Cross-chain interoperability platform Wormhole announced on social media that the non-custodial liquidity staking protocol ether.fi is using Wormhole's native token transfer (NTT) framework to make ETHFI a native multi-chain.

On February 19th, the Wormhole Foundation is collaborating with the Succinct team to build an Ethereum "ZK light client" to further advance decentralized message verification within the Wormhole platform.

Cross-chain infrastructure Wormhole has now integrated with Cosmos ecological modular settlement layer Dymension, which allows chains to expand at minimal cost while using shared security. Through Wormhole, users can transfer their assets to RollApps and utilize Dymension's shared liquidity.

According to official sources, cross-chain infrastructure Wormhole announced the launch of a $50 million cross-chain ecosystem fund. Any team that builds applications or infrastructure integrating the Wormhole cross-chain messaging protocol can apply for the fund.

Cross-chain infrastructure Wormhole has announced the launch of cross-chain real-time data retrieval service Wormhole Queries, allowing application developers to extract any on-chain data on demand. Wormhole states that compared to the push model, Queries provides a delay of less than 1 second and can reduce gas fees by 84%. Wormhole Queries introduces a pull model, where integrators submit query requests to the Wormhole Guardian network, and the Guardian processes these requests and publishes results for on-chain data verification and consumption.

On December 6th, Wormhole, a cross-chain infrastructure, announced the launch of its cross-chain real-time data retrieval method, Wormhole Queries, which allows application developers to extract any on-chain data as needed. Wormhole claims that compared to the push model, Queries provides a delay of less than 1 second and can reduce gas fees by 84%. Wormhole Queries introduces a pull model, where integrators submit query requests to the Wormhole Guardian network, and the Guardian processes these requests and publishes results for on-chain data validation and consumption.

Wormhole Labs CEO Saeed Badreg will give a speech titled "Bridging Realms: Navigating Interoperability with Wormhole" at Pyth 2023 Developer Conference - Data Driven 2023, which will be held on December 5-6. Previously, Wormhole announced that it had completed a financing of $225 million with a valuation of $2.5 billion, and established Wormhole Labs, making it the largest encrypted project financing in 2023, with Saeed Badreg as CEO.<br>Pyth 2023 Developer Conference: Data Driven 2023 will be held entirely online on December 5-6, 2023. Heavyweight guests such as Douro Labs co-founder and CEO Mike Cahill, CTO Jayant Krishnamurthy, OKX Chief Innovation Officer Jason Lau, Injective co-founder and CEO Eric Chen, and Backpack co-founder Tristan Yver have all confirmed that they will give speeches at the conference.

Wormhole, a messaging protocol startup, has raised $225 million in funding at a $2.5 billion valuation, making it the largest round in the Web3 space this year. The funding round included investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Jump Trading, Multicoin Capital, and Arrington XRP Capital, with their stakes consisting of token warrants for a yet-to-be-unveiled cryptocurrency. The Wormhole team has also announced the launch of Wormhole Labs, an independent company focused on building products and tools to help grow cross-chain development. Despite a slow year for funding in the Web3 sector, this round is exceedingly large and demonstrates continued interest in blockchain technology.

On November 29th, according to Fortune, Wormhole completed a $225 million financing with a valuation of $2.5 billion and completed its split with Jump Crypto.

According to official sources, Cosmos ecosystem DeFi public chain Kujira has integrated cross-chain protocol Wormhole, which supports bridging external assets to Kujira. The first supported asset is SOL. Kujira states that the easiest way for users to transfer SOL to the Kujira network is to directly deposit it using Sonar Wallet. Users can also use Portal Bridge for bridging.