POPA ReconSophon Shuts Down ZK L2, Rebrands to Soph(+) for Apps on Base
Sophon Shuts Down ZK L2, Rebrands to Soph(+) for Apps on Base Sophon is sunsetting its ZK-powered Layer-2 blockchain and shifting fully to an app-first strategy under a new identity, Soph(+), a consumer product studio building on Base. The team raised $60M and says the focus has always been on consumer onchain experiences, not infrastructure. The decision comes after concluding that maintaining its own chain was too costly and no longer necessary, with value increasingly shifting from infrastructure to the application layer. Sophon says it will redirect resources toward product design, dist…
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