The concept of wormholes largely remained confined within science fiction, but many developments suggest its existence is closer to reality. 'Stranger Things' season 5 has prompted renewed interest, discussing wormholes in an engaging manner which modeled closely with scientific theories. Blockchain Bridge, a decentralized finance platform, reported a loss of $320M Ether, marking the second-largest DeFi hack to date. Wormhole, a cryptocurrency project, announced its W token 2.0 upgrade recently. Wormhole also powered the new bridge of the cryptography project, Monad, aiming to facilitate multichain interoperability. Ripple is collaborating with Wormhole to push expansion of RLUSD across Ethereum layer-2 networks.
Wormhole has also gone into effect with Ripple for the expansion of XRPL interoperability. Deeper engagements with Ripple signify the increasing importance of Wormhole in creating secure, scalable and fast interoperable transfers. The stablecoin RLUSD from Ripple has gained regulatory support, making a move towards bank oversight. It’s underlying technology from Wormhole ensures usage across multi-chains. NTT, a $35 billion DOGE, goes multichain beginning with Solana due to Wormhole’s efficacious solutions.
Securitize adopted Wormhole as the interoperability provider for Hamilton Lane's $958 billion SCOPE fund. An unexpected occurrence from 2019 is now thought to be a wormhole from a different universe, hinting at the possibility of wormholes being more common than perceived. This could signify greater legitimization of Wormhole’s use case. Wormhole also introduced Portal Earn, facilitating multichain activities rewards. Suggesting further expansion of the Wormhole ecosystem, new product introductions in collaboration with partners, point towards a steadfast strategy for growth.
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