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          <title>Lambda&#x27;s Ethereum Stack: ethrex, ethlambda, lambdaworks</title>
          <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lambda-ethereum-stack-2026/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lambda-ethereum-stack-2026/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lambda-ethereum-stack-2026/">&lt;p&gt;Three milestones in Lambda’s Ethereum work over the past months: ethrex passed its first year and joined a core developer interop, ethlambda was introduced as a Lean Consensus client, and lambdaworks published its 2026 roadmap.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;ethrex&quot;&gt;ethrex&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ethrex began as a three-person exploratory project and now has a forty-person team.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; It functions as both a full L1 execution client and an L2 ZK-rollup client, allowing a single command to deploy an EVM-equivalent based rollup. ethrex was the first stack to incorporate based rollups from day one and was admitted to Ethereum’s Hive testing suite.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; In early 2026, ethrex participated in the Soldøgn Interop above the Arctic Circle alongside other client teams working on the Glamsterdam upgrade.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;ethlambda&quot;&gt;ethlambda&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On January 20, 2026, Lambda introduced ethlambda, a Rust consensus client for Ethereum’s Lean Consensus track.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Lean Consensus targets three-slot finality, post-quantum hash-based signatures, lower staking minimums (1 ETH), SNARKified state transitions, and Gossipsub v2.0 networking with four-second slots. ethlambda is under five thousand lines of code and runs full devnet-1 consensus. The post-quantum devnet sequence ran through pq-devnet-0 in September 2025, pq-devnet-1 with leanSig in November 2025, and pq-devnet-2 with full signature aggregation targeted for January 2026.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; By April 2026, the team reported a threefold speedup in the signature aggregation work that the leanConsensus devnet depends on.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-5-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-5&quot;&gt;4&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;lambdaworks&quot;&gt;lambdaworks&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On February 3, 2026, lambdaworks published its 2026 roadmap.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-4-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-4&quot;&gt;5&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Priorities include completion of STARK with logUp&#x2F;FRI, Plonk with lookup tables, Circle STARKs, GKR logUp, GPU acceleration across CUDA, Metal, and WebGPU, the KoalaBear field, and post-quantum signatures including Lean Ethereum’s XMSS. The roadmap frames lambdaworks around two operational regimes for Lean Ethereum: Fort Mode for nation-state-grade resilience, and Beast Mode for one gigagas per second on L1 and one teragas per second on L2.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-4-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-4&quot;&gt;5&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;celebrating-a-year-of-ethrex&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;celebrating-a-year-of-ethrex&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;a-week-above-the-arctic-circle-ethrex-at-soldogn-interop&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;a-week-above-the-arctic-circle-ethrex-at-soldogn-interop&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-3&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;introducing-ethlambda-a-lean-consensus-client-for-ethereums-next-era&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;introducing-ethlambda-a-lean-consensus-client-for-ethereums-next-era&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-5&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;ethlambda-how-we-got-a-3x-speedup-in-signature-aggregation&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;ethlambda-how-we-got-a-3x-speedup-in-signature-aggregation&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-5-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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&lt;li id=&quot;fn-4&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;updated-roadmap-and-priorities-for-lambdaworks-for-2026&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;updated-roadmap-and-priorities-for-lambdaworks-for-2026&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-4-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-4-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Electro Andes Season One Premieres</title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/bellolandia-electro-andes-season-one/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/bellolandia-electro-andes-season-one/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/bellolandia-electro-andes-season-one/">&lt;p&gt;The first season of Electro Andes, Bellolandia’s animated series fusing Andean mythology and cyberpunk, premiered in April 2026.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The season runs twelve episodes.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;distribution&quot;&gt;Distribution&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Electro Andes streams globally on Crunchyroll, in the United States on Max under the Adult Swim label, and free in Argentina through Cont.ar, the public broadcasting platform.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The original audio is Spanish in Rioplatense accent.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;what-follows&quot;&gt;What follows&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A luxury Blu-ray edition with the Bellolandia Artbook, covering the production of Andean landscapes and unreleased material, is scheduled for December 2026.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The pilot is also slated to screen at MIFA, the industry program of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, on June 26, 2026, during Bellolandia’s Studio Focus.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zdibu.net&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;electro-andes-el-futuro-de-la-animacion-argentina&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zdibu.net&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;electro-andes-el-futuro-de-la-animacion-argentina&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catsuka.com&#x2F;breves&#x2F;2026-04-30&#x2F;electro-andes-2e-sneak-peek-de-la-serie-plus-conference-pro-de-bellolandia-a-annecy&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catsuka.com&#x2F;breves&#x2F;2026-04-30&#x2F;electro-andes-2e-sneak-peek-de-la-serie-plus-conference-pro-de-bellolandia-a-annecy&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Fruto Cafe Holds Sixth Place on the South America Ranking</title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fruto-cafe-2026-south-america-ranking/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fruto-cafe-2026-south-america-ranking/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fruto-cafe-2026-south-america-ranking/">&lt;p&gt;The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops South America ranking places Fruto Cafe at number six.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Fruto is the highest-ranked Argentine coffee shop on the list, ahead of ten other Argentine entries that also feature in the ranking.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;argentine-entries&quot;&gt;Argentine entries&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 2026 South America list includes eleven Argentine coffee shops. Fruto leads at #6, followed by Café de Barrio (#22), Tres (#40), Cuervo Café (#42), Negro Cueva de Café (#45), Surry Hills Coffee Palermo (#47), Rita Specialty Coffee Armenia (#87), Kajue Café (#94), Ninina (#96), Barista Coffee House (#98), and Calu’s (#100).&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;profile&quot;&gt;Profile&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ranking profile describes Fruto as a Buenos Aires cafe founded in 2020, with its own pastry production and an expansion in 2025 through Fruto Cabrera.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com&#x2F;top-100-coffee-shops-south&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com&#x2F;top-100-coffee-shops-south&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com&#x2F;locales-south&#x2F;fruto-cafe&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com&#x2F;locales-south&#x2F;fruto-cafe&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>LCB Game Studio Releases Crossedout Cauldron Prototype</title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lcb-game-studio-crossedout-cauldron-prototype/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lcb-game-studio-crossedout-cauldron-prototype/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lcb-game-studio-crossedout-cauldron-prototype/">&lt;p&gt;LCB Game Studio released Crossedout Cauldron on itch.io in April 2026.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-prototype&quot;&gt;The prototype&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Crossedout Cauldron is a one-week game jam prototype built around a single mechanic: crossing out words in a recipe to change what the cauldron produces. The release includes six secret potions and runs in the browser as an HTML5 game.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LCB notes that the prototype could grow into a fuller game with shop management, journaling, farming, and longer stories shaped by townspeople and the player’s experiments.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;continuity&quot;&gt;Continuity&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The release sits beside the Pixel Pulps line rather than within it. The shared thread is text as a game material: reading, choosing, editing, and discovering consequences.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lcbgamestudio.itch.io&#x2F;crossedout-cauldron&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lcbgamestudio.itch.io&#x2F;crossedout-cauldron&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Ōtoro Wins the Sushi World Cup 2026</title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/otoro-sushi-world-cup-2026/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/otoro-sushi-world-cup-2026/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/otoro-sushi-world-cup-2026/">&lt;p&gt;On April 6, 2026, Ōtoro won the Sushi World Cup at the Salón Ocre of La Rural in Buenos Aires.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The competition, organized by Hanami &amp;amp; Co and Jump Agencia, was the first edition of the event.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-competition&quot;&gt;The competition&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Twenty-seven teams from Argentina and across Latin America competed across multiple categories. Around ten thousand attendees passed through the venue. More than fifty thousand pieces of sushi were produced live during the day.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-restaurant&quot;&gt;The restaurant&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ōtoro is a fourteen-seat counter at José Hernández 2730 in Belgrano, run by chef Facundo Santander. Canal 26 describes it as a small bar without reservations, with direct service, sushi prepared in real time, and a menu shaped by daily market availability.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-4-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-4&quot;&gt;4&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lanacion.com.ar&#x2F;sabado&#x2F;todos-los-ganadores-del-campeonato-mundial-de-sushi-nid06042026&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lanacion.com.ar&#x2F;sabado&#x2F;todos-los-ganadores-del-campeonato-mundial-de-sushi-nid06042026&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;elplanetaurbano.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;04&#x2F;sushi-world-cup-2026-buenos-aires-corono-a-otoro-tras-una-jornada-record-con-50-000-piezas-de-sushi&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;elplanetaurbano.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;04&#x2F;sushi-world-cup-2026-buenos-aires-corono-a-otoro-tras-una-jornada-record-con-50-000-piezas-de-sushi&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-3&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vinetur.com&#x2F;2026040798546&#x2F;buenos-aires-se-consagra-como-capital-del-sushi-cronica-de-una-sushi-world-cup-historica.html&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vinetur.com&#x2F;2026040798546&#x2F;buenos-aires-se-consagra-como-capital-del-sushi-cronica-de-una-sushi-world-cup-historica.html&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-4&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.canal26.com&#x2F;turismo&#x2F;2026&#x2F;04&#x2F;06&#x2F;otoro-el-restaurante-de-belgrano-que-se-consagro-campeon-de-la-sushi-world-cup-2026-precios-dias-y-horarios&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.canal26.com&#x2F;turismo&#x2F;2026&#x2F;04&#x2F;06&#x2F;otoro-el-restaurante-de-belgrano-que-se-consagro-campeon-de-la-sushi-world-cup-2026-precios-dias-y-horarios&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-4-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Burgschneider Brings the Brandywine Festival to the United Kingdom</title>
          <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/burgschneider-brandywine-festival-uk-weston-park/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/burgschneider-brandywine-festival-uk-weston-park/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/burgschneider-brandywine-festival-uk-weston-park/">&lt;p&gt;On March 26, 2026, Burgschneider announced that the Brandywine Festival will hold its UK debut at Weston Park in September 2026.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-festival&quot;&gt;The festival&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Brandywine is a five-day, four-night live-action roleplaying event set in the Shire under Burgschneider’s official Middle-earth Enterprises license. Guests inhabit Hobbit life across costume, food, music, and craft.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The UK expansion follows the first annual Brandywine Festival, which Burgschneider says ran in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in October 2025.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-location&quot;&gt;The location&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Weston Park is a working estate with rolling parkland, formal gardens, and historic buildings. Birmingham is the city of J.R.R. Tolkien’s childhood; the West Midlands countryside surrounding it is among the landscapes that shaped the Shire.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-4&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Burgschneider’s CEO, Markus Böhm: “We are incredibly honored to bring The Brandywine Festival back to the land where the story took flight.”&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-5&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;burgschneider.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;middle-earth&#x2F;bringing-the-shire-home-burgschneider-announces-the-brandywine-festival-s-uk-debut-at-weston-park-in-2026&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;burgschneider.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;middle-earth&#x2F;bringing-the-shire-home-burgschneider-announces-the-brandywine-festival-s-uk-debut-at-weston-park-in-2026&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-4&quot;&gt;↩4&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-5&quot;&gt;↩5&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ol&gt;
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</description>
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      <item>
          <title>Aligned Introduces Wallet-as-a-Service</title>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-wallet-as-a-service/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-wallet-as-a-service/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-wallet-as-a-service/">&lt;p&gt;Aligned introduced Wallet-as-a-Service, a smart-contract wallet product built for applications that need to onboard large numbers of non-crypto-native users.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The product uses ERC-4337 account abstraction, Google sign-in, device passkeys through WebAuthn, and a paymaster that can sponsor gas. The design goal is that users do not need to manage a seed phrase, install a browser extension, or hold a native token before interacting with an application.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-user-layer&quot;&gt;The user layer&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aligned started with ZK proof verification and has expanded into a vertically integrated Ethereum stack: proof aggregation, rollups, interoperability, and wallets. Wallet-as-a-Service is the part closest to the user.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That matters for institutional and public-sector applications. A citizen accessing a government credential, an employee using an enterprise treasury tool, or a retail customer making a first on-chain payment cannot be expected to understand private keys and gas management.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;full-stack&quot;&gt;Full stack&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The wallet is designed to work with Aligned’s EVM-compatible rollup offering. Aligned frames the stack as one provider for chain infrastructure, proofs, and wallets, reducing the need to stitch together multiple vendors.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aligned’s own framing is direct: the wallet is how the stack becomes usable by people who may never know they are using Ethereum.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.alignedlayer.com&#x2F;introducing-aligneds-wallet-as-a-service&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.alignedlayer.com&#x2F;introducing-aligneds-wallet-as-a-service&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ol&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;section&gt;
</description>
      </item>
      <item>
          <title>Sovra and POK Partner on Digital Trust for Education Credentials</title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sovra-pok-digital-trust-education-credentials/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sovra-pok-digital-trust-education-credentials/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sovra-pok-digital-trust-education-credentials/">&lt;p&gt;POK and Sovra announced a strategic alliance to connect educational credentials and digital identity within shared trust infrastructure.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;scope&quot;&gt;Scope&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;POK issues verifiable digital educational credentials and microcredentials for universities, educational institutions, and training programs. Sovra provides decentralized digital identity infrastructure for governments, public institutions, and institutional ecosystems.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The integration runs in both directions. In Sovra deployments, POK’s education credential products are offered to universities and training institutions. In POK’s institutional rollouts, Sovra provides digital identity and verification infrastructure for public-sector use cases.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pok.tech&#x2F;blog&#x2F;posts&#x2F;pok-sovra-strategic-alliance-digital-trust-infrastructure&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pok.tech&#x2F;blog&#x2F;posts&#x2F;pok-sovra-strategic-alliance-digital-trust-infrastructure&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ol&gt;
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</description>
      </item>
      <item>
          <title>FuzzingLabs Named FIC 2026 Bronze Partner</title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fuzzinglabs-fic-2026-bronze-partnership/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fuzzinglabs-fic-2026-bronze-partnership/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fuzzinglabs-fic-2026-bronze-partnership/">&lt;p&gt;FuzzingLabs announced that it would participate in Forum InCyber 2026 in Lille as a Bronze Partner, presenting FuzzForge to the European cybersecurity community.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The company was listed in the Cybersecurity for Industry village at stand E1-11-F.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;fuzzforge-in-the-open&quot;&gt;FuzzForge in the open&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The FuzzForge codebase is published under an open-source license.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The v0.8.0 release replaced the previous module system with the MCP Hub architecture, connecting AI agents to containerized security tools discovered and orchestrated at runtime.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;funding&quot;&gt;Funding&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FuzzingLabs raised one million euros in pre-seed financing during 2025 to accelerate FuzzForge development.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The company continues to ship audits and security research alongside the product.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;company&#x2F;fuzzinglabs&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;company&#x2F;fuzzinglabs&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;FuzzingLabs&#x2F;secpipe&#x2F;releases&#x2F;tag&#x2F;v0.8.0&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;FuzzingLabs&#x2F;secpipe&#x2F;releases&#x2F;tag&#x2F;v0.8.0&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-3&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;patrick-ventuzelo_weve-just-raised-1m-in-pre-seed-funding-activity-7389685284315226112-kIZj&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;patrick-ventuzelo_weve-just-raised-1m-in-pre-seed-funding-activity-7389685284315226112-kIZj&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
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      <item>
          <title>3MI Labs and Fireblocks Present Threshold Schnorr Work at NIST</title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/3mi-labs-fireblocks-nist-threshold-schnorr/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/3mi-labs-fireblocks-nist-threshold-schnorr/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/3mi-labs-fireblocks-nist-threshold-schnorr/">&lt;p&gt;3MI Labs appeared in the NIST Computer Security Resource Center program for MPTS 2026, the Workshop on Multi-Party Threshold Schemes.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-presentation&quot;&gt;The presentation&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The talk, “Fireblocks-3MI Plan for NIST Threshold Schnorr&#x2F;EdDSA,” previewed a planned submission to the NIST Threshold Call. The team described an intended distributed Schnorr signing protocol based on the folklore three-round construction, extended to cover EdDSA.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;authors&quot;&gt;Authors&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NIST lists the work as joint between Fireblocks and 3MI Labs, authored by Michael Adjedj, Tomer Ashur, Amit Singh Bhati, Geoffroy Couteau, Cyprien Delpech de Saint Guilhem, Michael Gutkin, and Nikos Makriyannis.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;csrc.nist.gov&#x2F;presentations&#x2F;2026&#x2F;mpts2026-1a3&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;csrc.nist.gov&#x2F;presentations&#x2F;2026&#x2F;mpts2026-1a3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
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      <item>
          <title>Aligned Releases Proof Aggregation Service Mainnet Alpha</title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-proof-aggregation-service-mainnet-alpha/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-proof-aggregation-service-mainnet-alpha/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-proof-aggregation-service-mainnet-alpha/">&lt;p&gt;On January 23, 2026, Aligned released the mainnet alpha of its Proof Aggregation Service.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The service batches zero-knowledge proofs into a single recursive proof verified on Ethereum, distributing verification cost across the batch.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mechanics&quot;&gt;Mechanics&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Proofs from individual users are grouped into chunks and recursively combined into a final aggregated proof. Verification on Ethereum costs approximately 300,000 gas per aggregated proof, with the cost amortized across the batch. Proof commitments are stored as blob data for an 18-day retention window. The initial release supports SP1; additional proof systems are planned.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;ethrex-integration&quot;&gt;Ethrex integration&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Proof Aggregation Service is integrated with Ethrex, Lambda’s Rust execution and ZK-rollup client, enabling based ZK-rollup deployments to settle aggregated proofs through the AlignedProofAggregationService contract.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The service complements the Proof Verification Layer that has been live on Ethereum mainnet since December 2024.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;pricing&quot;&gt;Pricing&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Access is metered through a prepaid subscription: clients deposit ETH and receive a daily proof quota.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-4&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.alignedlayer.com&#x2F;proof-aggregation-service-mainnet-alpha&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.alignedlayer.com&#x2F;proof-aggregation-service-mainnet-alpha&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-4&quot;&gt;↩4&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
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      <item>
          <title>FuzzingLabs Launches FuzzForge</title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fuzzinglabs-fuzzforge-ai-security/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fuzzinglabs-fuzzforge-ai-security/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fuzzinglabs-fuzzforge-ai-security/">&lt;p&gt;FuzzingLabs has launched FuzzForge, an AI agent-powered platform for automated security research.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Where traditional fuzzing generates random inputs and monitors for crashes, FuzzForge uses autonomous agents that reason about code structure, track coverage, and adapt strategies during execution.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;method&quot;&gt;Method&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Classical fuzzing is effective but blind. It has no understanding of what the code does or which inputs are likely to expose vulnerabilities. FuzzForge puts AI agents in the loop. Each agent reads source code, analyzes execution traces, formulates hypotheses about where bugs may exist, and generates targeted inputs to test them.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;application&quot;&gt;Application&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Smart contracts manage substantial assets with no reversal mechanism. The attack surface is broad: EVM bytecode, Cairo contracts, Solana programs, Move modules, each with distinct edge cases.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FuzzingLabs has spent years building fuzzing tools for these environments. Their Cairo fuzzer, Starknet analysis tools, and blockchain-specific harnesses represent accumulated knowledge about where these systems fail. FuzzForge makes this autonomous—running continuously across every commit, surfacing findings for human review.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fuzzforge.ai&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fuzzforge.ai&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fuzzinglabs.com&#x2F;build-fuzzforge-rethinking-security-automation&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fuzzinglabs.com&#x2F;build-fuzzforge-rethinking-security-automation&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ol&gt;
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</description>
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      <item>
          <title>Cresium Launches Cuenta Empresa with Banco Mariva</title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/cresium-cuenta-empresa-banco-mariva/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/cresium-cuenta-empresa-banco-mariva/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/cresium-cuenta-empresa-banco-mariva/">&lt;p&gt;Cresium has launched Cuenta Empresa, a business account built with Banco Mariva.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; It is the first Argentine fintech offering a CBU bank account in pesos and dollars combined with full eCheq operations.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mechanics&quot;&gt;Mechanics&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The account supports issuance, endorsement, deposit, rejection, repudiation, and cancellation of eCheqs. Onboarding is fully digital and completes in under 24 hours. Automated collections reconciliation and programmed payments run on top of the account, with ERP integration for clients that need it.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;scale&quot;&gt;Scale&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At launch: more than 400 active clients, year-over-year growth of 1,831%, one transfer processed every 30 seconds.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-4&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Stated 2026 targets are 3,000 Argentine SMEs and regional expansion to Chile, Peru, and Colombia.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-5&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infobae.com&#x2F;economia&#x2F;2025&#x2F;12&#x2F;10&#x2F;cresium-lanzo-cuenta-empresa-la-primera-solucion-fintech-para-pymes-con-cbu-bancario-y-echeqs-en-dolares-y-en-pesos&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infobae.com&#x2F;economia&#x2F;2025&#x2F;12&#x2F;10&#x2F;cresium-lanzo-cuenta-empresa-la-primera-solucion-fintech-para-pymes-con-cbu-bancario-y-echeqs-en-dolares-y-en-pesos&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-4&quot;&gt;↩4&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-5&quot;&gt;↩5&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Devconnect Argentina: The Next Ten Years of Ethereum</title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/devconnect-argentina-next-10-years-ethereum/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/devconnect-argentina-next-10-years-ethereum/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/devconnect-argentina-next-10-years-ethereum/">&lt;p&gt;On November 17, 2025, Federico Carrone delivered a talk at EthDay, the opening event of Devconnect Argentina at La Rural in Buenos Aires.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; He spoke alongside Vitalik Buterin, Danny Ryan, and Jesse Pollak.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The argument: Ethereum is not a world computer. It is a verifiable computer—a system where every computation can be proved and every claim checked without re-executing the work.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;verifiable-not-fast&quot;&gt;Verifiable, not fast&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The world computer framing invited the wrong comparisons, as though Ethereum were competing with AWS on throughput. The verifiable computer distinction is more precise. Ethereum is not optimizing for speed. It is the only computer where you do not need to trust the operator.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;performance&quot;&gt;Performance&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrone argued for increasing the gas limit by 100x, targeting 1 Gigagas. With work from Nethermind, Reth, and LambdaClass’s Ethrex client, he considers 300-400 Megagas achievable on adequate hardware.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Layer 2s, the assessment was direct: most implementations are not working. The path forward requires simpler rollup operations and decentralized sequencers that remove dependency on centralized cloud infrastructure.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;post-quantum-preparation&quot;&gt;Post-quantum preparation&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LambdaClass is building ethlambda, a Lean consensus client designed for cryptographic resilience against quantum computing. Work that pays no dividend today but prevents structural failure later.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;tone&quot;&gt;Tone&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The cultural message was plain. Carrone cited Andy Grove—“Only the paranoid survive”—and warned against complacency. The Ethereum ecosystem has succeeded enough to become comfortable.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The full talk is &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=2E-0DF0tFbc&quot;&gt;available on YouTube&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;devconnect.org&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;devconnect.org&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.ethereum.org&#x2F;2025&#x2F;03&#x2F;05&#x2F;devconnect-2025&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.ethereum.org&#x2F;2025&#x2F;03&#x2F;05&#x2F;devconnect-2025&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
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          <title>Federico Carrone Receives Senate Honor Mention for Scientific Merit</title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/federico-carrone-senate-scientific-merit/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/federico-carrone-senate-scientific-merit/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/federico-carrone-senate-scientific-merit/">&lt;p&gt;On November 12, 2025, Argentina’s Senate awarded Federico Carrone the Mención de Honor al Valor Científico, the chamber’s annual distinction for scientific and technical contribution.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The ceremony was held in the Salón Azul of the National Congress.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-award&quot;&gt;The award&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Mención de Honor al Valor Científico is granted by the Senate’s Comisión de Ciencia y Tecnología. The 2025 ceremony was led by Senator Silvina García Larraburu and Senator Víctor Zimmermann, president and vice president of the commission, and the recipient list includes INVAP, the Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, research institutions, schools, foundations, and individual researchers.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;citation&quot;&gt;Citation&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Senate’s citation describes Carrone’s work as distinguished by “combining science, engineering, cybersecurity, education, and community” and by turning frontier research into concrete solutions that strengthen national development.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.senado.gob.ar&#x2F;micrositios&#x2F;nota&#x2F;23423&#x2F;noticias&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.senado.gob.ar&#x2F;micrositios&#x2F;nota&#x2F;23423&#x2F;noticias&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Lambda Forge Ships the First Hour of Kenzu</title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/kenzu-building-games-in-public/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/kenzu-building-games-in-public/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/kenzu-building-games-in-public/">&lt;p&gt;In November 2025, Lambda Forge released the first playable hour of Kenzu: Shadow and Light, a hand-drawn metroidvania.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The game is free to play in the browser. The team publishes devlogs twice weekly on itch.io.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The game features a boss-heavy campaign, hand-drawn visuals, and a world drawing from Japanese and Latin American aesthetic traditions. It was shown at the Devconnect Demoday in Buenos Aires.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;development-in-the-open&quot;&gt;Development in the open&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lambda Forge publishes each step: new bosses, biome design, narrative scenarios, animation work, mechanical adjustments. This is unusual in game development, where studios typically work in secrecy until a polished trailer is ready.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The approach has trade-offs. Early builds expose rough edges. But players who follow the devlogs invest in the development and become the game’s most committed audience.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;current-state&quot;&gt;Current state&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The initial release covers the first biome and several boss encounters. Combat emphasizes pattern recognition and timing. A second biome is in active development.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lambdaforge.itch.io&#x2F;kenzu&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lambdaforge.itch.io&#x2F;kenzu&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lambdaforge.itch.io&#x2F;kenzu&#x2F;devlog&#x2F;1112101&#x2F;devlog-1-first-hour-released&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lambdaforge.itch.io&#x2F;kenzu&#x2F;devlog&#x2F;1112101&#x2F;devlog-1-first-hour-released&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-3&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lambdaforge.itch.io&#x2F;kenzu&#x2F;devlog&#x2F;1117649&#x2F;devlog-3-devconnect-demoday&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lambdaforge.itch.io&#x2F;kenzu&#x2F;devlog&#x2F;1117649&#x2F;devlog-3-devconnect-demoday&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
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&lt;&#x2F;section&gt;
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          <title>Cresium Wins Endeavor and Banco Nacion Innovation Award</title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/cresium-endeavor-innovation-award/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/cresium-endeavor-innovation-award/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/cresium-endeavor-innovation-award/">&lt;p&gt;Cresium has received the Premio a la Innovacion con Impacto 2025, a joint initiative by Fundacion Banco Nacion and Endeavor Argentina.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; It was selected from 436 projects.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;operations&quot;&gt;Operations&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Argentine SMEs operate in a financial environment where routine business operations remain unnecessarily difficult: reconciling collections, scheduling payments, managing multi-user bank access, invoicing in a high-inflation economy.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cresium automates these. AI-powered collections reconciliation matches incoming payments to invoices. Programmed payments execute on schedule. Multi-user access allows teams to operate a shared treasury without sharing credentials. Yield-generating accounts put idle cash to work.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Later that year, Cresium planned to launch Cuenta Empresa with Banco Mariva—the first fintech in Argentina to offer a bank account with CBU in both pesos and dollars combined with full eCheq operations.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;growth&quot;&gt;Growth&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1,831% year-over-year growth. More than 400 active clients processing one transfer every 30 seconds.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Expansion into Chile, Peru, and Colombia is planned for 2026.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.endeavor.org.ar&#x2F;blog-article-novedades-premio-innovacion-impacto-fundacion-banco-nacion&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.endeavor.org.ar&#x2F;blog-article-novedades-premio-innovacion-impacto-fundacion-banco-nacion&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cresium.com&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cresium.com&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
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          <title>Lemon Closes USD 20 Million Series B</title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lemon-series-b-twenty-million/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lemon-series-b-twenty-million/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lemon-series-b-twenty-million/">&lt;p&gt;Lemon raised USD 20 million in Series B financing on October 8, 2025, led by F-Prime and ParaFi, with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, Van Eck, Persea VC, Alumni Ventures, Lambda Class, and Stani Kulechov.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;use-of-proceeds&quot;&gt;Use of proceeds&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The capital funds expansion into Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Chile, with a target of 10 million users within twelve months.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Lemon and Lambda Class are behind Sur, the on-chain local-currency infrastructure for Latin America.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;statement&quot;&gt;Statement&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Federico Carrone, founder of Lambda, said: “I’ve seen many fintechs try to simplify finance, but very few manage to earn people’s trust at scale. Lemon Cash is doing both.”&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lemon.me&#x2F;en&#x2F;blog&#x2F;serie-b-20-m&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lemon.me&#x2F;en&#x2F;blog&#x2F;serie-b-20-m&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sur.money&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sur.money&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ol&gt;
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          <title>Pol Finance, LambdaClass, and Levenue Release Loom Finance Whitepaper</title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/loom-finance-whitepaper-real-world-cash-flows/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/loom-finance-whitepaper-real-world-cash-flows/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/loom-finance-whitepaper-real-world-cash-flows/">&lt;p&gt;Pol Finance, LambdaClass, and Levenue released the Loom Finance whitepaper in the first week of September 2025.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-protocol&quot;&gt;The protocol&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aligned’s weekly ZK industry update describes Loom Finance as a protocol for tokenizing predictable real-world cash flows. It runs as an Ethrex L2 deployed through Aligned’s Rollup-as-a-Service platform, aimed at extending access to non-dilutive capital for operating businesses and providing yield-bearing assets to investors.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-contributors&quot;&gt;The contributors&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Levenue contributes recurring-revenue financing experience. Pol Finance contributes investment infrastructure for emerging-market allocators. LambdaClass contributes execution and rollup engineering through Ethrex. Aligned contributes verification and rollup infrastructure.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.alignedlayer.com&#x2F;zk-industry-news-august-28th-to-september-3rd-2025&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.alignedlayer.com&#x2F;zk-industry-news-august-28th-to-september-3rd-2025&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Aligned and Sovra Partner on Digital Trust Infrastructure for Latin America</title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-sovra-digital-trust-latam/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-sovra-digital-trust-latam/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/aligned-sovra-digital-trust-latam/">&lt;p&gt;Aligned and Sovra announced a partnership covering rollup infrastructure, ZK verification, and account abstraction tooling for Sovra’s Digital Identity Stack.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;scope&quot;&gt;Scope&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The partnership integrates the Ethrex ZK rollup stack with Aligned’s verification layer through a Rollup-as-a-Service offering. Aligned says its upcoming Wallet-as-a-Service will power SovraWallet with scalable deployment and account abstraction, while its meta-proving service and interoperability protocol are intended to reduce costs for SovraChain and support cross-chain integrations.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;deployments&quot;&gt;Deployments&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sovra’s identity infrastructure is operational in Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia, providing more than 8 million citizens with on-chain credentials and access to digital public services.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Aligned reports that more than 700,000 residents of Buenos Aires use the QuarkID protocol to store and present data from official government documents.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-4&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.alignedlayer.com&#x2F;aligned-sovra-partner-to-power-digital-trust-in-latin-america&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.alignedlayer.com&#x2F;aligned-sovra-partner-to-power-digital-trust-in-latin-america&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-4&quot;&gt;↩4&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>LCB Game Studio Wins Best Game Latin America at gamescom latam</title>
          <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lcb-game-studio-grizzly-man-gamescom/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lcb-game-studio-grizzly-man-gamescom/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lcb-game-studio-grizzly-man-gamescom/">&lt;p&gt;At gamescom latam BIG Festival in São Paulo on April 30, 2025, LCB Game Studio’s Grizzly Man won Best Game: Latin America.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The award was judged by a 49-member panel at an event drawing over 131,000 visitors.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grizzly Man is the first entry in the Pixel Pulps Direct-To-Video collection and the first title self-published by LCB. It launched on Steam in December 2024.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;pixel-pulps&quot;&gt;Pixel Pulps&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pixel Pulps are short narrative games drawn from pulp fiction aesthetics: exploitation cinema, horror paperbacks, conspiracy thrillers. Each is a contained experience, playable in a few hours, with pixel art and branching narratives.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grizzly Man combines slasher storytelling with MKUltra conspiracy. Previous titles—Mothmen 1966, Varney Lake, Bahnsen Knights—were published by external studios. With Grizzly Man, LCB handled publishing directly.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;self-publishing&quot;&gt;Self-publishing&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Moving to self-publishing means the studio controls the full lifecycle: marketing, pricing, launch timing, community. The economics flow directly to the creators. The studio builds its own relationship with players rather than relying on a publisher’s audience.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grizzly Man is the first of a new trilogy, the Direct-To-Video collection, which includes Dark Side Sewers and Possession Junkies.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;latam.gamescom.global&#x2F;en&#x2F;gamescom-latam-big-festival-sponsored-by-banco-do-brasil-announces-the-winners-of-latin-americas-biggest-video-game-awards&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;latam.gamescom.global&#x2F;en&#x2F;gamescom-latam-big-festival-sponsored-by-banco-do-brasil-announces-the-winners-of-latin-americas-biggest-video-game-awards&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;latam.gamescom.global&#x2F;en&#x2F;with-over-130000-visitors-in-2025-gamescom-latam-announces-dates-for-its-next-edition&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;latam.gamescom.global&#x2F;en&#x2F;with-over-130000-visitors-in-2025-gamescom-latam-announces-dates-for-its-next-edition&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>LambdaClass and Nous Research: Distributed Systems for Decentralized AI</title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lambdaclass-nous-research-decentralized-ai/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lambdaclass-nous-research-decentralized-ai/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/lambdaclass-nous-research-decentralized-ai/">&lt;p&gt;Nous Research, an open-source AI lab focused on decentralized training, has raised $65 million in a round led by Paradigm.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; LambdaClass is collaborating with Nous on the distributed systems infrastructure underlying decentralized AI training.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-problem&quot;&gt;The problem&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Training a frontier AI model requires tens of thousands of GPUs concentrated in a few data centers controlled by a few companies. Decentralized training distributes this computation across many participants. Instead of one organization owning a massive cluster, a network of contributors provides compute and is compensated for participation.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The demand for AI compute is growing faster than any single organization can build capacity. Distributed training is one way the field scales past the current constraint.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;what-lambdaclass-contributes&quot;&gt;What LambdaClass contributes&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Decentralized training is a distributed systems problem: consensus on model state, efficient communication between nodes with varying bandwidth, detection of faulty participants, coordination protocols that work at scale.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LambdaClass has been solving these problems in the blockchain context for years—Ethereum execution clients, consensus implementations, zero-knowledge proof systems. The collaboration with Nous applies this expertise to a different domain. The underlying engineering challenges are similar: reliable distributed computation with economic incentives.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.finsmes.com&#x2F;2025&#x2F;04&#x2F;nous-research-raises-65m-in-funding.html&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.finsmes.com&#x2F;2025&#x2F;04&#x2F;nous-research-raises-65m-in-funding.html&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theblock.co&#x2F;post&#x2F;352000&#x2F;paradigm-leads-50-million-usd-round-decentralized-ai-project-nous-research&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theblock.co&#x2F;post&#x2F;352000&#x2F;paradigm-leads-50-million-usd-round-decentralized-ai-project-nous-research&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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&lt;li id=&quot;fn-3&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nousresearch.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;psyche&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nousresearch.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;psyche&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Burgschneider Receives Lord of the Rings License</title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/burgschneider-lord-of-the-rings-brandywine/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/burgschneider-lord-of-the-rings-brandywine/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/burgschneider-lord-of-the-rings-brandywine/">&lt;p&gt;Burgschneider, the German company that has spent over two decades making medieval clothing and equipment and organizing historical reenactment events, has secured an official license from Middle-earth Enterprises to produce Lord of the Rings costumes and host immersive LARP events.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The first project under the license, the Brandywine Festival, raised over $538,000 on Kickstarter from more than 1,100 backers against an $80,000 goal.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;background&quot;&gt;Background&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Burgschneider started in the early 2000s making tunics, cloaks, and accessories for the historical reenactment community. Functional garments built with period-appropriate materials and construction. Over two decades they built a loyal community across Europe. Their annual events draw thousands. Their catalog runs into hundreds of items.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-license&quot;&gt;The license&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When a rights holder needs someone to produce a hobbit cloak that functions as a cloak, the choice falls to people who have been making cloaks for twenty years. Burgschneider’s existing products already belong aesthetically in Middle-earth. The overlap between historical European clothing and Tolkien’s world is substantial. Their products under the license are handcrafted garments, not printed merchandise.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;brandywine-festival&quot;&gt;Brandywine Festival&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Brandywine Festival is a five-day immersive experience set in the Shire, in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The campaign exceeded its goal by more than six times. The collection includes cloaks, tunics, bags, and accessories. The funding came fast because the trust was already established.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;burgschneider.de&#x2F;en&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;middle-earth&#x2F;press-release-middle-earth-adventures-announces-first-official-live-action-roleplaying-event-the-brandywine-festival&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;burgschneider.de&#x2F;en&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;middle-earth&#x2F;press-release-middle-earth-adventures-announces-first-official-live-action-roleplaying-event-the-brandywine-festival&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kickstarter.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;burgschneiderlarp&#x2F;middle-earth-adventures-the-brandywine-festival&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kickstarter.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;burgschneiderlarp&#x2F;middle-earth-adventures-the-brandywine-festival&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Fruto Cafe Ranked Among South America&#x27;s Best</title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fruto-cafe-top-coffee-south-america/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fruto-cafe-top-coffee-south-america/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/fruto-cafe-top-coffee-south-america/">&lt;p&gt;Fruto Cafe has been ranked number six on South America’s 100 Best Coffee Shops 2025, a regional edition by The World’s Best Coffee Shops organization.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The ranking was evaluated by over 200 professional judges, whose scores account for 70% of the final result, with public voting making up the remainder.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;direct-trade&quot;&gt;Direct trade&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fruto was built on direct relationships with producers and precise roasting. The menu is not large. What they do, they do consistently. The baristas improve. The roasting profiles are refined. The relationships with producers deepen.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;expansion&quot;&gt;Expansion&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 2025, Fruto opened a second location: Fruto Cabrera, in a two-story house in Palermo Hollywood. The new space adds room for courses, tastings, and co-working, and includes their first in-house roasting operation—direct control over a critical part of the supply chain.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com&#x2F;locales-south&#x2F;fruto-cafe&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com&#x2F;locales-south&#x2F;fruto-cafe&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;elcafedemitierra.com&#x2F;south-americas-best-100-coffee-colombia-expo.html&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;elcafedemitierra.com&#x2F;south-americas-best-100-coffee-colombia-expo.html&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Finding a Critical Vulnerability in SP1: A Story of Collaborative Security</title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sp1-zkvm-vulnerability-disclosure/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sp1-zkvm-vulnerability-disclosure/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sp1-zkvm-vulnerability-disclosure/">&lt;p&gt;In early 2025, researchers from LambdaClass, 3MI Labs, and Aligned Layer jointly discovered a critical vulnerability in Succinct’s SP1, one of the most widely deployed zero-knowledge virtual machines in production.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The flaw allowed an attacker to generate fraudulent proofs that would pass verification, breaking the soundness guarantee of any system built on SP1.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed. Succinct patched it before any exploitation occurred.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-flaw&quot;&gt;The flaw&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SP1 is a zkVM: it takes a computation, executes it, and produces a cryptographic proof that the execution was correct. The vulnerability was in the proof generation pipeline. Under specific conditions, it was possible to construct inputs producing a valid-looking proof for a computation that never occurred.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The flaw was not in the cryptographic primitives but in how they were composed—an interaction between the VM’s constraint system and the underlying polynomial commitment scheme. This class of bug resists detection through standard testing.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-discovery&quot;&gt;The discovery&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The finding came from researchers across three portfolio companies. LambdaClass contributed knowledge of virtual machine implementation and constraint system design from their work on the Cairo VM and Ethereum execution clients. 3MI Labs brought cryptographic protocol analysis and the formal tools to identify trigger conditions. Aligned Layer, building ZK verification infrastructure on Ethereum, assessed the practical implications.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The bug was found through manual code review, formal analysis, and adversarial testing. No single technique would have been sufficient.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;disclosure&quot;&gt;Disclosure&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Succinct responded quickly. The vulnerability was patched, affected users were notified, and the fix was deployed before public disclosure. The three teams coordinated on disclosure rather than acting independently.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;responsible-disclosure-of-an-exploit-in-succincts-sp1-zkvm-found-in-partnership-with-3mi-labs-and-aligned-which-arises-from-the-interaction-of-two-distinct-security-vulnerabilities&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.lambdaclass.com&#x2F;responsible-disclosure-of-an-exploit-in-succincts-sp1-zkvm-found-in-partnership-with-3mi-labs-and-aligned-which-arises-from-the-interaction-of-two-distinct-security-vulnerabilities&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.succinct.xyz&#x2F;sp1-security-update-1-27-25&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.succinct.xyz&#x2F;sp1-security-update-1-27-25&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;succinctlabs&#x2F;sp1&#x2F;security&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;succinctlabs&#x2F;sp1&#x2F;security&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Levenue Passes GBP 700 Million in Revenue-Based Financing</title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/levenue-700m-revenue-based-financing/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/levenue-700m-revenue-based-financing/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/levenue-700m-revenue-based-financing/">&lt;p&gt;Levenue has facilitated over GBP 700 million in revenue-based financing for more than 750 startups across Europe.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Founded in 2021, the company reached EUR 300 million within its first two years.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Acquisitions of Cake in Belgium and MidFunder in Switzerland expanded the platform to 16 European markets.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; A partnership with Newfound Global opened additional growth capital access for SMEs.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Total volume more than doubled in roughly a year.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-model&quot;&gt;The model&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Most venture-backed SaaS companies raise equity to fund growth. For businesses with strong unit economics and predictable cash flows, this trade is often unnecessary. Levenue underwrites future subscription revenue and advances capital against it without taking equity. No governance rights, no board seats, no liquidation preferences.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The model works only when the underlying business works.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;compounding-data&quot;&gt;Compounding data&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every transaction improves the underwriting models. Every cohort refines understanding of churn, expansion, and recovery. Scale improves the product, not merely the volume.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An EUR 8 million Series A from Truffle Capital funds continued expansion across European markets.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-3&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbankingexpo.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;levenue-partners-with-newfound-to-give-smes-access-to-growth-capital&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbankingexpo.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;levenue-partners-with-newfound-to-give-smes-access-to-growth-capital&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.finsmes.com&#x2F;2023&#x2F;11&#x2F;levenue-acquires-cake-raises-e8m-in-series-a-funding.html&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.finsmes.com&#x2F;2023&#x2F;11&#x2F;levenue-acquires-cake-raises-e8m-in-series-a-funding.html&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-3&quot;&gt;↩3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fintechfutures.com&#x2F;venture-capital-funding&#x2F;levenue-snaps-up-midfunder-to-broaden-financing-in-switzerland&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fintechfutures.com&#x2F;venture-capital-funding&#x2F;levenue-snaps-up-midfunder-to-broaden-financing-in-switzerland&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>QuarkID: Decentralized Identity for 3.6 Million Residents</title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sovra-quarkid-buenos-aires-digital-identity/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sovra-quarkid-buenos-aires-digital-identity/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/sovra-quarkid-buenos-aires-digital-identity/">&lt;p&gt;The Government of Buenos Aires has deployed QuarkID, a blockchain-based digital identity system built on Sovra’s infrastructure, to 3.6 million residents.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-3-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-3&quot;&gt;3&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; Citizens hold verifiable credentials on their phones: birth certificates, proof of residency, academic records. No centralized database holds their data. No single authority can revoke access.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;architecture&quot;&gt;Architecture&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;QuarkID uses a ZK-rollup backbone to anchor decentralized identifiers on Ethereum. Each credential is issued by a government authority and held by the citizen in a mobile wallet. Verification uses zero-knowledge proofs: enough to confirm a claim without revealing the underlying data.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The architecture is privacy-first by construction. There is no database to breach because there is no database.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;context&quot;&gt;Context&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Argentina has dealt with identity fraud, bureaucratic overhead, and fragmented record systems for decades. Buenos Aires adopted QuarkID because it solves an operational problem: issuing, holding, and verifying official documents without building another centralized system that becomes a target and a bottleneck.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The deployment started with the Buenos Aires digital ID (miBA) and expanded to academic credentials, proof of address, and civil registry documents.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;scale&quot;&gt;Scale&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once identity infrastructure is in place, subsequent services—voting, healthcare access, licensing—build on top of it. The initial deployment is the hardest part.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;buenosaires.gob.ar&#x2F;innovacionytransformaciondigital&#x2F;miba-con-tecnologia-quarkid-la-ciudad-de-buenos-aires-incorporo&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;buenosaires.gob.ar&#x2F;innovacionytransformaciondigital&#x2F;miba-con-tecnologia-quarkid-la-ciudad-de-buenos-aires-incorporo&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-2&quot;&gt;↩2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.globenewswire.com&#x2F;news-release&#x2F;2024&#x2F;10&#x2F;22&#x2F;2967256&#x2F;0&#x2F;en&#x2F;Buenos-Aires-Sets-Global-Precedent-by-Empowering-3-6-Million-Citizens-with-Blockchain-based-Digital-Identity-on-miBA-platform.html&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.globenewswire.com&#x2F;news-release&#x2F;2024&#x2F;10&#x2F;22&#x2F;2967256&#x2F;0&#x2F;en&#x2F;Buenos-Aires-Sets-Global-Precedent-by-Empowering-3-6-Million-Citizens-with-Blockchain-based-Digital-Identity-on-miBA-platform.html&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-3&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coindesk.com&#x2F;tech&#x2F;2024&#x2F;10&#x2F;22&#x2F;buenos-aires-adds-zk-proofs-to-city-app-in-bid-to-boost-residents-privacy&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coindesk.com&#x2F;tech&#x2F;2024&#x2F;10&#x2F;22&#x2F;buenos-aires-adds-zk-proofs-to-city-app-in-bid-to-boost-residents-privacy&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-3-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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          <title>Electro Andes at Annecy</title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <author>Unknown</author>
          <link>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/bellolandia-electro-andes-animation/</link>
          <guid>https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/bellolandia-electro-andes-animation/</guid>
          <description xml:base="https://ergodicgroup.com/blog/bellolandia-electro-andes-animation/">&lt;p&gt;Bellolandia’s Electro Andes, a Latin American cyberpunk anthology weaving Andean folklore into dystopian futures, was presented at MIFA 2024, the international animation market attached to the Annecy Festival.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-1&quot;&gt;1&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt; The project, directed by Nacho Malter and Damian Fernandez Gomez, is produced in partnership with LambdaClass.&lt;sup class=&quot;footnote-reference&quot; id=&quot;fr-2-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn-2&quot;&gt;2&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;sup&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MIFA is where studios present projects to distributors, broadcasters, and investors internationally.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-series&quot;&gt;The series&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Electro Andes is an anthology. Each episode is self-contained, set in a world where Andean mythology coexists with technological dystopia. Pre-Columbian gods share narrative space with surveillance states and cybernetic augmentation. The visual language draws from indigenous artistic traditions and classic cyberpunk.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latin American speculative fiction has a long tradition of blending the mythological with the technological. Electro Andes extends this into animation.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;production&quot;&gt;Production&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latin American animation is underrepresented globally. Most animated content consumed in the region is produced in the United States, Japan, or Europe.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Electro Andes is Bellolandia’s most ambitious project: a series with production values designed for international distribution. Animation is expensive and slow. A pilot episode requires months of work from a full team. The partnership with LambdaClass provides the financial backing to sustain this.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catsuka, the French animation reference site, featured the project. The pilot is in production.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;section class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;ol class=&quot;footnotes-list&quot;&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;latam.bubbleblabber.com&#x2F;2024&#x2F;06&#x2F;electro-andes-saca-su-teaser-trailer&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;latam.bubbleblabber.com&#x2F;2024&#x2F;06&#x2F;electro-andes-saca-su-teaser-trailer&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-1-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li id=&quot;fn-2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bellolandia.com&#x2F;&quot;&gt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bellolandia.com&#x2F;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;#fr-2-1&quot;&gt;↩&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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