Web3 Daily Briefing: LayerZero to launch high-performance Layer 1 blockchain Zero; Optimism mainnet adds support for ERC-8004; Japanese IP project Xross Road completes $1.5 million seed funding round with participation from Arbitrum Gaming Ventures and others.

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Cover: LayerZero

• LayerZero will launch a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain called Zero.

• Optimism mainnetnow supports ERC-8004

• SBF requests a retrial of the fraud allegations against FTX.

• Progress made at the White House stablecoin yield meeting

• YouTube creator MrBeast acquires banking app Step

• OpenClaw releases new version 2.9

• Former SafeMoon CEO sentenced to 8 years in prison for crypto fraud scheme

• Phantom launches Phantom Chat, a new chat feature.

• Sahara AI partners with South Korean payment company Danal Fintech

• Tether invests in LayerZero Labs to advance blockchain interoperability infrastructure.

• Japanese IP project Xross Road has raised $1.5 million in seed funding , with participation from Arbitrum Gaming Ventures and others.

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