Odaily Planet Daily News: Essential, an intent-centric Ethereum second-layer network, has completed a $11 million Series A financing round, led by Archetype, with participation from IOSG Ventures, Spartan Group, Mirana Ventures, Amber Group, Maven 11 and Big Brain Holdings, as well as angel investors from Celestia, Hashflow, LI.FI, Sorella and other companies. So far, the company's total financing has reached $16.15 million. (TheBlock)