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Monad has announced the launch of the Nitro Accelerator Program, which is open to all blockchain developers with mature products, early user insights, and actual market performance. The program aims to last for three months, identifying early-stage quality projects and helping them achieve long-term sustainable development.The program lasts for 12 weeks, with 1 month conducted offline in New York City and 2 months carried out remotely online, culminating in a Demo Day showcase. 15 project teams will stand out, receiving $500,000 in funding, as well as guidance from industry-leading founders, market exposure, and user growth support.

ChainCatcher news, the US-listed company Unitronix Corp announced that it has invested over $600,000 to acquire 5.5 bitcoins to expand the company's bitcoin treasury. Additionally, it announced the establishment of a strategic bitcoin mining partnership, positioning bitcoin as a long-term macro hedging tool.Unitronix Corp had previously released a cryptocurrency investment portfolio strategy, planning to invest in BTC, ETH, SOL, and meme coins.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, RWA tokenization company Unitronix Corp will incorporate Bitcoin into its core reserve assets, allocating $2 million to purchase Bitcoin.In addition, the company is exploring yield-generating DeFi strategies to enhance financial performance, achieving strategic revenue capture while preserving core capital, with future net profits potentially partially allocated to increase Bitcoin reserves.

ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, Hyperliquid has integrated Router Protocol's Nitro bridge, enabling direct deposits from over 30 EVM and non-EVM chains, including Ethereum, Solana, Sui, Tron, and Base. This integration eliminates the previous two-step process that required traders to bridge funds through Arbitrum before accessing Hyperliquid; users can now deposit assets directly through a single interface.The platform has seen significant growth over the past six months, attracting over $1 billion in net stablecoin inflows, with a TVL of $3 billion. According to Hashed's Dune dashboard, its deposit bridge currently holds over $2 billion in stablecoins.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the cross-chain protocol Router Protocol has announced that its Nitro cross-chain bridge officially supports the Sui network, enabling cross-chain asset swaps between Sui and over 30 EVM chains (such as Polygon, BNB, Ethereum, etc.).Router also rewards users with 0.015 SUI for each cross-chain transfer to Sui. Users can exchange any asset on EVM chains for any token on Sui. Router also plans to launch a cross-chain intent adapter to support one-click operations for liquidity provision, staking, and more.

ChainCatcher news, the US-listed company Unitronix Corp. (OTC: UTRX) recently announced a cryptocurrency portfolio strategy aimed at combining fundamental crypto assets like Bitcoin with dynamically selected high-growth assets, including DeFi tokens and stablecoins, primarily consisting of:Strategic investment in Bitcoin: Plans to allocate most of the funds to Bitcoin;Diversified cryptocurrency assets: Holding assets including ETH, Solana, as well as DeFi tokens and meme coins;Dynamic leverage management: Under favorable market conditions, the portfolio's leverage can reach up to 10 times, adapting to changing market dynamics while controlling risk and achieving growth;AI-driven management and rebalancing: Actively managing the portfolio using AI algorithms.Unitronix Corp CEO Kenneth Williams stated: "We are committed to making it easy for shareholders at all levels to access cryptocurrency directly. Our portfolio strategy fully leverages the high growth potential of cryptocurrencies while maintaining strong risk control. This is an unprecedented way to access digital assets through a regulated investment structure." (PR Newswire)

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the team behind Solana's scaling infrastructure platform Termina, Nitro Labs, has completed a $4 million seed round financing, led by Lemniscap, with participation from Animoca Ventures, Borderless Capital, Finality Capital, Race Capital, and No Limit Holdings. In addition, undisclosed angel investors such as Solana Foundation, Jump Crypto, and Spartan also participated in this round of financing. Termina is an open-source platform designed to enable developers to easily deploy custom Solana Rollups or SVM "network scaling".

ChainCatcher news, Unitronix Corp. announced an investment of $3 million in the U.S. fundraising project Unity Coin, which introduces a method of campaign donations that supports providing tradable digital tokens in exchange for campaign contributions, while leveraging blockchain for transparency and engagement.

ChainCatcher message, Arbitrum Developers posted on social media that the new Arbitrum Nitro v3.2.0 is now available and can be found at offchainlabs/nitronode:v3.2.0-f847be0. This version will include stability fixes and other changes, and it does not include any configuration changes from v3.1.2. If users are running nodes on Arbitrum One, Nova, or Sepolia, they need to upgrade to Nitro v3.2.0 to avoid downtime. This upgrade is mandatory and should be performed immediately. Please try to upgrade to this version within 48 hours (as of September 24, 10 AM) to avoid node shutdown. For RaaS providers, if running the chain on ArbOS 31, please upgrade to Nitro v3.2.0 and ArbOS 32 immediately.

ChainCatcher news, Metis has announced the launch of the mainnet version of Router Nitro, a cross-chain asset bridge developed by Router Protocol. Users can now transfer any asset across chains to Metis via Router, experiencing faster, safer, and more cost-effective cross-chain transfers.Router Nitro employs an optimistic approach to execute transactions, achieving reverse verification through stateful bridging and contract integration on the Router Chain. Its zero TVL-based asset transfer method and open network participation mechanism allow it to save 50-70% in Gas fees compared to competitors, with most transfers completed within 20 seconds.It is reported that this integration brings significant advantages to Metis users, including fast transfers of 5-20 seconds, lower user costs, and a one-click seamless on-chain experience. To accelerate TVL inflow, Router Protocol will also deploy a new reward mechanism alongside Metis's existing incentive programs.

ChainCatcher news, the modular blockchain Celestia has been integrated into the Arbitrum Orbit and Nitro stack, providing developers with the option to publish data to Arbitrum One, Arbitrum Nova, and Celestia. Developers will be able to use Celestia as a modular DA to deploy high-throughput Orbit chains.

ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum development company Offchain Labs has released Arbitrum Nitro v2.0.14, which adds support for offline pruning and eth_sendRawTransactionConditional (not yet live on mainnet), and fixes other validator issues. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Solana's Layer 2 scaling solution developer Nitro Labs announced the launch of the AMM protocol NitroSwap on its testnet, aimed at simulating real-world trading flows on Nitro and familiarizing users with the Nitro testnet. Nitro Badge NFT holders now have early access to the NitroSwap application, with the public release of NitroSwap scheduled for March 2 at 1 PM Pacific Standard Time. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Solana scaling solution Nitro tweeted that Nitro Devnet has now been deployed.It is reported that Nitro is a Solana VM chain that acts as a gateway between the Solana and Cosmos ecosystems, serving as an Optimistic Rollup compatible with the Sealevel Virtual Machine (SVM). (Source link)

Chain Catcher news, Layer 1 public chain developer Sei Labs announced that it is developing a blockchain called Nitro, which is compatible with the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), serving as a gateway between Solana and Cosmos. The project will allow developers to deploy existing Solana smart contracts, which users can access through Phantom and other common Solana wallets, and aims to promote the Solana Virtual Machine as a core development standard like the Ethereum Virtual Machine. The mainnet of Nitro is expected to launch in early 2023.Previously in August, Sei Labs announced the completion of a $5 million funding round, led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Delphi Digital, Hudson River Trading, GSR, Hypersphere, Flow Traders, and Kronos Research. Sei is the first Layer 1 blockchain built for trading. (Blockworks)