EVM

The IBC-built EVM chain announced Cosmos transactions would be deprecated by 2024 Q3, streamlining the software

The EVM will not retain 95% market dominance, Mumtaz says. “That’s just never happened”

The proposal wants to make AXL deflationary and introduce necessary infrastructure to simplify the blockchain integration process

Scaling at the execution layer has a long way to go, says Offchain Labs’ Jordan

Squid uses the decentralized exchange Osmosis to make token swaps; these assets are then routed to the wider Cosmos ecosystem

BitGo raised by far the most capital this week, though it didn’t reveal who put up the money

The funding will be put towards developing a layer-1 blockchain to connect “all chains”

The trick is to have all the liquidity and trading happening in one place, Tabatabai says

The token bridge is designed to bring in a new wave of DeFi activity onto Linea.

Yup’s Kabessa says “Twitter is our core competitor, rather than each other”

Cosmos chain Sommelier facilitates multichain yield opportunities using Axelar general message passing

EVM smart contracts also surged 160% year over year, according to the report from Alchemy

Matter Labs moves zkSync Era into public alpha phase at 10:00 am ET Friday

Developers behind the Aurora protocol acknowledged they should have spotted the vulnerability much earlier

The startup plans to roll out a trio of games, each featuring NFTs that gamers can port between the three metaverses

Sushi rolls out long-awaited Trident framework on Polygon, while Aave’s V3 brings money markets cross-chain

The investment was led by Greylock Partners and Electric Capital with participation from Sequoia Capital, Blockchain Capital and Slow Ventures

A number of funding rounds this week focused on gaming and DeFi, hinting at continued growth and demand for the sectors in the months ahead