zkLink Monthly Recap — April 2024
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6 min readApr 30, 2024
We at zkLink began Q2 2024 with a bang, highlighted by launching Phase II of our Aggregation Parade, attending Token2049 and hosting our infamous L3 Summit, and lastly, beginning a joint-campaign with Binance’s Web3 Wallet to bring our Layer 3 (zkLink Nova) to more users worldwide. On top of that, we launched an interactive campaign with OKX called Cryptopedia Season 15 (still ongoing) and got featured in a Messari protocol report, where Messari published a comprehensive overview about our protocol and features.
In summary, we had a successful yet extremely busy month in April. As you know, there’s no downtime in this industry. We keep building and pushing forward. Our belief in L3s and developing L3 solutions has never been stronger — and finally, the industry is becoming more aware of what Layer 3s are. We will continue to lead in this segment.
Read on below to get up to date with what we accomplished and did in April, Cheers!
Key Highlights In April
zkLink April Timeline
- On April 2, Eigenpie joined the zkLink Nova Aggregation Parade, offering certain LRT holders additional Eigenpie points and Nova points.
- On April 3, zkLink held Round 5 of the zkLink Nova Agg Parade AMA on the topic of “zkLink Ecosystem: Aggregation and Liquidity Innovations in Layer 3 DeFi.”
- On April 3, zkLink and OKX Wallet partnered together and launched a campaign called Cryptopedia Season 15, where participants can complete certain tasks and have a chance to earn $300K in ZKL.
- On April 4, zkLink attended the Hong Kong Web 3.0 Spring Summit in-real-life event.
- From April 5 — April 10, zkLink attended the biggest Web3 Week in Asia at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival.
- On April 5, LogX announced it will be integrating with zkLink Nova.
- On April 5, the zkLink Nova Aggregation campaign reached $350 million in TVL.
- On April 7, zkLink moderated a panel with Amazon Web Services and Sei Network.
- On April 7, zkLink Nova integrated with Metis Layer 2, the pioneer of decentralized sequencers on Ethereum Layer 2.
- On April 8, Fox Wallet integrated onto zkLink Nova’s Layer 3.
- On April 8, the zkLink Nova Aggregation campaign crossed the $400 million mark in TVL.
- On April 9, the zkLink Nova Aggregation campaign began Phase II, offering participants with more DeFi opportunities on Layer 3.
- On April 9, Base integrated with zkLink Nova, allowing Base users to experience a new liquidity paradigm on zkLink’s Aggregated Layer 3.
- On April 9, zkLink’s new “MergeToken” smart contracts completed their successful audit by Secure3.
- On April 9, zkLink Nova launched a new feature called token merge along with a campaign, Token Merge Ceremony. Token Merge is a new feature that allows stablecoins of different contract addresses to be merged into one unified token, thus fostering aggregated liquidity.
- On April 10, for Phase II of the zkLink Nova Aggregation campaign, LayerBank began offering users with 2x Nova points by interacting with the LayerBank Application.
- On April 11, Messari, the renowned crypto research firm, published a comprehensive report about zkLink titled, “Understanding zkLink: A Comprehensive Overview.”
- On April 11, zkLink held Round 6 of the zkLink Nova Agg Parade AMA on the topic of “zkLink Nova Ecosystem dapps: New Yield & Liquidity Paradigm on Layer 3.”
- On April 12, zkLink Nova announced a partnership in the launch of the L2O Consortium by QED Protocol to pioneer the development of Bitcoin L2 solutions.
- On April 12, yLKS Loyalty Program Season 1 launched and joined the zkLink Nova Aggregation Parade, offering users with 1.5x Nova points through Linkswap.
- From April 15 — April 21, zkLink was in Dubai for Token2049 and multiple side events, including Blockchain Life, Mini Dev Summit, Builder Day Dubai, ZK Fest, Builders Night, Nightopia, Infra&DeFi Breakfast, Hot Take Series, and ETH Dubai.
- On April 16, zkLink hosted the third “L3 Summit” — the world’s leading blockchain forum to discuss Layer 3 solutions.
- On April 17, DefiLlama began tracking all assets on zkLink Nova.
- On April 23, Rubic integrated into the zkLink Nova ecosystem and joined Phase II of the Aggregation Parade.
- On April 24, zkLink teamed up with GoPlus SecWareX, providing users with a series of tasks to complete in order to tackle interaction risks in Web3.
- On April 25, zkLink’s Co-founder Vince attended SEA Blockchain Week and spoke on a panel about ZK scaling solutions for Ethereum.
- On April 26, zkLink launched a campaign with Binance Web3 Wallet where users can complete tasks from various Dapps such as LayerBank, Native Finance, zkDX, and other zkLink Nova ecosystem Dapps to claim a share of 1 million ZKL.
- On April 27, Owlto Finance and zkLink Nova launched a bridge campaign on Galxe where users can earn up to 5 Nova Points and an exclusive OAT.
Dev’s Talk
- Feat: token merge
- Feat: sync range batch root to save cost
- Feat: retry failed message on zkSync
- Feat: add sync L2 tx relayer
- Feat: portal support OXK, Binance Wallet
- Feat: support withdraw to secondary chain
- Feat: upgrade relayer for syncing
- Feat: add open range batch root task
- Feat: explorer support chain tag
- Feat: only ETH need to auto finalize withdraw
- Feat: optimize sync query
- Fix: allow receive more value for OP Stack
