ChainCatcher news, according to Forbes, Eigen Labs announced the launch of the Ethereum restaking protocol EigenCloud, with a16z crypto investing $70 million through a direct purchase of EIGEN tokens, marking a follow-up investment after a16z's $100 million investment in EigenLayer in February 2024.This is a platform aimed at extending blockchain-level trust assurance to any Web2 or Web3 applications, and the use of EigenCloud will create new fee streams to support staking rewards.It is reported that the Alpha version release of EigenCloud will coincide with the performance upgrade of EigenDA, achieving a throughput of 50 MB per second on the Ethereum testnet. Additionally, EigenCloud has released a gated preview of EigenVerify, designed to adjudicate disputes in off-chain systems such as AI agents or prediction markets.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official tweet, the Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer announced that the slashing mechanism will go live on the mainnet today (April 17, 2025).

According to ChainCatcher news, in a Tuesday announcement, Wormhole is collaborating with re-staking protocol developer Nuffle Labs to develop a solution that extends EigenLayer's re-staking capabilities beyond the Ethereum ecosystem. This move aims to advance the security generated by shared staking, protecting multiple protocols and applications simultaneously. The solution leverages Wormhole's messaging architecture and Nuffle's NUFF protocol, allowing assets to be re-staked directly from any L1 or L2 blockchain without the need for asset bridging.It is reported that Nuffle Labs is a spin-off of the NEAR Foundation, developing modular blockchain technology to expand the ecosystem, including the NEAR data availability layer and the NEAR fast finality layer. The collaboration with Wormhole will make all tokens provided through the Nuffle infrastructure available for AVS built on the EigenLayer shared security framework.

ChainCatcher message, the re-staking protocol Renzo Protocol announced on platform X that the first EigenLayer re-staking reward distribution has been completed, and Renzo has automatically compounded the staking rewards, including:ezETH generated 769.01 ETH (593,727.31 EIGEN) from August 15 to October 8;ezEIGEN generated 1,731.05 EIGEN from October 1 to October 8.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Renzo will launch ezUSDC on the Jito re-staking platform. This integration will enable stakers to utilize USDC as stable collateral and allow DeFi platforms on Solana to leverage ezUSDC as a new re-staking asset.ezUSDC is the liquid token for re-staking USDC. By integrating USDC, Renzo's expertise in liquid staking, and Jito's innovative staking infrastructure, developers will be able to unlock new possibilities for secure and sustainable NCN on Solana.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Jito has announced the launch of the next-generation staking infrastructure platform Jito Restaking.It is reported that the platform supports hybrid staking, restaking, and the LRT module, allowing the creation and management of staking assets and LRT. Its Active Validation Service (AVS) will provide users with a flexible and scalable infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Ethereum staking platform Kiln has enabled LST re-staking on EigenLayer through Ledger Live. Kiln stated that this allows over 1.5 million users of Ledger Live to re-stake on EigenLayer for the first time via the wallet application.Previous report, in January this year, the Ethereum staking platform Kiln completed a $17 million financing round, led by 1kx, with participation from IOSG, Crypto.com, Wintermute Ventures, KXVC, and LBank. This new round of financing is an extension of Kiln's $17.6 million Series A financing announced in November 2022.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, informed sources revealed that Lido co-founder and Paradigm are secretly funding a new company called Symbiotic, which will compete in the restaking space.It is reported that in internal Symbiotic documents obtained by CoinDesk, Symbiotic allows users to restake Lido's stETH with other assets that are natively incompatible with Eigen Layer; Symbiotic is developed by the staking service team formerly known as Stakemind; several teams working in the emerging restaking ecosystem have stated that they are already in discussions to integrate with Symbiotic, including AVSs and liquidity restaking services built on Eigen Layer.