Odaily Planet Daily News: After integrating with the interoperability protocol deBridge, Neon EVM announces the launch of cross-chain native asset transfer service. The aim is to enable Neon EVM developers to add new cross-chain functionalities to their dapps, thereby improving liquidity and eliminating token wrapping pain points. (TheBlock)

Odaily Planet Daily News Golden Finance reported that the Solana on-chain Ethereum virtual machine Neon EVM announced that it has been integrated with deBridge to achieve cross-chain interaction, users can directly bridge tokens, enhance the overall user experience by eliminating unnecessary intermediate steps and restrictions, and Neon EVM developers can directly take advantage of the gateway service function of EVM native chain interoperability. （CoinDesk）

PANews reported on January 22 that Mitchell, co-founder of Bitcoin Layer 2 network Stacks, announced the launch of the N21 program on the X platform, aiming to help the Stacks team prepare for the launch of Nakamoto. This is a program known as "Launch Readiness" and will provide technical advice, marketing support, and fundraising guidance for Nakamoto's pre-launch launch, among other things. The N21 program launched on January 21 and the application deadline is February 12. Previously, in December last year, Stacks co-creation Muneeb Ali posted on the X platform that the Stacks Nakamoto Testnet (codenamed Neon) has now completed code writing.

According to the release of Zhejiang Metaverse Industry, the lively Shanghai Yellow River Road neon lights in the TV series "Flowers" have long been gone, and the store has not seen the past. The "Yellow River Road" part was filmed at the VP Studio of Sugar Burning Culture. The studio combines the advantages of virtual production to restore the virtual shooting scene required by the director in the shortest possible time. These gorgeous lenses are heavily realized through XR (Mixed Reality) and VP (Virtual Production & Virtual Engine) technologies, using the most modern technology to create the most contemporary Shanghai Tang. Industry insiders said that for the field of virtual production, "Flowers" conveys the ultimate visual pursuit of top film and television creators for the combination of virtual and real, and also marks the further recognition of the most cutting-edge virtual shooting technology in China by the film and television industry, indicating the wide application and development of VP studios.

Golden Finance reported that Neon, a Solana EVM-compatible solution, has launched a points program to quantify and track users' on-chain and off-chain contributions. At present, the type of points that can be earned is the community category, which mainly includes activities such as creating memes, interacting with social accounts, and participating in hackathons.

The Solana EVM-compatible network Neon said on the X platform that the mainnet recently achieved a TPS of 730.

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On December 15, Muneeb Ali, co-founder of Stacks, posted on social media that the Stacks Nakamoto testnet (codenamed Neon) has now completed code writing. The testnet launch at the end of the year is locked.

According to Neonscan.org data, Solana's network of EVM-compliant solutions, Neon EVM Gas fees, surged to 76 Neon, thanks to the launch of the inscription project Nos-20.

Shooting game Shrapnel responded to the "news of Neon Machine's lawsuit against investors", saying: "For legal reasons, we cannot comment on the ongoing lawsuit." But we assure players, creators, and the community that we are in full control of the development, funding, and operations of the AAA-level first-person survival escape shooter, with a focus on releasing an Early Access version in the coming weeks. ” Previously, the game studio Neon Machine sued the investor, saying that it tried to snatch control of the company and the treasury.

The six founders of Neon Machine, the game studio behind Shrapnel, have filed a lawsuit in Delaware trial court against Cort Ja_one, CEO of 4D Factory Investments, Steve Horowitz, 4D equity holder, and Scott of the Northern Pacific Group, a private equity firm Honour, and said that these investors are trying to control the company's shareholders and plunder its coffers. Neon's founders who filed the lawsuit include Chief Technology Officer and Studio Head Don Norbury, Chief Creative Officer Colin Foran, Chief Operating Officer Aaron Nonis, Chief Marketing Officer Mark Yeend, Head of Business Development Naomi Lackaff, and CEO Mark Long, who has allegedly been fired. Ja_one appointed himself CEO of Neon on Nov. 13 and removed the original CEO Long from the studio's board of directors, Law360 reported. However, Long posted on the X platform that he still serves as the CEO. Neon executives allege that Ja_one is trying to take over its studio and is violating contractual commitments to new investors. （Decrypt） 此前10月消息，游戏开发工作室Neon Machine完成2000万美元A轮融资，Polychain Capital领投，Griffin Gaming Partners、Brevan Howard Digital、Franklin Templeton、IOSG Ventures、Tess Ventures参投。 Neon Machine will use the funding to further develop its shooter Shrapnel, with the game team planning to release an Early Access version in December of this year and a full release of the game in 2024. The Shrapnel team currently has a total of 70 employees.

The Neon testnet has allowed users to pay transaction fees with tokens such as SOL, USDC, and USDT instead of using the platform's native token, with the feature scheduled to go live on Neon EVM's development network in the coming weeks, with mainnet support expected to roll out in Q1 2024. （The Block）

Neon EVM, the Ethereum Virtual Machine that scales Ethereum applications on Solana, said it will announce on EthGlobal that its testnet supports multiple tokens as gas fee payments and will be live on mainnet by the end of this year, according to Golden Finance.

Neon EVM has announced an integration with deBridge's new Interoperability-as-a-Service IaaS solution, which provides complete cross-chain interoperability for the blockchain ecosystem, according to the team. Neon EVM, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) on Solana, is the first customer of deBridge to implement this solution for full interoperability with the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM).

Golden Finance reported that deBridge announced the launch of deBridge IaaS (Interoperability-as-a-Service) and said that it is the first service to achieve full cross-chain interoperability for the EVM and SVM blockchain ecosystems, and Neon Labs will be its first user. It is reported that deBridge IaaS is a turnkey solution for EVM and SVM blockchain ecosystems, while addressing all three pillars of interoperability, including authenticated messaging, cross-chain asset custody, and native high-performance value exchange.

According to the team, Neon EVM, the Ethereum Virtual Machine on Solana, announced plans to become the first EVM to support multi-token gas payments, and Andrey Falaleev, chief technology officer of Neon, said that users will be able to pay with supported tokens such as SPL, USDC and SOL, which will be launched by the end of this year.

Flourish Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging market fintech companies, has raised $350 million in new capital, bringing the four-year-old company's total assets under management to $850 million, Golden Finance reported. Flourish has supported 71 startups on five continents since its inception, and about half of the fund's funding has been deployed in the United States. Investments include digital bank Chime, which valued its last funding round at $25 billion; Brazil's neobank Neon, latest priced at $1.6 billion; Embedded finance startup Unit, last valued at $1.2 billion; and Flutterwave, an African payments infrastructure company, which last valued it at more than $3 billion.

Odaily Planet Daily News Solana EVM compatible network Neon announced the introduction of the "Early Contributor Program" (ECP), which will provide 1 million NEON token rewards to the community. The distribution of the program is divided into two parts, of which 500,000 NEON tokens will be distributed to all participating users through Zealy tasks; the other 500,000 NEON tokens will be airdropped to active members in Discord. Discord members who can get airdrops include: 15 people in the "Neon Veterans" group, each of whom can get 2,500 tokens; 40 people in the "Council" group, who can get 7,500 tokens each; 5 people in the "Active Community Members", Mainly select users who failed to participate in the public offering due to technical reasons, and each can get 2,500 tokens; "Other ungrouped active community members" can have up to 75 people, and each can get 1,000-7,500 tokens.