PANews reported on April 17 that according to CoinDesk, DeFi protocol Ethena and asset tokenization platform Securitize plan to launch the real-world asset (RWA)-focused blockchain Converge in the second quarter of this year. The main network will be built on Arbitrum and Celestia, supporting USDe and USDtb tokens to pay for gas fees, and maintaining security by staking ENA. Converge supports both permissionless and institutional compliance applications, aiming to connect traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem.
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