ChainCatcher message, independent researcher Chen Jian posted on X that there are currently two main ways to address the fragmentation of Ethereum liquidity. One is chain abstraction, which involves adding another chain on top of all L2s to route transactions, and the other is to solve it in a "cluster" manner, that is, placing a hub below L2 to route transactions, or what is called a shared sequencer.For example, OP Superchain follows this idea, and puffer finance's Based Rollup has a similar approach, but it is more fundamentally native, allowing Native Staking Ethereum layer nodes to receive all Layer2 transactions in advance through AVS-protected pre-confirmation.In fact, technically solving Ethereum fragmentation is relatively easy; the main bottleneck lies in the economic game theory aspect. On one hand, the Ethereum Foundation needs to be more assertive and united, and on the other hand, a balance needs to be found in terms of mutual benefits and win-win scenarios.

ChainCatcher news, according to CryptoSlate, based on a statement from October 7, the crypto investment firm 21Shares has called on the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to establish standardized regulatory rules for including cryptocurrencies in Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) funds. The company pointed out that the current approach lacks consistency, leading to confusion among retail and institutional investors across Europe. For example, Germany and Malta allow UCITS funds to include cryptocurrencies, while Luxembourg and Ireland do not.Mandy Chiu, Head of Financial Products Development at 21Shares, explained that this fragmented approach limits retail investors' ability to fully benefit from cryptocurrencies. She added, "By providing a consistent set of rules across Europe, ESMA can open new avenues for investors to diversify and enhance their portfolios in a regulated environment designed to protect investors." Chiu also noted that clear and consistent rules would help stabilize the market while promoting the growth of the cryptocurrency industry.Therefore, 21Shares urges ESMA to develop comprehensive guidelines that allow all EU member states to invest indirectly in cryptocurrencies. According to 21Shares, this would protect investors and broaden the channels for cryptocurrency investment. It is worth noting that 21Shares' call for regulatory clarity comes as ESMA reviews its recent consultation feedback on including new asset classes, including cryptocurrencies, in UCITS funds.

ChainCatcher news, Uniswap Labs stated that there is a fragmentation issue with intent-based systems, and in collaboration with AcrossProtocol, they proposed the ERC-7683 standard, aimed at addressing this issue through a universal filling network.The ERC-7683 works by having users sign cross-chain orders, user funds being held in a settlement contract, fillers competing to fill orders on the target chain, with the winning filler executing the operation and releasing the funds. Establishing a standard for intent systems will improve the experience for applications, fillers, and users, allowing applications to route intents to a broader network, lowering the entry barrier for fillers, and enabling users to achieve faster fills and lower gas fees. Notably, anyone can implement ERC-7683.

ChainCatcher news, Alex Gluchowski, CEO of Matter Labs, the main developer of ZKsync, believes that as L2s continue to increase, fragmentation is the next major challenge that needs to be addressed in the blockchain space.He stated that the new competition will be between projects providing interoperability solutions, "more specifically, the Superchain from Optimism and the Elastic Chain from Matter Labs, as they are the only two ecosystems in blockchain that actually implement interoperability." Gluchowski expressed skepticism about whether Optimism's interoperability plans would be easily achievable without upgrading its system to incorporate zero-knowledge proofs, "these are complex technologies."Gluchowski mentioned that L2 chains need to be redefined and viewed as useful for specific use cases, "the real question is, do we have significant L2s? I don't think we need too many general-purpose L2s, but we do need some application-specific L2s or community-specific L2s."

ChainCatcher message, L1 protocol Saga announced the launch of its liquidity integration layer on X to address the issue of liquidity fragmentation in the blockchain space.Saga's liquidity integration layer introduces automatic composability into the Saga ecosystem. When developers launch a brand new mini-chain, it will automatically connect to LIL. Through LIL, this new mini-chain will have immediate access to tokens, services, and applications from other mini-chains as well as from ecosystems outside of Saga.

ChainCatcher news, according to official data, the NFT fragmentation protocol Flooring Protocol's liquidity pool TVL has surpassed 6 million USD, reaching 6.21 million USD.Among them: FLC Pool TVL is 4.48 million USD; μPPG Pool TVL is 1.13 million USD; μELEM Pool TVL is 600,000 USD.

ChainCatcher news, Andy Chorlian, the founder of the NFT fragmentation protocol Tessera (formerly Fractional), announced that Tessera, which he founded, will cease all operations with the NFT marketplace "Escher" in the coming weeks.According to the crypto data platform RootData, Tessera announced the completion of a $7.9 million seed round financing in August 2021, led by Paradigm, with participation from institutions like Robot Ventures; last August, it announced the completion of a $20 million Series A financing, also led by Paradigm, with participation from institutions like Uniswap Ventures. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, the NFT fragmentation protocol Tessera has officially launched, and the auction for the collective ownership of CryptoPunk #4847 has begun.According to previous reports from ChainCatcher, the NFT fragmentation protocol Fractional announced its rebranding to Tessera on August 18 and completed a $20 million Series A funding round, led by Paradigm, with participation from Uniswap Labs Ventures, Focus Labs, eGirl Capital, Yunt Capital, and others. Tessera plans to launch its v2 platform before October. Additionally, Tessera will explore Layer 2 scaling solutions to reduce transaction fees. (source link)