LayerZero’s Zero chain passes a regulated trading test @tradeon21x, the first EU venue licensed to trade and settle tokenized securities on a blockchain, spent a month running its order book on a private version of Zero, LayerZero’s new chain. The pilot traded US stock tokens, with each order matched and settled onchain in a single transaction. @LayerZero_Core ($ZRO) says the test reached 10,000 order matches per second, up to 45x faster than an unnamed layer 2 setup used as a baseline. 21X’s live exchange in Europe still runs on its existing systems, and it has not announced a move to Zero.

Layer 1 network @Aptos ($APT) burned 174,100 tokens in the past 30 days, taking the total since mainnet to about 1.9 million. Average fees remain about $0.0005 after a tenfold gas increase. Read more:

LayerZero wasn't playing around this week. @LayerZero_Core's $ZRO is one of few crypto majors to see price increases this week. The performance comes alongside some significant announcements - This includes @LoonFinance's decision to use LayerZero tech to power its @CADCstablecoin.

LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, its own Layer 1 for institutional finance, on February 10, 2026. Citadel Securities made a strategic investment in $ZRO, and @LayerZero_Core says Zero can handle up to 2 million TPS per Zone. Why LayerZero built Zero:

LayerZero research tackles a big quantum problem for blockchains Blockchains verify thousands of validator signatures by bundling them into a single proof, but today’s method could be broken by future quantum computers. Quantum-safe signatures exist, but bundling them quickly has been hard. Aerie, new research from @LayerZero_Core with @a16zcrypto, Carnegie Mellon, and Imperial College London, bundled about 32,000 quantum-safe signatures in 0.65 seconds on a MacBook Pro. So far it has only been tested in benchmarks, not used on any live blockchain.

LayerZero (@LayerZero_Core) is Building Zero For Institutional Finance Zero uses zero knowledge proofs to separate transaction execution from verification. Citadel Securities, DTCC, ICE, Google Cloud, ARK Invest, and Tether back the project. Read the full breakdown below: