ZK Industry News: May 29th to June 4th, 2025
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We're bringing you industry highlights each week so you can stay aligned with the latest developments in ZK.
Here's what happened from May 29th to 4th, 2025.
The Ethereum Foundation introduced Protocol, a new structure for its R&D teams
The initiative focuses on three strategic goals: scaling the L1, scaling the blobs, and improving UX.
Announcing Protocolhttps://t.co/LMANvhQ0X3
— Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn) June 2, 2025
We shared our first demo of a full Ethrex <> Aligned integration
This work was made possible thanks to the collaboration with LambdaClass and is an important step for Aligned’s Rollup as a Service product.
We have been collaborating with @class_lambda for an Ethrex <> Aligned integration.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) May 30, 2025
Today we are excited to share our first demo of a full integration. This is an important step for Aligned's Rollup as a Service product.
In this video, you can see a local L1 environment with… pic.twitter.com/HAA38IbFos
Two bugs were discovered in Plonky3's FRI verifier
Plonky3 is a proof system library used in many projects within the ZK industry. This type of research work is essential for strengthening the security of the entire ecosystem.
Two bugs were discovered in Plonky3's FRI verifier, thanks to @zlangley and @AngusGruen.https://t.co/QhHSuD9Wvu
— Daniel Lubarov (@dlubarov) June 3, 2025
ZKsync released Airbender, a new RISC-V zkVM
Formerly known as Boojum 2.0, Airbender is now open source.
new zkVM release: Airbender
— Ethproofs (@eth_proofs) June 2, 2025
→ built by ZKsync
→ open source (Apache 2.0, MIT)
→ RISC-V ISA
→ previously known as "Boojum 2.0"https://t.co/0zQUOY2zQd
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