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Juno, a Bitso company, issues MXNB, a non-USD stablecoin purpose-built for cross-border payments on the US-Mexico remittance corridor. MXNB integrates directly with SPEI, Mexico's instant payment network.
LayerZero introduced Akita, which it calls the first production-ready lattice-based polynomial commitment scheme for post-quantum security. The primitive is designed to be a standalone component any proof system can adopt, and it is positioned as the first major step toward making the Zero blockchain quantum-secure.
LayerZero announced it has achieved Type 1 and Type 2 SOC 2 accreditation for all of its infrastructure. SOC 2 is the de facto standard for evaluating a company's security practices, and the accreditation signals verified security controls across LayerZero's services.
The milestone builds on LayerZero's modular, developer-owned security model, which lets integrators choose their own DVNs. No financial terms or specific audit scope were disclosed.
Blockchain infrastructure firm BDACS Korea selected LayerZero's OFT standard to take KRW1 cross-chain, making it the first on-shore Korean won-backed stablecoin natively transferrable across networks. The move extends omnichain interoperability to KRW1's issuance and transfer pipeline, though the specific chains enabled were not detailed in the announcement.
Stargate V1 pools will no longer be operable once the LayerZero Labs V1 Relayer is deprecated on December 15th, according to Stargate Finance. The deprecation affects pools relying on the V1 Relay system.
LayerZero's research team introduced Otter (Optimal Truthful Trading with Excess Redistribution), an AMM design intended to eliminate MEV extraction such as front-running and sandwiching. Where production AMMs execute trades sequentially, Otter replaces sequential execution with batch clearing, removing the ordering window that lets builders front-run transactions.
The proposed design also targets concentrated, self-reinforcing block-builder dominance and claims a Sybil-proofness guarantee, showing a builder cannot profit by injecting fabricated bids — even on both sides of the market. The full announcement and accompanying paper were published by the research team.
The LayerZero endpoint is now live on Stellar, and USDT0 (USDT0) is now live on Stellar through the OFT standard. The integration lets payment firms, fintechs, and treasury operations on Stellar tap the $190+ billion in USDT liquidity across chains without friction or fragmentation.
PENGU, the Pudgy Penguins token, is now available on Robinhood, with LayerZero powering the cross-chain integration behind the listing. The news marks another retail-facing distribution win for LayerZero's omnichain infrastructure, though the announcement does not detail the specific chains or mechanism involved in the Robinhood rollout.
LayerZero named the initial slate of partners for Open ATLAS, its headless exchange built on the Zero blockchain. GTE, Bullish, DefinedFi, and TrueNorth were announced, each integrating with the platform ahead of its launch later this year.
More institutional partners are expected to be announced ahead of ATLAS's public rollout.
LayerZero is winding down offchain support for chains with minimal activity, meaning its DVN and Executor services will no longer be available for those networks. In the next 30 days, EDU Chain and Meter are among the impacted chains; a follow-up post points to the full list of affected chains and effective dates.
Attackers linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group stole about $292 million (116,500 rsETH) from Kelp DAO's bridge built on LayerZero's OFT standard; LayerZero said its core protocol was not compromised, attributing the loss to an application-layer (OFT) configuration setup.
LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, a new Layer-1 blockchain targeting global financial infrastructure, in collaboration with Citadel Securities, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), with a target launch in fall 2026.
LayerZero's endpoint went live on Stellar and USDT0 became available on the network via the OFT standard, giving Stellar access to USDT liquidity.
Stargate's DAO voted ~95% in favor of dissolving itself and selling to the LayerZero Foundation in a token swap (1 STG = 0.08634 ZRO), marking one of the largest DAO acquisitions in crypto, after beating last-minute bids from Wormhole, Axelar, and Across.
The LayerZero Foundation launched the native ZRO token, distributing tokens via an airdrop to roughly 1.28 million eligible wallets, with anti-Sybil measures and a proof-of-donation claim mechanism.
LayerZero introduced V2, a major protocol version replacing the V1 Oracle/Relayer architecture with permissionless DVNs and Executors, modular 'X of Y of N' security, and adapters, alongside a new technical whitepaper.
LayerZero Labs closed a $120 million Series B round led by a16z crypto, tripling its valuation to $3 billion.
LayerZero Labs raised $135 million at a $1 billion valuation in a round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), FTX Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.
LayerZero's first version (V1) launched on mainnet in March 2022, together with Stargate, a cross-chain bridge built on the protocol for moving native assets between chains.
Interoperability startup LayerZero came out of stealth announcing a $6 million Series A funding round co-led by Multicoin Capital and Binance Labs.
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