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“Arbitrum Foundation, a supporter of the Ethereum Layer 2 network, is partnering with Fracton Ventures to tap into the Japanese market. The alliance will focus on ecosystem construction and furnish community education, promoting Arbitrum’s adoption by Japanese developers and investors.”

The NEAR Foundation has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to facilitate the growth of Web 3 in Asia and the Middle East. This collaboration offers access to Alibaba Cloud’s developer ecosystem, enables launching new NEAR validators, and provides remote procedure calls and multi-chain indexing, fostering adoption and scalability.

Ethereum’s Optimism layer 2 scaling solution completes its Bedrock upgrade, reducing deposit-confirmation times to 1 minute and lowering gas fees by 40%. The upgrade aims to improve performance and cost-effectiveness, but potential compatibility and stability issues within the multi-client ecosystem warrant cautious optimism.

GameStop has announced a strategic partnership with The Telos Foundation to boost its Web3 gaming offerings by integrating Web3 games built on Telos’ robust blockchain network with its upcoming game launchpad, Playr. This collaboration aims to eliminate barriers, making it more accessible for Web2 players to explore Web3 gaming while attracting new users to the emerging ecosystem.

The Ethereum blockchain will undergo the Bedrock hard fork on June 6 as Optimism, a layer 2 scaling solution, introduces a major upgrade for improved modularity, simplicity, and Ethereum equivalence. This is expected to increase performance and functionality, while fueling positive market sentiment for Optimism’s Layer 2 network.

Ethereum-based layer-2 blockchain Optimism has integrated Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS) to enable users to assess trustworthiness on the platform. The on-chain attestation protocol promotes fairer distribution of Optimism’s native OP tokens and community voting systems. EAS has potential applications in identity platforms, supply chains, reputation scoring in DeFi, and promoting transparency in the Optimism ecosystem.

Denis Beau, the first deputy governor of Banque de France, advocates Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as the future of the global monetary system. However, he acknowledges the potential risks of crypto technologies. He believes that CBDCs need to focus on cross-border payments and invites a partnership between public and private sectors for efficiency. Beau proposes that CBDCs follow established models from the Bank for International Settlements and International Monetary fund. Despite skepticism, project collaborations like Project Mariana indicate the ongoing exploration of CBDCs and blockchain technology.

The Arbitrum Foundation recently transferred 69 million unclaimed ARB tokens to its treasury, amounting to $59 million and boosting it to nearly $3 billion in governance tokens. This successful move was through a vote proposed by a community member, demonstrating the impact of community engagement and decentralized operations. Meanwhile, Arbitrum’s user activity is growing along with efforts to expand the NFT space on its network.

“The future of Bitcoin mining focused on sustainable development and increased efficiency at the World Digital Mining Summit. The new Antminer S21 and S21 Hydro ASIC miners were unveiled, showcasing impressive performance. As Bitcoin mining becomes more challenging, the industry is shifting towards efficiency and renewable energy sources. Despite Bitmain’s complicated history, the S21’s impact depends on its reliability, availability, and pricing.”

Google Cloud is intensifying its blockchain involvement by adding 11 new blockchains to BigQuery, aiding users in querying on-chain history off-chain, and understanding asset flow and smart contract interaction. However, this move also centralizes access to blockchain data, possibly contradicting the crypto world’s decentralized ethos.

Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain, Base, sets record daily transactions, thanks to FriendTech, a decentralized social network platform built on Base. Despite a recent decrease, rekindled Base activity suggests network maturation. This strong start, unaffected by Ethereum’s congestion and fees, could indicate sustainable future growth with “layer-2” networks.

Australia’s big four bank, ANZ, has successfully conducted a test transaction with Web3 services platform, Chainlink, marking a significant move towards embracing tokenized assets. Utilizing Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), ANZ simulates the purchase of a tokenized asset adopting a ‘test-and-learn’ approach.

To combat increasing transaction times and fees, Ethereum is utilizing layer 2 scaling solutions, resulting in faster transaction speeds, lower costs, and maintaining security. These networks enhance throughput and transaction rates, drawing significant attention. However, layer 2 chains also face criticism, largely from crypto users maximizing profitability through airdrop farming.

Coinbase’s open-source, permissionless Ethereum layer-2 protocol, Base, is focusing on decentralization and interoperability among varied blockchain chains. The company has designed unique “Base Neutrality Principles” to protect against excessive influence and maintain the merits of decentralization. These principles include not controlling bridged crypto, avoiding transaction favouritism, and not using private data for marketing.

Major crypto enterprises like Coinbase, Binance, and a16z are setting up their own “layer-2” blockchain networks using OP Stack, despite the belief that promising layer-2 solutions will come from “ZK rollups” and not optimistic rollup technology. However, the choice of OP Stack may be due to its ease of setup. ZK rollups, while promising, require advanced hardware and high energy consumption.