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Starknet v0.13.4 now available on testnet with enhanced features Starknet $STRK, the zk-rollup-based Ethereum $ETH layer-2 network, announced on X that version 0.13.4 is now available on the Starknet Testnet. This release introduces key updates including Cairo-Native for more efficient smart contract processing, precise fee calculation with layer-2 gas pricing, stateful compression to lower storage costs and several enhancements aimed at improving the developer experience. The new version is expected to launch on the Mainnet between March 17 and 24.

Today, Meson Finance has partnered with Sonic to provide people with $USDC.e. Sonic is one of the most efficient EVM Layer 1, supporting Ethereum-based smart contracts and dApps, while Meson Finance allows clients to move USDC, USDT, and other stablecoins between different blockchains. Meson Finance’s partnership with Sonic Labs will now enable seamless USDC.e cross-chain transfers, enhancing stablecoin accessibility across 60+ blockchains with lower costs. 🔥Meson brings you USDC.e bridging on @SonicLabs!Sonic stands out as the top-performing EVM Layer1, offering a blend of speed, incentives, and cutting-edge infrastructure for DeFi.You can now seamlessly execute cross-chain swaps for #USDC and #USDT from over 60 blockchains,… pic.twitter.com/cgkReZdBBJ — Meson Finance (@mesonfi) February 25, 2025 Meson Bridges with Sonic Labs for USDC.e Availability USDC.e is a bridged version of USDC, designed for blockchains that do not natively support USDC. It is an externally backed version of the stablecoin, which instead of existing natively, exist on a chain via a bridge. Meson and Sonic Lab’s bridging facilitated the promotion of USDC.e. It helped the world be enabling USDC and USDT, seamlessly swapped cross-chained across 60 different blockchains directly, including Arbitrum, Base, BNB, and Sonic. Meson Finance and Sonic Helping Clients since Ages Meson Finance helps connecting different blockchains, and applications. It also provides various earning opportunities. The total volume of Meson is $6.865B and 46.345M transactions keep on happening all the time. It supports more than 50 chains, and more than 30 integrations. Meson’s protocol and gas optimization saves 80 percent of cross-chain fees and does the work in less than 2 minutes. It is specifically designed to stablecoins to ensure highest efficiency and lower costs while moving these. It has provided its excellent services by making cross-chain swaps easier between more than 20 stablecoins on 14+ EVMs & non-EVMs chains and layer2’s. Whereas Sonic is Defi redefined technology and play its part in EVM blockchain with highest speed, excellent incentive and state-of-the-art infrastructure. To conclude, Meson Finance is bridging with Sonic has introduced the clients with USDC.e to promote the seamless transaction of stablecoins between different blockchains in lowest time, cost yet highest efficiency.

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Ethereum developers are rolling out a major network upgrade called Pectra, with initial testing started on the Holesky testnet at 9:55 PM UTC today. The Sepolia testnet will follow on March 5 at 7:29 AM UTC. These testnet trials mark an important step before Pectra reaches Ethereum’s mainnet, bringing improvements to scalability, validator incentives, and user experience. The Ethereum Foundation confirmed that Pectra would launch on Holesky at epoch 115,968, while Sepolia’s activation is scheduled for epoch 222,464. Once both testnets successfully integrate Pectra, developers will decide on a mainnet activation epoch. Given the scope of improvements, Ethereum’s transition toward a more user-friendly and scalable blockchain is gaining momentum. Pectra is the first major Ethereum upgrade since the Dencun hard fork , which went live on March 13, 2024. That upgrade drastically cut transaction fees for layer-2 solutions and improved Ethereum rollups’ efficiency, pushing the network further toward mainstream adoption. One of Pectra’s most significant changes lies in validator rewards. Currently, Ethereum validators can stake a maximum of 32 ETH while earning rewards. With Pectra, that limit skyrockets to 2,048 ETH, providing larger stakeholders with greater incentives to help secure the network. This change is expected to attract more institutional participation in Ethereum staking. The shift aligns with Ethereum developers’ broader strategy of enhancing the network’s security and making validator participation more rewarding. Ethereum’s upgrade strategy has been accelerating. On February 13, Ethereum’s core developers and ecosystem leaders held an “All Core Devs” meeting, where they pushed for a faster rollout of protocol upgrades. Nixo Rokish, a member of the Ethereum Foundation’s protocol support team, commented that this approach would lead to “less dilly-dallying about the scope and more aggressively presented opinions.” Pectra brings a major enhancement in account abstraction, a feature designed to improve the way users interact with Ethereum. With the introduction of EIP-3074, externally owned accounts (EOAs) will gain new capabilities, such as batch transactions and gas sponsorship. This means users can make transactions without holding Ether in their wallets, reducing entry barriers and making Ethereum more accessible. Another key upgrade in Pectra is the network’s 50% increase in blob capacity. Currently, Ethereum allows three blobs per block, but that number will double to six after Pectra’s activation. Blobs temporarily store layer-2 blockchains, enabling them to submit compressed transaction data to the mainnet. This enhancement is expected to further lower transaction costs and improve Ethereum’s scalability. Since blobs were introduced with the Dencun upgrade, transaction fees on layer-2 networks have dropped significantly. Pectra’s expansion of blob storage is another step in making Ethereum-based transactions more cost-effective. Further, the upgrade also boosted Ether inflow reaching $393 million.

Axelar launches Cobalt upgrade, implementing 98% fee burn Blockchain interoperability protocol Axelar $AXL announced on X that it has completed its v1.2.1 Cobalt upgrade, introducing a governance-approved burn mechanism that removes 98% of gas fees while directing the remaining…