The move comes about a month after Pump.fun was found to be testing a custom-built automated market maker, possibly to replace Raydium.
Converge, expected to launch in Q2, is an Ethereum-compatible blockchain featuring native KYC and custody solutions.
Integrating an oracle would make it easier to bridge Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane and KKR's onchain funds into DeFi.
On Monday, with over two-thirds of validators participating, Holesky gained finality at Epoch 119090, which took place at around 3 p.m. ET.
Ethereum core devs will spin up a “shadow testnet” to prevent delaying research into the Pectra hard fork, after a mishap on Holesky.
Developers appear to have identified the issue and have rolled out a fix — as the network is once again processing full blocks.
Paradigm led Across Protocol's token round, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Coinbase Ventures and others.
Framework Ventures led Infrared's Series A round, with participation from NGC Ventures, Selini Capital and others.
Base uses Flashblocks that boost transaction processing speed tenfold through preconfirmation blocks streamed every 200 milliseconds
Despite the planned launch, the Pectra upgrade on Holesky testnet has encountered problems as the network has not finalized since activation.
"YZi Labs is the sole investor. There are no other investors in this round," Vana co-founder Anna Kazlauskas told The Block.
Monad's testnet, in development for two years, functions as a platform for developers and users to test features before the mainnet launch.
Union Square Ventures led the round, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Archetype, 1kx and others.
The app store will allow users to directly own and control their AI agents on-chain for various use cases, including autonomous social media accounts and DeFi trading.
This Geth update addresses an issue in the peer-to-peer (p2p) layer that could potentially lead to denial of service attacks.
Irreducible provides zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) generation services powered by FPGA chips.
Pod aims for transaction speeds as fast as a Google search. Investors in the seed round include a16z CSX, 1kx and Flashbots.
Solana protocol Tapestry raised $5.75 million in a Series A round co-led by Union Square Ventures and Fabric Ventures.
Pyth Network has introduced Lazer, a new oracle solution designed to complement its existing Pyth Core offering.