Azuro Partners with Sophon to Boost Development of Prediction Apps on zkSync’s Hyperchain

• Azuro has partnered with Sophon to enhance prediction apps development on Sophon, leveraging their combined technologies.
• Staked AZUR will be be eligible for Sophon’s farming program (exact date when this starts will be announced separately). Rewards in the program are in Sophon’s native token $SOPH.
• Azuro and Sophon will launch a co-sponsored grant program to accelerate the adoption of Sophon-run, Azuro-built prediction apps.

Azuro is now a technology partner of Sophon, an emerging entertainment-focused modular network built on zkSync’s Hyperchain stack. This collaboration leads to ecosystem development initiatives that support builders of prediction applications utilizing our combined infrastructure.

Sophon is designed for high-throughput applications related to gaming, artificial intelligence, and entertainment. Leveraging the ZK Stack, Sophon aims to become a leading provider in the blockchain-powered entertainment sector, utilizing one of the most future-proof Ethereum L2 solutions in the market today.

Sophon raised a $10m seed round in Q1 led by Paper Ventures & Maven 11, with participation from Spartan Group, SevenX Ventures, OKX Ventures and others. In April, Sophon successfully completed a node sale, raising ~21,000 ETH. As a tech partner, Azuro joins the ranks of Sophon’s infrastructure partners, including zkSync and Beam.

The collaboration between Azuro and Sophon marks the beginning of an ambitious initiative to jointly incubate and support prediction applications aiming to launch on the Sophon ecosystem. By combining resources, Azuro and Sophon intend to launch a co-sponsored grant program to accelerate the adoption of Sophon-run, Azuro-built prediction apps.

Both Azuro and Sophon are preparing for the launches of their respective tokens, $AZUR and $SOPH, later this year. Staked AZUR will be be eligible for Sophon’s farming program (exact date when this starts will be announced separately). Rewards in the program are in Sophon’s native token $SOPH.

Azuro is the onchain predictions layer. It consists of modular tooling, oracle and liquidity solutions for EVM chains to host powerful prediction and gaming apps.

With its unique infrastructure layer approach, Azuro makes onchain predictions and gaming portable and composable. It allows anyone to engage and monetize users by building apps, integrations, and products quickly, permissionlessly and with zero upfront or running costs.

• Website: https://azuro.org/
• Docs: https://gem.azuro.org
• Github: https://github.com/Azuro-protocol
• Onchain activity: https://dune.com/azuro/stats