Morning Minute: Layer Zero Debuts Most Impressive Blockchain Tech Upgrade in Years
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Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall 2-3% ahead of jobs report; BTC at $67,300 Layer Zero announces Zero chain with major backing and partnerships SBF requests new trial after firing attorney, claims new evidence Robinhood crypto revenue slows, prediction market growth 4x’s Polymarket announces attention marketes powered by Kaito AI 🖥️ LayerZero Drops a New Blockchain—and Wall Street Showed Up The most important blockchain tech of the decade may have just arrived. And the biggest players in finance are taking note. 📌 What Happened Yesterday, LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, a new L1 blockchain targeting 2 million transactions per second (TPS) per Zone. For perspective, that TPS target is roughly 100,000x Ethereum and 500x Solana. It launches fall 2026 with three initial zones: a general-purpose EVM environment, a privacy-focused payments system, and a purpose-built trading venue. And it’s got some serious backing and partners lined up: Citadel Securities bought ZRO tokens directly and is collaborating on trading, clearing, and settlement workflows ARK Invest took equity + tokens and Cathie Wood joins the advisory board DTCC will explore Zero for its tokenization service and collateral management ICE (NYSE’s parent) is examining Zero for 24/7 trading and tokenized collateral Google Cloud partnered to explore AI agent micropayments on-chain Tether announced a separate strategic investment the same day, backing the LayerZero infrastructure powering USDt0 ($70B+ in cross-chain transfers in under a year) But it’s the architecture that makes Zero different from the last dozen “institutional blockchain” projects. Every blockchain today is homogeneous, which means every validator downloads, processes, and verifies every transaction. It’s like running a company where every employee does every job.…
Filed under: News - @ February 11, 2026 3:34 pm