cosmos chains like Ethereum and Solana, aiming to address the fragmented liquidity

What’s Interesting Today: DeFi network Kujira has merged with three key ecosystem partners to form the "Rujira Alliance," which will build a new application layer for THORChain, a cross-chain liquidity protocol. This new app layer, backed by the RUJI token, will offer various DeFi services like order

What’s Interesting Today: Starknet has introduced gasless on-chain voting through Snapshot X, a new governance protocol utilizing Starknet's rollup technology. This allows DAO participants to vote without paying gas fees, addressing the cost and inefficiencies of on-chain governance. Snapshot X ensures secure, decentralized voting by enabling users

What’s Interesting Today: Fantom, now rebranded as Sonic Labs, has rolled out its testnet, processing over 106 million transactions. The testnet has created 70 million blocks with an average block time of 0.45 seconds and a finality time of 0.76 seconds, positioning it as one of the

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