Coinbase layer-2 network Base closes in on mainnet launch
    30 Jun 2023
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    While a date for mainnet wasn’t announced, the Base team said it’s now fulfilled four out of five of their criteria for launch. Base, a new layer 2 application-focused protocol by Coinbase, has just one criterion left to fulfill before being ready for mainnet launch. On June 29, the team said the Optimism-powered, Ethereum-secured network has been…

    UK crypto bill reaches final stage, on track for passage
    30 Jun 2023
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    The legislation now waits on King Charles’ table for royal assent, the final step required for a parliamentary bill to become law. A bill bringing cryptocurrencies under the same rules applied to traditional assets is set to pass into law in the United Kingdom as it reaches the final stages for King Charles’ royal assent on June…

    LayerZero’s market shifting, there’s a better environment ahead for everyone, CEO says
    30 Jun 2023
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    LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino is optimistic about the future of the blockchain industry and the “really important plumbing” LayerZero provides for it. The outlook for the crypto industry is bright. As a matter of fact, the present isn’t even all that grim, Bryan Pellegrino, CEO of cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero, told Cointelegraph at the Collision…