According to @Celo, cLabs will bring OP Succinct Lite to mainnet in two days in collaboration with OP Labs and Succinct Labs, setting an expected go live around December 10, 2025, source: @Celo on X dated December 8, 2025. According to @Celo, the announcement underscores Celo’s zero knowledge track record including the Plumo mobile first light client, SelfProtocol, and EY Nightfall L3, source: @Celo on X dated December 8, 2025. According to @Celo, a video with Marek and Leland details how these ZK initiatives inform the current mainnet rollout, source: @Celo on X dated December 8, 2025. According to @Celo, this is a scheduled mainnet event tied to the Celo and Optimism ecosystems which traders can calendar as an infrastructure deployment timeline for CELO and OP, source: @Celo on X dated December 8, 2025.

According to Patrick McCorry, zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs) significantly improve the speed and efficiency of validating blockchain data by allowing users to quickly verify the truth of a statement or block. However, ZKPs do not address transaction finality, which still requires robust consensus protocols to determine the correct order of valid blocks. For traders, this distinction is critical as it affects the scalability and security of blockchain networks, influencing the reliability of platforms that utilize ZKPs for transaction validation but rely on separate mechanisms for finality. As adoption of ZKP technology grows, understanding its limits and trading on networks with strong consensus remains essential for risk management (source: Patrick McCorry).

According to Ethproofs on Twitter, the open sourcing of zkVMs is progressing rapidly, with Ix and Petra now available to the public. Notably, the estimated release of Ligetron has moved up to June from the previously planned July, and Boojum 2.0 is now slated for May instead of June (source: Ethproofs via @Gajpower). These accelerated timelines for zero-knowledge virtual machines are likely to boost developer activity and innovation within the Ethereum ecosystem, potentially driving up demand and trading volume for related tokens and scaling solutions in the crypto market.