What changed
ZkSync announced Airbender Prime, a prover that Matter Labs says handled 99% of 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks in under 10 seconds each on a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU Ethereum’s quantum race takes a new turn as zkSync courts banks and Starknet weighs exit The announcement came five days after Starknet said it is actively considering becoming an independent layer-1 (L1) blockchain, targeting full quantum resistance in… Read the full story on Crypto Slate Understand the crypto stories that.
Why it matters
Regulatory risk around ETH can change volatility, liquidity, or sentiment. The concrete detail to watch is zkSync announced Airbender Prime, a prover that Matter Labs says handled 99% of 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks in under 10 seconds each on a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU
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Use this as watchful context from cryptoslate.com. Watch whether ethereum’s quantum race takes a new turn as zkSync courts banks and Starknet weighs exit confirms momentum, invalidates active bias, or changes timing.