CoinVoice has learned that, according to Forbes, Eigen Labs has announced the launch of the Ethereum re-staking protocol EigenCloud, with a16z crypto investing $70 million through direct purchase of EIGEN tokens, marking a16z's additional investment following their $100 million investment in EigenLayer in February 2024.
This is a platform aimed at extending blockchain-level trust assurance to any Web2 or Web3 applications, and the use of EigenCloud will create new fee streams to support staking rewards.
It is reported that the Alpha version release of EigenCloud will coincide with the performance upgrade of EigenDA, achieving a throughput of 50 MB per second on the Ethereum testnet. In addition, EigenCloud has also released a gated preview of EigenVerify, aimed at adjudicating disputes in off-chain systems such as AI agents or prediction markets. [Original link]
