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Last Week In The Multi-Chain Ecosystem (14 April - 20 April '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) LI.FI now supports LayerZero OFT, Wormhole NTT, and Chainlink CCT standards.
2) a16z invests an additional $55M in LayerZero tokens (ZRO), with a 3-year lockup.
3) LI.FI is now live on Sui.
4) Everclear launches full mainnet.
5) Cross-chain swaps are live on Velora via Across.
6) Chainlink CCIP is now integrated Glacis—a token transfer interface provided through LI.FI.
7) GMX selects LayerZero as its messaging partner for multi-chain expansion.
8) Noble AppLayer to use Hyperlane to move stablecoin liquidity to EVM chains.
Ecosystem Updates
1) Vitalik proposes replacing the EVM with RISC-V as the long-term execution layer.
2) USDC, CCTP V2, and Circle Wallets are coming to Monad on Day1.
3) Optimism has launched SuperStacks — earn XP for using interoperable assets.
4) Aave has proposed deploying on Aptos, marking its first non-EVM expansion.
5) Zora’s $ZORA token will go live on April 23.
Interesting Reads
1) rebalance.markets: an analytics dashboard for researching cheapest rebalancing pathways
2) Pod: Resource Locks 101 ft. Ankit and Stephane, OneBalance
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