LayerZero launches ‘Zero’ blockchain with Citadel Securities, ARK Invest, and institutional partners, aiming for millions of TPS and near-zero fees to transform global market infrastructure.
LayerZero Labs has unveiled its ‘Zero’ blockchain, designed for institutional-grade financial markets with a heterogeneous architecture capable of roughly 2 million transactions per second and near-zero fees. Citadel Securities made a strategic investment in the network’s native ZRO token and is collaborating on trading and post-trade use cases, joined by ARK Invest and Tether Investments in funding. Partners including DTCC, ICE, and Google Cloud are exploring Zero for applications in tokenized markets, collateral management, 24/7 trading, blockchain micropayments, and AI-driven economies. Zero’s design uses zero-knowledge proofs to separate execution from verification, optimizing different zones for specific tasks. The blockchain will launch with three zones: an EVM environment, a privacy-focused payment system, and a purpose-built trading venue.