<p>Odaily News Open Campus officially launched its Layer 3 blockchain EDU Chain on Arbitrum Orbit. The blockchain was launched on January 17 and is designed to support educational applications and on-chain education driven by EDU tokens. The outstanding feature of EDU Chain is the Open Campus (OC) achievement system, formerly known as verifiable credentials. The system allows educational institutions and training centers to issue decentralized, tamper-proof qualification records to learners. Currently, EDU Chain&#39;s TVL has reached 150 million US dollars. (Cointelegraph)</p>

Odaily News Layer 3 network Orbs announced that the Japanese subsidiary of global gaming and Web3 giant Animoca Brands will run a validator node on Orbs&#39; L3 to help maintain its stability and security. As a strategic subsidiary of Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, Animoca Brands Japan plays an important role in the Web3 space and is committed to supporting Japanese intellectual property and content holders.

Odaily News Stratis, a blockchain technology company, announced the launch of Verium, a new generation of elastic blockchain technology. The technology is based on ZKSync&#39;s zero-knowledge proof technology and aims to provide developers and enterprises with high-performance, scalable and modular flexible solutions. It is understood that Verium has introduced GPU Prover, which provides fast transaction proof speed and is suitable for deploying blockchain games. In addition, Verium has also introduced the elastic chain function supported by ZKSync technology, allowing users to deploy custom chains, including Layer 3 solutions. Stratis has launched Verium Portal as an entry point for users to access the Verium network.

Odaily News LayerZero Foundation announced the launch of zkLink Nova in an Apple post on X. zkLink Nova is an aggregated Layer 3 zkEVM network that unifies liquidity on Ethereum and its L2, while providing an EVM-compatible platform and using ZKPs for fast and easy smart contract development. Developers on Nova can now seamlessly expand their applications to more than 75 other chains through LayerZero.

Odaily News Optimism released some highlights about Retro Funding 4 on X: -Zora is redistributing 300,000 OP to its creator community; -sound.xyz will redistribute all of its Retro Funding grants to artists on the platform; -30% of Retro Funding 4 rewards are given to builders on Mode; -Layer3 team will redistribute Retro Funding grants to the community. Earlier, Optimism announced the results of Retro Funding 4 on the X platform, and plans to provide 10 million OP rewards to 207 projects. The reward distribution is divided according to the influence on the chain, of which Zora and Layer 3 each received 500,000 OP.

Odaily News Optimism announced the results of Retro Funding 4 on the X platform, and plans to provide 10 million OP rewards to more than 200 projects. The reward distribution may be differentiated according to the influence on the chain.

Odaily News Layer 3 blockchain Orbs announced the launch of its Liquidity Hub on Fenix Finance. This deployment will deepen the available liquidity on Blast DEX and provide L2 users with higher capital efficiency. (chainwire)

Odaily News According to records from crypto-fundraising.info, 37 startups and projects received $317.87 million in financing in the past two weeks. Among them, the modular blockchain project Avail completed a $43 million financing this month led by Cyber Fund, Founders Fund and Dragonfly, ranking first, followed by the decentralized stablecoin mining project M^0, which completed a $35 million Series A financing led by Bain Capital Crypto. Other notable financing projects include XREX, Layer 3, Fhenix, Squads and Goplus. Data from the first half of June show that the crypto market continues to attract a lot of venture capital, and projects in various tracks have been supported by well-known investors. (Bitcoin.com)

Odaily News DeFi protocol Onyx published a statement on X that the Onyx protocol v3 white paper will be released on August 1, and its Layer 3 blockchain network will also be launched, and the test network will be released soon.

Odaily News Unite, a mobile gaming L3 blockchain solution, has completed a $3 million seed extension round of financing, led by SuperLayer, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, OKX Ventures, Solana Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Gemini Frontier Fund, Formless Capital, HTX Ventures, CoinDCX Ventures, etc. Unite plans to use this funding to accelerate its strategic transformation to become a Layer 3 blockchain solution for mass-market mobile gaming.