Citadel Securities, DTCC, and Intercontinental Exchange are backing LayerZero's new blockchain, Zero, designed to overcome the blockchain trilemma by enabling high-throughput and low-cost transactions. Zero aims to support institutional-scale trading, clearing, and settlement with claims of up to 2 million transactions per second and a fall 2026 launch targeting permissionless smart contracts, payments, and trading. The partnership includes strategic investments and advisory roles from ARK Invest and Google Cloud, focusing on scaling tokenized securities and AI-driven capital market innovations.

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