ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, blockchain analytics company Dune announced three items at the DuneCon event held in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday morning, including a new platform, the company's latest acquisition, and new metrics aimed at tracking meaningful blockchain adoption.Launched today, Dune Echo is a new product from the analytics company that connects developers with real-time blockchain data across 30 chains, including Ethereum, its multiple L2 networks, and Solana, currently in testing. Data on token balances and transaction queries can be accessed within 300 milliseconds after block propagation.Dune also announced the acquisition of a16z-backed smlXL, a blockchain company whose products can simulate real-time blockchain transactions. The announcement did not disclose the value of the acquisition.

ChainCatcher news, crypto startup smlXL has completed a $13.4 million funding round, led by a16z, with participation from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock and angel investors. Its mission is to make blockchain more transparent, useful, and user-friendly.It has allocated resources to build a team of 16 people and develop products. This includes evm.codes, which helps people find EVM opcodes or understand the Ethereum Virtual Machine; and evm.storage, which allows users to deeply inspect the storage situation of any contract on the Ethereum or Avalanche blockchain. Between these two products, the company has already gained about 15,000 monthly active users.Although evm.codes and evm.storage are currently free, founder Dor Levi stated that the next step may be to launch a professional version of evm.storage that includes gated components or unlimited transaction simulations.