Layer 1 and Layer 2s

• Ripple partnered with Zand Bank and Mamo to utilise Ripple cross-border payment solution.
• FIFA Collect launched FIFA Blockchain to deliver FIFA digital collectibles and immersive fan experiences with Avalanche Layer 1 technology.
• Starknet introduced Broly, a trust minimised method to sign Bitcoin inscriptions directly from Starknet wallet.
• Taiko has completed the Pacaya Fork upgrade on the mainnet, improving user experience and reducing transaction confirmation times.
• Sophon introduced a zkTLS Social Oracle, bridging users Web2 credentials to the network to enjoy target audience incentives, access and more.
• Astar Network collaborated with Animoca Brands to bring Japanese and Asian entertainment IP onchain, starting with Moca Network and Anime Art Fest initiative.
• Kin Capital launched a $100 million tokenised real estate debt fund using Chintai infrastructure, targeting 15% APY.

  Dapps

• Circle has launched Circle Payment Network (CPN) on the mainnet, allowing banks and payment providers to exchange payment instructions securely and settle in real time using USDC.
• Chainlink launched CCIP on Solana mainnet. Liquity has adopted Chainlink's Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard for BOLD, enabling BOLD to be transferred across various chains supported by Chainlink CCIP.
• Fluid and Jupiter partnered to launch Jupiter Lend on Solana, introducing Fluid innovative smart collateral and smart debt money market to Jupiter platform.
• Kamino Lend V2 is live on the mainnet, introducing automated lending vaults, modular features, margin leverage trading and more.
• Rumpel onboarded Fluid's looping strategies, enabling users to tokenise points earned from the looped position.
• Defi App introduced its governance token, HOME. The team intends to allocate 45% to community and ecosystem and suggests potential proposals such as treasury strategies including buyback, fee mechanics and more.
• Cookie.fun launched v1.0 alpha and Cookie Snaps, providing protocol social insights and enabling opinion leaders to earn rewards for quality content. Spark Finance is the first-ever SNAPS campaign on Cookie.fun.
• Venice launched a $27 million Incentive Fund to accelerate ecosystem protocols that utilise Venice API and contribute to Venice's core value of private and uncensored AI.
• Sahara AI launched its SIWA Public Testnet. Sahara AI enables developers to create and monetise AI models, datasets and applications on Sahara Blockchain.
• The onchain reinsurance protocol, OnRe, is now live. OnRe utilises sUSDe as the collateral structure, offering combined yield return of 40% APY.
• Vest Exchange launched Forex Market with up to 100x leverage perpetual trading.
• World, previously Worldcoin, raised $135 million from a16z and Bain Capital through direct purchase of WLD token without vesting schedule.
• BounceBit launched a dual-yield strategy using BUIDL as collateral. The strategy is designed to capture BTC 3-month basis and option strategy, offering approximately 24% APY.
• Succinct Labs introduced SP1 Hypercube, a real-time Ethereum ZK prover which is 5x faster than the previous SOTA zkVM Turbo.
• Cetus, the largest DEX on Sui, was exploited by an unknown hacker. Approximately $223 million was stolen, with $162 million successfully frozen on Sui and the remaining of the fund had been bridged to Ethereum network.