Sony L2 network Soneium tweeted that its public testnet Soneium Minato has completed the upgrade of the L1 contract to v1.6.0, while activating FaultProofs. The upgraded L1 contract extends the Challenge Period on Soneium Minato from 30 minutes to 7 days, in line with the Superchain ecosystem, to enhance security and reliability. If users have outstanding pending withdrawals before November 5, they need to re-prove on Superbridge. Withdrawals initiated within 7 days before the upgrade will be co...
Bitcoin re-staking protocol Lombard announced that it will launch a public beta on September 5, and the project also launched DeFi Vault, operated by Veda, designed to provide one-click access to DeFi revenue. Lombard completed a $16 million seed round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Foresight Ventures, Mirana Ventures, BabylonChain, Inc., dao5, Mantle EcoFund and Nomad Capital.
On September 2nd, Fractal Bitcoin, a bitcoin expansion plan, issued a statement on X saying that the public testnet will continue to operate after the main network is launched.
Story Protocol, an intellectual property blockchain, announced the launch of its first public testnet, Iliad, on the X platform, allowing users to explore building IP assets on the Story Network.
Lens plans to release a public testnet of its ZKsync in the next one to two months, with the mainnet expected in three to four months. Lens V3 will go live shortly after the mainnet goes live, with some privacy features, with the ultimate goal of providing further privacy features and giving users the option to monetize their data through AI-trained models.