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Bridge Updates
1) You can now buy native BTC on Jumper. Jumper also introduced multi-chain portfolio.
2) Uniswap integrates Across for its in-app bridging.
3) Catalyst introduces CrossCats, the only bridge built for altVMs (private testnet live).
4) Chainlink Platform Privacy Suite to enable CCIP private transactions.
5) Thorchain has been integrated into Ledger Live.
6) M^0 has chosen Wormhole NTT as its official interop provider for $M.
Multi-Chain Ecosystem Updates
1) Kraken introduces Ink, an L2 built on the OP stack.
2) The ecosystem of Arbitrum Orbit Chains now has 50+ chains.
3) LayerZero’s OFT standard is now native to Arbitrum Orbit chains.
4) LayerZero is live on ApeChain mainnet as its canonical interoperability provider.
5) Introducing Twine, the multichain settlement network.
Intents & Chain Abstraction
1) Initia enshrines intent execution via Aori into The Interwoven Stack.
2) Mountain Protocol, Folks Finance, Moai, integrate LI.FI.
3) Read: The Rise of Intent-Based DeFi Systems in DeFi.
4) Read: Messari on Everclear.
5) Read: Consumer Apps + Chain Abstraction = Mass Adoption
Interesting Reads
1) RIP-7789: Cross Rollup Contingent Transactions
2) From Islands to Ecosystems, Interoperability and building with Hyperlane.
3) Pod: Are AltVMs the next frontier in Interop? ft Jim of Catalyst.
4) Abstracting cross-chain swaps in Coinbase wallet with EIP-683 requests.
5) Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 5: the Purge.
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