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Ethena Labs (the developer of USDe synthetic dollars) has partnered with fintech company Securitize to release the preliminary roadmap for their upcoming Converge network, a high-throughput blockchain network focused on real-world assets (RWA) and decentralized finance (DeFi).
According to the announcement, the testnet will go live in the coming weeks, with the mainnet expected to launch later in 2025.
The Converge network will feature a native block time of 100 milliseconds (ms) and plans to reduce block time to 50 ms by the fourth quarter of 2025. Developers also aim to achieve a potential throughput of at least one "Gigagas," meaning the ability to process billions of Gas units per second by 2025.
Launched by Ethena and Securitize, the network aims to support permissioned real-world tokenization applications and permissionless DeFi applications, providing a unified platform as the lines between traditional finance and decentralized finance continue to blur.
Integration of Traditional Finance and the Crypto World
Traditional financial institutions are increasingly beginning to use DeFi protocols and interact with tokenized real-world assets such as stablecoins and tokenized bonds.
The integration of TradFi (traditional finance) and DeFi has elicited mixed reactions within the crypto community. Some believe that the combination of the two is inevitable, while others warn that it could lead to "institutional control" over the DeFi ecosystem.
In an interview with Bloomberg on January 21, Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson stated that U.S. President Donald Trump would integrate crypto assets and traditional finance by establishing clear regulations.
She said, "We need some regulatory clarity to bring these two together because fundamentally, it will lower costs, and this technology brings tremendous innovation potential."
Shibtoshi, the founder of the anonymous privacy trading platform SilentSwap, recently mentioned in an interview with Cointelegraph that some institutions are still hesitant to adopt DeFi solutions.
The DeFi founder pointed out that the lack of privacy, legal liability risks, and unclear regulations are hindering institutional adoption of decentralized finance, but he added that tools to address these issues already exist.
"Institutional players have realized the advantages of secure decentralized systems. As early as 2021, reports indicated that nearly one-third of crypto institutional investors were already using DeFi," Shibtoshi said.
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