Layer 1 and Layer 2s

• - Starknet launched the Bolt upgrade on the mainnet, featuring parallel execution and block packing. The upgrade reduces the confirmation time to 2 seconds and block times to between 20 to 60 seconds.
• - Soneium launched the Minato Testnet and Spark Incubation program. Visionary developers are entitled for up to $100,000 investment per team.
• - Kakao and LINE launched Kaia mainnet, a Layer-1 blockchain that serves as the web3 integration for both messaging apps.
• - TON blockchain resumed activity after a nearly six-hour outage caused by a surge in network traffic as the result of DOGS airdrop.
• - Abstract Chain introduced Abstract Global Wallet, featuring seedless web2 sign-in and gas abstraction.
• - Optimism launched a Bridged USDC Standard, allowing OP Chains to easily deploy USDC using the canonical OP Stack bridge.

  Dapps

• - MakerDAO rebranded to Sky and introduced the new USDS (new DAI) and SKY (new MKR) tokens.
• - Binance, Bybit and Bitget announced the launch of their SOL LSTs with Sanctum.
• - Arweave launched ArFleet, a temporary storage solution built on Arweave and AO, providing cost-effective short-term data storage and content retrieval services.
• - Frax launched Frax Name Service (FNS), a fork from Ethereum Name Service.
• - Dinero announced to build the first native ETH LST, moveETH, on Movement L2.
• - Centrifuge partnered with Morpho and Coinbase to launch permissioned lending and borrowing of its tokenized Treasury-backed tokens via Morpho's vaults and Coinbase Verifications.
• - Balancer announced its vision to expand into the Superchain with partnerships such as Fraxtal, Mode and Aura on Base.