ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Gnosis Chain community members are reconsidering their choice of Gas token after MakerDAO rebranded to Sky and launched a new stablecoin, Sky Dollar (USDS). Gnosis operates a sidechain that currently uses a bridged version called xDAI to pay for Gas fees on the network.MakerDAO is the issuer of DAI, a stablecoin backed by collateralized crypto assets. The new USDS stablecoin may introduce more centralized features, including the ability to "freeze" wallet addresses and restrict access for users in the UK and the US. These changes have raised concerns among Gnosis Chain users about the reliability of USDS in covering transaction costs.Community members emphasized that the freezing feature of USDS contradicts Gnosis's principles of decentralization. Gnosis Chain members discussed exploring several alternative solutions, with proposed options including adopting decentralized stablecoins like RAI and LUSD or a basket of currencies. Additionally, members suggested that Gnosis Chain could use its native staking token Gnosis (GNO) as a Gas token, aligning with practices of other blockchain protocols. This discussion is still in the preliminary stages, and no formal proposals have been put forward yet.

ChainCatcher news, Cronos Labs announced that the Cronos zkEVM mainnet is officially live.Cronos zkEVM is a Layer-2 blockchain built on Ethereum, powered by ZKsync technology. Its testnet was launched in December 2023, processing millions of transactions and having over 3 million unique addresses.Cronos zkEVM uses zkCRO (a liquid staking version of $CRO) as the gas token.

ChainCatcher news, OP Labs posted on X that the test version of the custom gas token feature for OP Stack has been released. Layer2 or Layer3 based on OP Stack can enable this feature during deployment and launch, and use ERC20 tokens other than ETH to pay for gas fees.

ChainCatcher news, the liquidity re-staking protocol Swell stated on platform X that swETH will be the native gas token of Swell L2, and its holdings will appreciate over time from staking and re-staking rewards.

ChainCatcher news, Memeland announced on social media that it will launch Memenet, a network that will provide a secure, low-cost, degen-friendly way to build on-chain, using MEME as the network's gas token.Reportedly, the key features of this network include focus and fun, automatic yield, low fees, trust from millions of users, and community readiness.According to information from the project's official website, the Memenet testnet is expected to launch in June, with the mainnet expected to launch in September.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Degen has announced a partnership with Web3 infrastructure Syndicate to launch the L3 chain DegenChain, with DEGEN as the native Gas token.It is reported that this chain is built on the Arbitrum Orbit technology layer and will settle transactions on Base (Ethereum Layer 2 DEGEN launch), utilizing AnyTrust for data availability services. L3 provides additional utility for the DEGEN token, which now serves as the network Gas token for Degen Chain.DEGEN founder Jacek pointed out that some applications focused on social networks have already expressed interest in building on Degen Chain, including the Farcaster framework PayBot, Perl, and LottoPGF.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Arbitrum Orbit platform has added support for custom Gas tokens. These tokens are used to pay transaction fees.It is reported that this development allows the Orbit blockchain to use specific ERC-20 tokens that meet technical standards to handle Gas or transaction fees on its network. Previously, the Orbit chain could only use Ethereum as the Gas token.

ChainCacther news, according to Blue Fox Notes, TreasureDAO co-founder Karel Vuong revealed that TreasureDAO is building a gaming chain, planning to use MAGIC as the gas token, possibly based on the Arbitrum chain or the Cosmos chain. TreasureDAO co-founder Karel Vuong confirmed the news in the comments.

ChainCatcher news, Frax founder Sam Kazemian responded to users in the official Telegram about "the role of frxETH and FXS in FraxChain," stating that the Gas token for FraxChain is frxETH, and the role of the FXS token is as a staking token for the FraxChain network validators, which can be used to capture validator income.Previous news, the Ethereum L2 network Fraxchain's testnet aims to go live in early January 2024. Fraxchain is a computation Rollup, not an application chain.

According to ChainCatcher news, information from the Polygon Labs governance page indicates that Polygon Labs has released three proposals regarding the Polygon 2.0 upgrade and the migration of the POL token, including upgrade transition, post-upgrade Polygon 2.0 architecture specifications, and updates to its native token. The final Polygon 2.0 upgrade is expected to take place next year.Among them, PIP-17 outlines the "Phase 0" of Polygon 2.0. The main aspect of this proposal is to ensure that end users and developers do not need to take any action on the existing Polygon PoS and Polygon zkEVM chains during the upgrade; PIP-18 proposes the implementation of the POL token, aimed at replacing the existing MATIC token as the native gas and staking asset of the Polygon ecosystem; PIP-19 requires upgrading the native gas token on Polygon PoS from MATIC to POL in a manner that ensures maximum backward compatibility, ensuring that the upgrade of the new token does not change the compatibility of smart contracts on Polygon PoS.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the DeFi infrastructure platform Qredo will integrate Circle's USDC stablecoin and release the Circle USDC toolkit, making USDC a Gas token on any blockchain.It is reported that the newly released toolkit from Qredo includes Circle's "Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol" for minting, exchanging, and transacting with USDC across multiple networks.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized content distribution platform ReadON has officially launched the Loki testnet, aiming to provide a dApp Content as a Service (CaaS) solution that will fundamentally change the way content is delivered and managed.It is reported that users can use READ tokens as Gas to participate in in-app PICK activities. In addition, ReadON will airdrop different amounts of READ tokens based on users' SBT levels, allowing users to participate in content management and zkEVM on-chain interactions at no cost.