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The founder of the Ethereum Layer 2 network Eclipse, Neel Somani, stepped down in October 2025 and shifted his focus to research areas such as machine learning.Eclipse Labs disclosed that Somani founded Eclipse Labs in 2022, initially positioned as a rollup service provider, and transitioned to developing the Ethereum Layer 2 network in 2023. After completing a $50 million Series A funding round in 2024, he transitioned from CEO to Executive Chairman. The related adjustments were founder-led and pre-planned, with no changes to his equity or board power.Somani's departure marks the official end of his leadership role at Eclipse, as the company enters a new phase of development led by a new leadership team.

According to The Block, Neel Somani, the founder of the Ethereum L2 protocol Eclipse, has stepped down as Executive Chairman as of October 2025. Somani stated that this move is to fully dedicate himself to machine learning and other intellectual research directions.Somani founded the company in 2022, raising $15 million in seed funding, aiming to build scaling solutions using the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). He later shifted focus to building a high-performance Ethereum L2 in 2023 and transitioned from CEO to Executive Chairman after completing a $50 million Series A funding round in 2024. The related adjustments were founder-led and pre-planned, with no changes to his equity or board power.

ChainCatcher news, according to an official announcement from Eclipse Labs, today Eclipse Labs announced changes in the team and leadership to adapt to the new direction after TGE. Over the past few months, the team has explored opportunities for application development on the network, and will prioritize building groundbreaking applications on Eclipse's L2 infrastructure in the future, with more details to be released.As part of this transition, @0xSydney will take over as CEO, following the voluntary departure of @0xLitquidity. To align with the updated strategy, the company will reduce its workforce by 65%, a decision aimed at providing Eclipse with the flexibility needed to execute the next phase.Eclipse's mission to drive web2-scale applications on-chain remains unchanged, and it will continue to move forward in collaboration with the community, token holders, and stakeholders.

ChainCatcher message, the Bitget Launchpool project Eclipse (ES) is now open for investment, locking BGB or ES to unlock 1,295,600 ES. The locking deadline is July 21 at 18:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, Bitget Launchpool is about to launch the project Eclipse (ES), with a total prize pool of 1,295,600 ES. The locking channel will be open from July 17, 18:00 to July 21, 18:00 (UTC+8).This round of Launchpool has opened two locking pools, including:BGB Locking PoolTotal airdrop amount: 1,261,000 ESVIP user locking limit: 50,000 BGBRegular user locking limit: 5,000 BGBES Locking PoolTotal airdrop amount: 34,600 ESIndividual locking limit: 800,000 ES

ChainCatcher news, Eclipse official announcement states that the ES token airdrop claim will open at 5 PM Beijing time on July 16. ES will be issued simultaneously on the Eclipse mainnet, Ethereum mainnet, and Solana network.

ChainCatcher message, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData X tracking data, in the past 7 days, the customizable modular rollups Eclipse have been the project with the most new followers among X (Twitter) Top personalities. New influential figures on X who have followed this project include well-known cryptocurrency trader Hsaka(@HsakaTrades), DeFi analyst Ignas(@DefiIgnas), and Altcoin Sherpa(@AltcoinSherpa).In addition, the project that X Top personalities have unfollowed the most also includes Echo Protocol.

ChainCatcher message, Eclipse community leader Alucard stated on social media, "The official Eclipse airdrop query page is not yet online, and anyone claiming to know the ES allocation is misleading. No one has yet received confirmation of airdrop allocation results; users should wait for the official query tool to go live and should not believe in rumors and FUD."

ChainCatcher news, according to the announcement from Huobi HTX, Huobi HTX will open the deposit service for DARK on April 19 at 15:00 (GMT+8). The DARK/USDT spot trading will open on April 19 at 17:00 (GMT+8). The withdrawal service for DARK will open on April 20 at 17:00 (GMT+8).It is reported that Dark is a platform dedicated to promoting AI development through collaborative research. It provides a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) network via the DARK token, aiming to securely drive the infinite scalability of MCP.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum SVM Layer2 network Eclipse posted on platform X: Grass points have been locked, and the snapshot has been completed.

ChainCatcher message, Eclipse today released documentation related to the SVM client Giga Scale Virtual Machine (GSVM), which Solayer core developer Chaofan Shou has forwarded and criticized as suspected plagiarism.Chaofan Shou further stated that the GSVM solution shares the same ideas and similar demonstration processes as a technical solution previously released by Solayer, but Solayer has proven that this solution cannot be effective in actual operating environments.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, Ethereum's first SVM Layer2 network Eclipse has announced the establishment of a foundation. The Eclipse Foundation will be responsible for the development of the Eclipse protocol and decentralized governance.

ChainCatcher news, Eclipse announced on social media that Ben Livshits has joined the team as Chief Technology Officer.It is reported that Ben holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and has over twenty years of extensive research experience, having worked at Intel, Microsoft, Brave, and Matter Labs.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum SVM L2 network Eclipse on X platform announces that its public mainnet is now live.

ChainCatcher message, according to the popularity index ranking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, as of October 25, 10:20, the top five projects in the Web3 popular projects Top 100 are: Eclipse, Moonwalk, Aleo, Theoriq, Safe.In addition, Warden Protocol has seen the largest ranking increase, rising 972 places overall.It is reported that RootData has launched the first "Web3 Popular Projects Ranking." This popularity ranking helps users capture the real pulse of attention and improve the accuracy of investment decisions through 4.3 million real user behavior data. The ranking is calculated in real-time based on the weighted values of user search frequency, project click volume, user votes, and the popularity and influence on the X platform.

ChainCatcher message, customizable modular rollups project Eclipse Labs CEO Vijay Chetty revealed at the Solana Breakpoint conference in Singapore that the Eclipse mainnet will officially launch at the end of October. Currently, Eclipse has opened the developer mainnet, but the frontend or user interface has not yet been enabled.Chetty stated that Eclipse will integrate multiple existing "Solana blue-chip applications," including decentralized exchanges Mango and Orca, as well as the lending platform Solend.It is reported that Eclipse is the first Ethereum Layer 2 solution to execute transactions using the Solana virtual machine, aiming to bring Web2-level scalability to Web3 by combining the advantages of Ethereum, Solana, and Celestia.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Ethereum's first SVM Layer2 network Eclipse has announced the launch of its first re-staking token tETH, supported by Nucleus, aimed at simplifying the process for users to earn rewards.

ChainCatcher news, Celestia co-founder Mustafa Al-Bassam posted on the X platform stating, "The Eclipse mainnet is now live on Celestia, with about 40 data blocks per block. I'm glad to see the first SVM rollup go live, and we want to see more alternative VM rollups, because if people only deploy EVM chains, they won't be able to fully leverage the advantages of modularity."