On August 28, Japan's largest cryptocurrency-themed event, WebX, opened in Tokyo, Japan. Jun Watanabe, chairman of Sony Block Solutions Labs, and Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Labs (co-founder of Astar Network), introduced the specific details of Sony's Layer2 network Soneium at the conference.
The speech mentioned the utility expansion of Astar's token ASTR. In addition to continuing to play a role on the existing Layer1 network Astar Network, ASTR will also be extended to Soneium and can be used for multiple projects deployed on Soneium. In addition, Astar zkEVM will also migrate to Soneium Layer2, which is expected to further expand the size of Astar's community.