What Happened on Mar. 29th | ConsenSys zkEVM - Linea, Try it for Potential Airdrop

At the beginning of the year, ConsenSys announced the launch of a closed beta test, which could only be accessed by filling out a form. Yesterday, they announced the launch of a public testnet. While they didn't announce information for any token, a new Layer 2 normally needs a token to decentralize its governance.

You can now add this testnet in Metamask: Network information

Visit this website to get Goerli test $ETH, and bridge tokens from Goerli L1 to Linea L2. You can also find link of testnet Uniswap in the website, swap some tokens and add liquidity. Play with it.

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Headlines

Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade set to Happen on April 12： Ethereum core developers confirmed that Shapella will take effect at epoch 194,048, scheduled for 10:27 pm UTC on April 12.

Lido to Issue NFTs to Unstaking Users to Represent Withdrawal Requests： After Lido V2 goes live, users who unstake $stETH will receive NFTs representing their withdrawal requests.

Hot projects on the market

Otherside Introduces Legends of the Mara, a New Collection-Based Strategy Game

Iron Fish Announces Tokenomics, 945,000 $IRON to Be Airdropped to Testnet Participants

Lido on Polkadot and Kusama to Sunset on August 1st

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Do Kwon Faces Extradition Requests from both U.S. and South Korea

Sei Established Sei Foundation to Handle Token Grants, Airdrops, etc

Fundraising

Restaking Protocol EigenLayer Closes $50 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Blockchain Capital

AI-focused Crypto Protocol Fetch.ai Raises $40 Million from DWF Labs