ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) has launched on Linea, enabling developers to create novel cross-chain applications while helping Linea get closer to its goals and increasing ecosystem adoption.

ChainCatcher news, the modular universal abstraction layer XION announces integration with the blockchain network Sei, introducing Chain Abstraction technology for Sei's rapidly growing ecosystem.This integration will achieve seamless flow of native assets and accounts through the IBC protocol, creating new opportunities for cross-chain interoperability within the Sei network while expanding the coverage of XION's chain abstraction solutions.

ChainCatcher news, dedicated to promoting peer-to-peer cross-chain interoperability, Bitcoin Layer 2 MAP Protocol announces integration with the TRON network. MAP Protocol will provide advanced cross-chain messaging capabilities for the TRON network, enabling seamless cross-chain smart contract calls.This integration will expand the coverage of the MAP Protocol ecosystem and offer TRON users and developers decentralized cross-chain interaction options, enhancing the interoperability between TRON and Bitcoin as well as other ecosystems.

ChainCatcher news, Owlto Finance announced the completion of a financing round with a valuation of 150 million USD, with participation from institutions such as Matrixport. Only 2 months have passed since the previous strategic financing round of 8 million USD, which was co-led by Bixin Ventures and CE Innovation Capital, and also received participation from institutions like Presto, Hailstone Labs, and Skyland Ventures.Owlto is a full-chain interoperability cross-chain bridge, currently connected to over 45 networks within the BTC, ETH, and SOL ecosystems. In the 24-hour trading volume rankings on DefiLlama, Owlto consistently ranks in the top three and has held the first position during certain periods. Additionally, Owlto has nearly 2 million unique user addresses across more than 200 countries and regions.

ChainCatcher news, according to DefiLlama data, yesterday the cross-chain interoperability protocol Owlto Finance became the number one cross-chain bridge in terms of cross-chain volume within 24 hours. The other top ten cross-chain bridges by 24-hour cross-chain volume are Orbiter, Across, rhino.fi, deBridge, Stargate, Symbiosis, Celer cBridge, Connext, and Circle CCTP (excluding Cosmos's cross-chain infrastructure IBC).It is reported that Owlto Finance launched its mainnet on June 9, 2023, with over 1.7 million users across more than 200 countries/regions, and raised $8 million in a strategic funding round. Currently, Owlto Finance has integrated over 40 networks including BTC, ETH, and SOL, and has nearly 100 ecosystem partners, including Arbitrum, Linea, Base, OKX Web3 Wallet, zkSync Era, Binance Web3 Wallet, Scroll, Chainlink, iZUMi, and more.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the cross-chain interoperability protocol deBridge has announced the launch of its governance token DBR, with a total supply of 10 billion tokens. The token distribution plan of deBridge allocates 20% of the supply to Launch and its community, with a circulating supply of 1.8 billion DBR at issuance.Of the remaining supply, 26% is allocated for ecosystem support, 20% for core contributors, 17% for strategic partners, 15% for the deBridge Foundation, and 2% for validators. deBridge token holders will be able to stake their DBR tokens and participate in governance voting on DAO protocol parameters, including electing active validators, setting minimum consensus thresholds, and the deployment and upgradability of smart contracts.In addition, the third voting session of Jupiter LFG will start at 1 AM Beijing time on May 23. The Jupiter LFG launch board voting requires the Jupiter community to decide whether deBridge will use the platform as a crowdfunding venue for DBR through a Jupiter-based liquidity pool. If deBridge wins the vote, it will have three months to launch on LFG.

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero has launched on Merlin Chain. This integration enables Merlin to connect with over 70 other networks. Developers can leverage Merlin's core features, such as BRC-20/420.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, LayerZero is a full-chain interoperability protocol designed for lightweight messaging across chains. LayerZero provides trusted and secure messaging with configurable decentralization.

ChainCatcher news, intent-centered cross-chain interoperability protocol Owlto Finance announced the completion of a $8 million strategic round of financing. This round was co-led by Bixin Ventures and CE Innovation Capital, with follow-on investments from Presto, Hailstone Labs, Skyland Ventures, Blocore, SNZ Capital, BESTO, Kroma, Coinseeker.co, Stratified Capital, X21 Digital, Maxx Capital, Incubate Fund, GSR, and CatcherVC.It is reported that Owlto is a cross-chain bridge that started on ETH Layer2, which has grown to become one of the top three cross-chain bridges in the Ethereum ecosystem within about six months of its launch, occupying over 75% of the third-party cross-chain volume in some ETH Layer2s, and recently becoming the number one cross-chain bridge in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Owlto already has over 1.6 million unique addresses from more than 206 countries and regions. This round of financing is mainly used to accelerate the upgrade of AI intent cross-chain products, develop modular cross-chain interoperability protocols, global operations and marketing, full-chain liquidity solutions V2, and capital market operations.The co-leading institution in this round, Bixin Ventures, stated: "Owlto is a highly innovative team that was the first to propose an intent-centered AI cross-chain product. In the past, we have witnessed Owlto's rapid growth and thriving community. We believe that in the near future, Owlto will unleash its tremendous potential to become a leading infrastructure project and revolutionize the Web3 technology field. We are excited to include Owlto in our portfolio and look forward to its success."According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, [Owlto Finance](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Owlto Finance?k=Nzg1NA== "decentralized cross-rollup bridge") is a decentralized cross-rollup bridge focused on Layer2, providing low-cost, secure, and fast asset transfer solutions.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Matrixport's brand Matrixdock has integrated the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) on the Arbitrum and Ethereum networks to enable cross-chain transfers of its tokenized short-term U.S. Treasury bonds.

ChainCatcher news, Chainlink has announced that its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) has officially entered the General Availability (GA) phase. Developers can use CCIP for cross-chain transfer of loaded tokens without permission, send arbitrary messages to smart contracts on another integrated blockchain, or simultaneously send data and value through CCIP with unique support for programmable tokens.It is reported that the currently supported blockchains include Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Kroma, Optimism, Polygon, and WEMIX, with more blockchains to be supported in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Wormhole has announced that it will adopt AMD's FPGA hardware accelerator chips to enhance the capability of cross-chain messaging using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP). The project plans to achieve this through a "light client" implementation, integrating ZKP for secure cross-chain transfers, aimed at creating secure "channels" for messaging between different blockchains.It is reported that in this collaboration, Wormhole will utilize AMD's Alveo U55C and U250 compatible accelerator cards to increase the capacity for secure cross-chain messaging using zero-knowledge proofs. As a bridging solution connecting over 30 blockchains, Wormhole is developing a "light client" implementation for secure cross-chain transfers by integrating zero-knowledge proofs into the platform. The addition of AMD chips provides the necessary computational power for generating and verifying proofs across networks.

ChainCatcher news, the real-world asset (RWA) protocol Centrifuge has integrated with the Celo blockchain through the cross-chain interoperability project Axelar. The team stated, "After the integration, Centrifuge will introduce new assets to the Celo ecosystem, such as tokenized treasury bills and carbon credit pools. Centrifuge has joined the Celo real-world financial solutions network."

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero has been launched on the Near mainnet. Developers based on LayerZero can now easily extend their applications to integrate with the NEAR network.

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero has launched the functionality to transfer the liquid staking protocol Lido Finance's wrapped stETH (wstETH) on Ethereum, Avalanche, BNB Chain, and Scroll. wstETH has been integrated with LayerZero's omnichain fungible token standard (OFT standard). Additionally, LayerZero's wstETH has not yet received formal approval from Lido.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Chainlink has partnered with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). Currently, ANZ is participating in a comprehensive case study of the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), intending to deploy CCIP in its issued stablecoin to promote the adoption of tokenized assets by institutional participants.At the same time, Chainlink Labs and ANZ also pointed out that by utilizing CCIP, financial institutions can provide customers with cross-chain secure access to various tokenized assets and digital asset services.

ChainCatcher message, Chainlink's cross-chain interoperability protocol CCIP is now live on BNB Chain, with projects such as THENA, InsurAce, BetSwirl, and Galaxis using CCIP to support their applications on BNB Chain.