Goodbye Connext
Last Week In The Multi-Chain Ecosystem (9 - 15 June '25)
Welcome to the interop/acc newsletter — a weekly curation of the major updates and announcements from the industry’s leading interop protocols and ecosystems.
Interop Protocols
1) Announcing OpenBridge, based on ERC-7786, a message-passing standard endorsed by the Ethereum Foundation Interoperability Working Group.
2) The end of an era: Connext has been officially sunset on 13th June.
3) We’re open-sourcing Aori: A universal intent protocol.
4) LayerZero protocol fee switch referendum #2 will take place on June 20, 2025.
5) Chainlink CCIP to be used for exchanging Hong Kong CBDC and an Australian dollar stablecoin as part of Phase 2 of the e-HKD+ Pilot Program.
6) OneBalance announces $20m Venture Round co-led by CyberFund and Blockchaincap.
Interesting Reads
1) CyberFund’s OneBalance investment thesis / Blockchain Capital thesis.
3) Pod: How to Build Community in Interop ft. Ethan (UniversalX), Jordan & Rob (Jumper).
4) StargateDAO Quarterly Treasury Report.
5) ParaFi Capital on stablecoins.
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