Wu said that the cross-chain protocol Union announced the completion of a $12 million Series A financing round, led by Gumi Cryptos and LongHash VC, bringing its total funding amount to $16 million. It is reported that Union employs a consensus validation mechanism, combining ZK architecture, focusing on cross-chain messaging, intent execution, and chain abstraction, supporting various execution environments such as EVM, SVM, BitVM, MoveVM, and altVM.