Polygon launches zkEVM mainnet beta, Metaverse Fashion Week returns and Australia kicks off its CBDC pilot.
mainnet beta will go live on Monday, after a year under development. This network will offer a scalability solution for the Ethereum ecosystem with a zero knowledge-rollup performing off-chain computations on a secondary layer for faster and cheaper transactions, while prioritizing security.
The network will support the same code as Ethereum, which allows developers to onboard Ethereum applications without needing to make significant changes. In the coming weeks, more developers may show interest in integrating their platforms with the zkEVM.deploying a minimum viable version of Aave version 3 on the Layer 2 network, The Block previously reported. The protocol also proposed to include a consideration for issuing Aave's GHO stablecoin on the zkEVM.
Other partnerships are already on the table. Polygon and web3 game builder Immutable announced last week they areMetaverse Fashion Week is back for another year. Decentraland will host a series of runways, design competitions, boutiques and panels in the virtual world March 28-31, following theThis marks the second iteration of the event. This year, there is focus on bridging between the physical and the digital, and enabling interoperability between virtual worlds.
Apart from luxury firms, Dencentraland’s own designer community, or neo designers, will take the virtual stage. “We are seeing the return of many luxury fashion houses, and also the emergence and elevation of digitally native fashion,”Fashion brands are taking up more space in the metaverse. For example, companies including
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