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Waterfall Network Announces New Testnet 8

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Friday, December 29, 2023
L1, Architecture, EVM, DAG, Waterfall, Cryptocurrency

Zug, Switzerland, Dec. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterfall Network , the fast-flowing, layer one (L1), scalable, completely decentralized smart contract platform, today announced the release of its Testnet 8, the final testnet before the protocol’s publicly accessible mainnet, which is launching soon.

Key Points: 
  • Zug, Switzerland, Dec. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterfall Network , the fast-flowing, layer one (L1), scalable, completely decentralized smart contract platform, today announced the release of its Testnet 8, the final testnet before the protocol’s publicly accessible mainnet, which is launching soon.
  • Testnet 8 represents the latest version of the Waterfall protocol with optimizations and fixed bugs that have allowed the network to achieve loads of 10,000+ transactions per second.
  • Waterfall will also release a Testnet 8 hard fork where it will test fork mechanisms and implement stake delegation functionality.
  • For more information about the Waterfall network, please visit https://waterfall.network/ .

Announcing the Launch of Full Trading on the dYdX Chain - Unlocking Trading Rewards & 6 Month Incentive Program

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Saturday, December 30, 2023
Stakers, Alpha, Software, L1, Polish notation, USDC, Cryptocurrency

On November 28, 2023, the dYdX community supported progressing from the Beta Stage to Full Trading by activating Trading Rewards and the 6-month Launch Incentive Proposal.

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  • On November 28, 2023, the dYdX community supported progressing from the Beta Stage to Full Trading by activating Trading Rewards and the 6-month Launch Incentive Proposal.
  • Users of the dYdX Chain will qualify to receive rewards for performing certain actions on dYdX Chain.
  • Chaos Labs has focused on a robust reward distribution, designed to amplify dYdX Chain adoption, trading volume, and reward early adopters of the dYdX Chain.
  • Note, each distribution of DYDX rewards under the 6 month Launch Incentives Program is subject to approval from the dYdX Community via a dYdX governance proposal.

Unveiling the Next Frontier: Term Structure's 'ZK Roast-up' Event Illuminates Revolutionary ZK-Rollup Innovations

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Thursday, December 21, 2023
Knowledge, ZK, Failure, Curve, Blockchain, Research, Operational technology, CEX, L1, BTQ, Social media, Cryptocurrency

Co-hosted with HashKey Capital, BTQ, Zomma Protocol, and Polygon Labs, and supported by StarkNet and Reddio, the event spotlighted the latest advancements and trends in Zero-Knowledge (ZK) technology.

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  • Co-hosted with HashKey Capital, BTQ, Zomma Protocol, and Polygon Labs, and supported by StarkNet and Reddio, the event spotlighted the latest advancements and trends in Zero-Knowledge (ZK) technology.
  • Jerry Li, CEO and co-founder of Term Structure, opened the event by encouraging the audience to explore how fixed-income protocols can use zk-rollups to innovate in decentralized finance.
  • The event featured a diverse mix of founders, CTOs, scientists, heads of business development, investment managers, researchers, engineers, and academics.
  • The keynote topics included the zkTrue-up design, StarkNet Appchains, cryptographic solvency proofs for CEX, and mobile proving methods.

Waterfall Network Announces Jeff McDonald as Director of Community

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Cardano, EOS, Community, Blockchain, L1, DAG, NEM, EVM, Cryptocurrency

Zug, Switzerland, Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterfall Network , the fast-flowing, layer one (L1), scalable, completely decentralized smart contract platform, today announced that Jeff McDonald will be joining the project in the newly created position of Director of Community.

Key Points: 
  • Zug, Switzerland, Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterfall Network , the fast-flowing, layer one (L1), scalable, completely decentralized smart contract platform, today announced that Jeff McDonald will be joining the project in the newly created position of Director of Community.
  • McDonald’s addition comes as Waterfall Network continues to accelerate its testnet 7, which recently handled a load of nearly two million transactions without any issues.
  • “In its testnet phase, Waterfall has proven to be robust enough to meet the demand of millions of transactions.
  • Jeff will help us build out that kind of regular volume from the ground up,” said Blue Sergii Grybniak, Blue Wave CTO and Waterfall Head of Research.

EdgeQ Named as a Cool Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ for Communications Service Providers Report

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
Economics, Research, Internet of things, COOL, Mobile World Congress, Global Mobile Suppliers Association, Rich Communication Services, Software, Mobile, L1, CSP, AI, Robotics, Publication, Gartner

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EdgeQ , a leader in 5G wireless infrastructure, today announced it has been recognized in the Cool Vendors for Communications Service Providers report by Gartner.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EdgeQ , a leader in 5G wireless infrastructure, today announced it has been recognized in the Cool Vendors for Communications Service Providers report by Gartner.
  • EdgeQ is the only company offering simultaneous 4G and 5G connectivity with integrated AI compute, at one-half the cost, one-third the power, and one-tenth the space of existing chipsets.
  • With generative AI fueling real-time compute, the convergence of connectivity and compute has become essential for enterprise and consumer applications.
  • To learn more about how EdgeQ is pioneering the 5G infrastructure market, please visit www.edgeq.io
    Gartner “Cool Vendors for Communications Service Providers” by Mike Edholm, Kosei Takiishi, Amol Nerlekar, Mounish Rai, Peter Liu, October 9, 2023.

Keysight Enables 20 Open RAN Solution Demonstrations for AI, Sustainability, Interoperability and Test Automation at O-RAN ALLIANCE Fall 2023 Global PlugFest

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Friday, December 15, 2023
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Telecommunications, Software, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Cloud, HFR, GVP, Research, Ecosystem, Dell, Benchmarking, Energy, LG Uplus, RIC, Plugtest, Integration, Network, TIM, Wind, OAI, Sapphire, D Grubu, Management plane, Digital Catapult, OSA, Automation, QOS, L1, MIMO, WG, E2, Analog Devices, KORA, NEC, Radio access network, Catapult, Acceleration, RC, Radio, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Working group, Partnership, Control, Synchronization, PowerEdge, SK Telecom, NYSE, KPM, PCI Express, Kerberos, Dell Technologies, Rail transport, Medical device, Mobile phone, Radisys, Open, Eurecom, Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi, Nokia, Intel, Vodafone, Keysight, Operation

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) showcased its open radio access network (Open RAN) solutions leadership at the O-RAN ALLIANCE Fall 2023 Global PlugFest, by demonstrating test solutions for the latest concepts, features and standards that are under development within the Open RAN industry.

Key Points: 
  • Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) showcased its open radio access network (Open RAN) solutions leadership at the O-RAN ALLIANCE Fall 2023 Global PlugFest, by demonstrating test solutions for the latest concepts, features and standards that are under development within the Open RAN industry.
  • As wireless networks move to virtualized, disaggregated Open RAN architectures, new test requirements are constantly emerging.
  • Keysight has continued working with its pioneering industry partners to develop and validate solutions for these latest test needs.
  • "This collaboration between a reputed test vendor's solution and OAI's open source FlexRIC over the E2 interface is what we found to be particularly enriching during this O-RAN Fall 2023 Global PlugFest.

Maze Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Dosing in Phase 1 Trial Evaluating MZE829, a Novel Oral APOL1 Inhibitor, as a Potential Treatment for APOL1 Kidney Disease

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
Stem Cells, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, General Health, Health, Genetics, Clinical Trials, Other Health, Chronic kidney disease, Black, Drug, Research, Safety, APOL1, Therapy, Kidney, Pathology, Kidney disease, Risk, Patient, Pharmacokinetics, Albuminuria, Drug discovery, Human, L1, Pharmaceutical industry, Maze

Maze Therapeutics, a company translating genetic insights into new precision medicines, today announced the initiation of dosing in the company’s Phase 1 trial of MZE829 in healthy volunteers.

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  • Maze Therapeutics, a company translating genetic insights into new precision medicines, today announced the initiation of dosing in the company’s Phase 1 trial of MZE829 in healthy volunteers.
  • MZE829 is an oral, small molecule apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) inhibitor designed to block APOL1 pore function and ameliorate manifestations of APOL1 kidney disease.
  • Genetic variants of the gene (G1 and G2) are associated with increased risk for a spectrum of progressive kidney diseases in the Black community.
  • Maze anticipates reporting data from the trial in the second half of 2024 to support advancement into the Phase 2 clinical program in patients.

AltLayer rollups to now support Polygon CDK stack

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
CDK, Collection, DA, Ecosystem, RaaS, Polygon, ZK, L1, L2, Video game, Celestia, Ethereum

SINGAPORE, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AltLayer, the leading rollups infrastructure provider that accelerates scaling for Web3, has now become an implementation provider for Polygon CDK .

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AltLayer, the leading rollups infrastructure provider that accelerates scaling for Web3, has now become an implementation provider for Polygon CDK .
  • As an implementation provider, AltLayer will provide end-to-end support and tooling for those who wish to deploy a rollup using Polygon CDK.
  • We're thrilled to support the Polygon CDK stack, offering a highly performant and trustworthy DA layer to our rollup users.
  • In the coming months, each chain spun up via Polygon CDK can be highly interoperable with other Polygon CDK chains - making it extremely developer-friendly, and allowing a seamless flow of assets and messages across Polygon CDK rollups.

NodeKit Raises a $1.2M Pre-Seed Round led by Borderless Capital to Build a Shared Sequencer L1

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
AMES, SEQ, Midwestern United States, Ageing, Ecosystem, University, L1, Doctor of Philosophy, Failure, Structure validation, Partnership, Asset management, Cryptocurrency, L2

AMES, Iowa, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NodeKit, the team developing SEQ, a shared sequencer L1, has raised $1.2M in a pre-seed round. The round was led by Borderless Capital with participation from Avalanche's Blizzard Fund, Polygon Ventures, Wormhole Cross-Chain Ecosystem Fund, and many angels (including key angel investors such as Avail's Anurag Arjun and BENQI's @hn_avax). The team is using the funding to help decentralize the next generation of rollups powered by SEQ.

Key Points: 
  • NodeKit's SEQ is a shared sequencer L1 designed to give a wide range of rollups more robustness, performance, uptime, and interoperability.
  • AMES, Iowa, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NodeKit , the team developing SEQ, a shared sequencer L1, has raised $1.2M in a pre-seed round.
  • "Rollups desire a cost-effective, lightning-fast, decentralized sequencer to improve the quality of their users' experience.
  • Through SEQ, NodeKit introduces atomic composability and shared sequencing to the leading protocols bringing economic efficiency and true decentralization for cross-chain modularity."

L1 Advisors Delivers Groundbreaking Platform to Enable Digital Asset Investing, and Now Offers Investible Crypto Sectors, Utilizing CoinDesk Indices

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
CDI, Research, DFX, Investment, CFA, Insurance, DACS, Digital, CoinDesk, Decentralized finance, Overalls, Cryptocurrency, Financial adviser, Seamless, L1

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- L1 Advisors, a pioneering operating system for onchain wealth and asset management, today announced the launch of the L1 Asset Management platform, starting with the introduction of passive strategies and indexes including CoinDesk Indices' investable crypto sectors. L1 Advisors integrates the most liquid and secure protocols that must pass a rigorous screening process. The investable crypto sectors available on the L1 Advisors platform are the CoinDesk Computing Select Index (CPUS) and the CoinDesk DeFi Select Index (DFX).

Key Points: 
  • L1 Advisors integrates the most liquid and secure protocols that must pass a rigorous screening process.
  • The investable crypto sectors available on the L1 Advisors platform are the CoinDesk Computing Select Index (CPUS) and the CoinDesk DeFi Select Index (DFX).
  • Through the L1 platform, advisors and clients, as well as asset managers, can collaboratively engage with this evolving asset class.
  • "We are excited to partner with CoinDesk Indices and make their best-in-class indices available for all advisors on our platform to recommend as part of their clients' digital asset portfolios."