On January 9, the Aligned Foundation, a decentralized zero-knowledge proof verification layer, tweeted that it had completed $1 million in community financing. Aligned Layer is a ZK verification layer developed on top of EigenLayer. This will make the verification of any SNARK proof cost-effective, leveraging the security of Ethereum validators without the limitations of Ethereum. As EigenLayer AVS, it promises to provide affordable verification and multi-purpose attestation systems for L2 and bridges, meeting critical needs in the blockchain ecosystem.