L1 public chain Injective has announced the integration of the multi-chain domain protocol Clusters on X platform. Clusters now officially supports Injective addresses, which means that Injective chain users and wallets can directly have a shared identity on Ethereum, Injective, and Solana.

OKX market shows that the Layer1 sector is generally rising, including: FTM 24H increase of 29.2%, now reported at 0.97 USDT; APT 24H increase of 20.5%, now reported at 15.2 USDT; AVAX 24H increase of 19.6%, now reported at 60.4 USDT; SUI 24H increase of 18.3%, now reported at 1.66 USDT; SOL 24H increase of 14%, now reported at 191 USDT.

Gaming giant Ubisoft announced that it has joined the Layer 1 blockchain XPLA ecosystem based on Tendermint as a node validator. It is reported that Ubisoft will participate in the decision-making of governance proposals and contribute to the generation of "synergy" in gaming and the verification process. Earlier this year in February, XPLA announced the completion of its strategic financing round, with participation from Singaporean investment firm Play Venture.

Aptos Labs has launched a passwordless key identity verification method for signing transactions on its Layer1 network. Users can log in using Touch ID or Face ID, and their private keys will be stored directly on their device and synchronized with backup providers (iCloud or Google Password Manager). They can sign transactions directly using a universal key.

Telos Foundation, behind the Layer1 blockchain Telos, appointed John Lilic as Executive Director. John Lilic previously worked at Consensys and also served as an advisor at Polygon.

On December 24th, blockchain technology company Stratis announced on social media that Interflux Bridge has been closed and will continue to complete the migration of Stratis to the StratisEVM platform.<br>A previously reported that on November 15th, blockchain technology company Stratis announced that the community vote on "launching the EVM Layer1 network" had been approved and token replacement would take place in December. The original token STRAX will be replaced at a ratio of 1:10 with STRAT, which will serve as the native token of the new network.

Lisk is collaborating with Optimism and Gelato to transition from a Layer1 solution to an Ethereum Layer2 solution. As part of the transition, Lisk will migrate its LSK token to Ethereum. The Layer2 testnet deployment plan is scheduled for the first quarter of 2024.

Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz stated that in the next 2-3 years, the next generation of Layer 1 blockchain may dominate the market, with Solana currently in a leading position, and the shares of projects such as SUI, APTOS, SEI, MONAD, and Fantom will also continue to increase.

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 14-Dec. 20, with live updates throughout.

Reltime, a blockchain technology company headquartered in Oslo, Norway, has announced the completion of financing provided by the Research Council of Norway. Reltime has built a Web3 platform based on Layer 1 authoritative proof blockchain, supporting use cases such as non-custodial wallets, SuperApps, loyalty programs, payment solutions, lending services, QR codes, CBDC and digital legal currency, practical tokens, as well as customer management functions such as eKYC, identity management, SLA and reporting. The new funds will be used for its development plan to use 5G mobile phones as Layer 1 micro-transaction blockchain node validators.