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Arbitrum
2026-08-21 00:30:02

Arbitrum says it is bringing ZK proofs to its platform for multi-proof settlement

Arbitrum’s development team said it is introducing zero-knowledge, or ZK, proofs to the Arbitrum platform as part of a multi-proof settlement model. According to the team, the change could reduce the time needed to settle Arbitrum blocks to Ethereum Layer 1 from several days to several hours. The stated goal is to improve capital efficiency for users, bridges and protocols while keeping the network’s security model intact through multiple forms of proof. The capability is intended for both Arbitrum One and app-specific chains built on the Arbitrum platform. Offchain said it plans to submit an upgrade proposal to the DAO at a later stage. The team also outlined several milestones already reached, including generating ZK proofs for real mainnet blocks in the SP1 zkVM and proving Stylus WASM contracts alongside Solidity contracts. It added that the BoLD settlement protocol can already accept ZK proofs with backing from a fast confirmation committee, while the existing dispute game remains in place as a fallback path. Arbitrum said it is still working to reduce proving costs, fold the code into Nitro’s main production path, and later connect ZK settlement to node configuration so chains can enable it as needed.

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Arbitrum says it is bringing ZK proofs to its platform for multi-proof settlement
Monad
2026-08-05 09:03:24

Monad’s Keone Hon outlines ecosystem push as TVL reaches $800 million and Nitro teams pitch in New York

Monad co-founder Keone Hon has released a broad ecosystem update spanning user onboarding, on-chain activity, and protocol research, laying out what the network has built over the past eight months. On the startup side, the first Nitro cohort held its Demo Day in New York with more than 100 investors in attendance, as seven teams presented products ranging from prediction markets and stablecoin on-ramps to open credit markets and AI-assisted trading tools. On the product and adoption front, Category Labs introduced Mera, an open-source Passkey onboarding library that lets apps create crypto accounts for users through familiar biometric flows such as Face ID and Touch ID, without relying on smart accounts or backend logic. The latest Monad Economy figures show TVL at $800 million, more than 30 fiat on-ramps, live institutional lending and RWA markets, and cumulative DEX volume above $15 billion. App Hub now lists more than 130 applications, while Aave’s Monad market has reached $500 million in deposits. The update also highlights developer shipping, academic research, and infrastructure work. Category Labs accounted for 6 of 34 talks at the Science of Blockchain Conference, the testnet has deployed v0.15.2 in preparation for MIP-8 and Deterministic Raptorcast, and the Monad Foundation has launched MOST to subsidize independent open-source developers with AI tokens. BuildAnything, meanwhile, said its first hackathon drew more than 600 project submissions.

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Monad’s Keone Hon outlines ecosystem push as TVL reaches $800 million and Nitro teams pitch in New York