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LayerZero

Citadel Securities investing in ZRO and collaborating on Zero is the signal. This went from DeFi bridge infrastructure to the plumbing layer between Wall Street and onchain markets.

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Brief

Omnichain interoperability protocol. OFT standard powers native cross-chain tokens for PayPal, Tether, Paxos, and Agora. $95B in assets secured (March 2026). Building Zero, an L1 for global market infrastructure launching Fall 2026 with Citadel Securities, DTCC, ICE/NYSE, and Google Cloud.

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Recent activity

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  • Mar 29, 2026WIRED

    LayerZero → DTCC. Zero chain collaboration.

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Snapshot

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Asset classes
Treasuries, Equities
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Milestones

How this player got here.

  1. Mar 2026LayerZero → DTCC. Zero chain collaboration.
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Connections

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