ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the multi-chain L2 network Anduro, incubated by mining company Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), has partnered with tokenization platform Vertalo to develop the Avant project, which issues and invests in real-world assets (RWA) on Bitcoin. They will tokenize whiskey barrels in a pilot project.Anduro aims to avoid the RWA play existing on Ethereum and Solana blockchains, instead simply cutting and pasting it onto the Bitcoin network.Additionally, Marathon's incubation of Anduro may reflect a trend where mining companies are seeking new sources of transaction fee revenue to cope with the block reward halving that occurs every four years.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the multi-chain Layer2 network Anduro incubated by Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) has integrated Portal to Bitcoin.It is reported that Portal to Bitcoin, formerly known as Portal, raised $34 million in seed funding in March and utilizes the Bitcoin Layer2 network Lightning Network, allowing users to convert assets like ETH to BTC through atomic swaps (cryptocurrencies can be traded peer-to-peer).

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Layer2 network BOB announced on platform X that it will collaborate with the sidechain development platform Anduro to develop a new Bitcoin sidechain ALYS standard, focusing on leveraging Bitcoin's proof of work for security.In previous news, BOB (Build on Bitcoin) announced at the end of March that it had completed a $10 million seed round financing, led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Mechanism Ventures, Bankless Ventures, CMS Ventures, UTXO Management, and several angel investors. BOB is a hybrid Layer 2 network built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain but is compatible with Ethereum.

ChainCatcher news, reported by Blockworks, crypto mining company Marathon Digital announced the launch of the Bitcoin sidechain development platform Anduro, which aims to help users create Bitcoin sidechains.At the same time, Marathon has begun building two sidechains, named Cooperative and Alys, and the company stated that open-source contributors can further develop these two sidechains.Marathon stated that the sidechain Cooperative aims to serve the Ordinals community by providing dedicated space for UTXOs.