Immutable Nexus ensures that games built on the Immutable chain (including Immutable zkEVM and dedicated zkEVM) have the best liquidity, security, and accessibility. It is reported that Immutable Nexus is an interconnected blockchain system composed of Immutable zkEVM chain and all dedicated zkEVM chains on Immutable. Each dedicated zkEVM chain will have the same technical stack as Immutable zkEVM, but will provide unique customization options to meet the specific needs of game studios. These options include dedicated block space, the ability to configure native ERC-20 for payment and staking, and one-click blockchain hosting. In addition, Immutable Nexus will include a set of ecosystem partners and cross-chain liquidity services to ensure that these chains do not operate in isolation and that various games can share the network effects provided by Immutable. Its ecosystem partners (markets, deposit channels, etc.) will achieve consistent functions between the various chains and provide key services for games to promote their economic development. The liquidity service represents a set of APIs for transferring funds between all chains within Immutable Nexus, allowing users to have a simple single balance in their wallet and achieve fast transfers between chains.

According to The Block, a16z Crypto has released a zkEVM solution called Jolt to provide a framework for EVM-compatible Rollups using SNARK. a16z Crypto stated: "In addition to the improvement in speed, due to Jolt's new design paradigm, developers can more easily scale and audit, thereby improving security."

Polygon zkEVM announced the launch of a custom endpoint to address the issue of estimated gas fees being much higher than actual paid gas fees. This update is not mandatory, but recommended to use.

Astar Network, a Polkadot ecological smart contract platform, announced that the Astar zkEVM mainnet is about to go live.

According to data, in the past 30 days, the number of daily active addresses of Polygon zkEVM has increased by 202%, and the number of daily transactions has increased by 134%.

Nume Crypto launched a payment aggregation protocol on Polygon zkEVM today. The Nume payment aggregation aims to achieve economic efficiency on both Web2 scale and Web3 orbit, and is the first fixed fee protocol on the Ethereum network, providing instant transaction confirmation and horizontal scalability. It is reported that Nume users can transfer tokens and NFTs, mint NFTs, trade NFTs, and recharge and withdraw from the network. Nume is also the first to offer a network subscription extension solution.

On November 14th, the modular zkEVM Kakarot launched by Starknet announced the completion of its second round of financing, led by Stake Capital Group and LongHash Ventures, with participation from Eterna Capital, Fenbushi Capital, OKX Ventures, Foresight Ventures, and others.<br>The amount of financing for this round has not been disclosed. The team stated that the funds raised in this round will be used to expand the team and accelerate the development of Ethereum's scaling solutions.

Immutable has announced that three upcoming blockchain games, GensoKishi Online, Cursed Stone, and Sailwars, will be deployed on the gaming-centric Ethereum scaling network, Immutable zkEVM, which is built using Polygon's zkEVM technology and is fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine. The scaling network will allow the games to handle larger volumes of transactions with lower costs than Ethereum's mainnet. GensoKishi Online, developed by Metap, is a "metaverse-native reincarnation" of the popular Elemental Knights Online game, while Cursed Stone is a 3D open-world MMORPG that will allow players to own and trade dynamic NFT assets. Sailwars is a Web3 game inspired by naval skirmishes and fantasy epics. Other games being built on Immutable zkEVM include Shardbound, MetalCore, and Space Nation.

Astar Network, a Polkadot-based smart contract platform, announced a partnership with Rarible to mint the first NFT "Midnight in Tokyo" on its zkEVM testnet.