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BlockBeats News, January 13th, ZKsync released the 2026 roadmap. This includes the Prividium privacy chain infrastructure from privacy engine to bank-level infrastructure, enterprise-grade encryption with privacy as the default cornerstone, direct integration with enterprise systems and workflows, building privacy applications as deploying standard enterprise infrastructure; ZK Stack from standalone chain to collaborative system, making the application chain a core component of the stack, seamlessly operating between public and private ZK chains, native integration of liquidity and shared infrastructure without cross-chain requirements; open-source RISC-V proof system Airbender from ultra-fast zkVM to universal standard, evolving from pure speed to trust, availability, security, formal rigor, and top-tier developer experience priority, serving ZKsync, Ethereum, and applications beyond the crypto space.

```  according to The New York Times, three informed employees stated that Meta Platforms (META.O) is considering layoffs in a branch of its Reality Labs division engaged in the "metaverse" business, which could start as early as next month, involving 10% to 30% of the team. This team is mainly responsible for VR headsets and VR-based social networks. Reality Labs is composed of the metaverse division and the wearable devices division. Sources said management expects to redirect the funds saved from layoffs to the AR glasses project. Meta launched AR glasses in cooperation with Ray-Ban in 2021, and their sales have exceeded the company's internal targets.  ```

BlockBeats News, January 13th, according to Decrypt, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden stated that they have reintroduced a bipartisan bill aimed at clarifying the specific circumstances under which cryptocurrency developers and infrastructure providers would be considered money transmitters under federal law. The bill, known as the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, seeks to differentiate developers writing or maintaining blockchain software from financial intermediaries controlling customer funds. Under the bill, as long as developers and infrastructure providers do not have the legal right or unilateral ability to move user digital assets, they would be excluded from the federal legal definition of money transmitter. Cynthia Lummis stated that developers solely writing code and maintaining open-source infrastructure should not be classified as money transmitters when they do not touch, control, or access user funds. Ron Wyden stated that imposing the same rules on code writers as on exchanges or brokers is technically infeasible and could infringe on privacy and free speech.