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Galxe's Gravity network (Galxe)
Web3 Digital Identity Network Galxe Crafts Own Layer-1 Blockchain Gravity
Gravity's first iteration will go live this June, with plans for the final version with staking and restaking to launch in the second quarter of 2025.
Galxe's Gravity network (Galxe)

Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong (Fantom)
Fantom Foundation Creates Sonic Foundation, Labs for New Sonic Chain
Alongside the new entities, Fantom raised $10 million in a funding round that will go towards Sonic’s ecosystem development.
Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong (Fantom)

The Glue homepage (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Crypto Sleuth Ogle Proposes Security-Centric 'Glue' Blockchain
The upcoming layer-1 takes a hands-on approach to ensuring project security.
The Glue homepage (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

USDX stablecoin issued on Flare (engin akyurt/Unsplash)
Hex Trust Issues First Native Stablecoin on Layer-1 Blockchain Flare
The stablecoin is backed 1:1 and can be staked on the Flare blockchain.
USDX stablecoin issued on Flare (engin akyurt/Unsplash)

Zignaly Team (Zignaly)
Zignaly Announces Cosmos-Based ZIGChain, $100M Ecosystem Fund
ZIGChain's ecosystem fund is backed by DWF Labs.
Zignaly Team (Zignaly)

Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)
Blockchain Developer Monad Labs Raises $225M Led by Paradigm
The company is looking to offer an Ethereum-compatible environment that's faster than the original.
Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)

Breaking Down Internet Computer's 40% Rally
Breaking Down Internet Computer's 40% Rally
Layer 1 Smart Contract Platform Internet Computer (ICP) gained 40% in the past week to a market cap above $8.8 billion. This comes after DFINITY Foundation founder Dominic Wil...
Breaking Down Internet Computer's 40% Rally

Tornado Cash website and Discord taken offline (Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)
Cosmos-Based Canto Blockchain Reverses Course on Polygon Layer-2 Plans, Unveils New Roadmap
Canto will remain a Cosmos layer 1 network rather than shift to the Ethereum ecosystem, as previously announced. Its new Cyclone Stack will include upgrades aimed at scaling a...
Tornado Cash website and Discord taken offline (Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)
Tether's USDT To Launch on Celo
The USDT integration aims to boost cross-border payments and peer-to-peer transactions in developing regions.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)