OKX Ventures Invests in Avail to Enhance Rollup Unification

OKX Ventures, the investment arm of the leading crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX, has announced its participation in the Series A investment round for Avail, a unification layer designed to solve rollup fragmentation at scale. The announcement, made on June 20, 2024, marks a significant step towards enhancing the scalability and unification of rollups and the modular blockchain ecosystem.

Avail’s Technological Innovations

Avail is a robust Web3 infrastructure layer that enables modular execution layers to scale and be interpreted in a trust-minimized manner. Avail’s unification approach includes three key components:

• Avail DA: A state-of-the-art modular data availability layer that implements technology from Ethereum’s danksharding roadmap, including data availability sampling (DAS) with validity proofs, providing abundant blobspace for rollups to scale.
• Avail Nexus: A custom zero-knowledge coordination rollup acting as a verification hub, unifying rollups across Web3 via proof aggregation and using Avail DA as the root of trust.
• Avail Fusion: A multi-asset staking mechanism allowing native assets from mature ecosystems like Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as new rollup tokens, to contribute to Avail’s consensus, providing strong shared security for the unification layer.

These components enable Avail to synthesize modularity, chain abstraction, and shared security, creating a unified experience for the modular era of Web3.

OKX Ventures’ Strategic Vision

Dora Yue, Founder of OKX Ventures, expressed enthusiasm about the investment, stating, “We’re delighted to invest in Avail, which is now more than just a modular DA layer. Avail is becoming a major innovator, serving as a bridge-like, unifying layer to connect and aggregate different technology stacks. Avail aims to build 'The Avail Trinity' — a three-part modular technology framework that simplifies interoperability and reduces the burden on developers and users, while increasing the efficiency of the entire ecosystem.”

Yue further highlighted the current challenges within the Ethereum ecosystem, where users must switch between different rollups to fund or transfer money across chains. Avail’s three products are expected to provide a seamless user experience and address the issue of fragmented rollups.

About OKX Ventures

OKX Ventures is the investment arm of OKX, the second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume. With an initial capital commitment of USD 100 million, OKX Ventures focuses on exploring global blockchain projects, supporting cutting-edge blockchain technology innovation, and promoting the healthy development of the global blockchain industry. The venture arm aims to invest in long-term structural value, supporting entrepreneurs who contribute to the blockchain industry’s growth.

For more information, visit OKX Ventures.