Wu said that Bitcoin protocol layer Surge announced the completion of $1.8 million in Pre-Seed financing, with investors including venture capital institutions such as Autonomy, Gerstenbrot Capital, Double Peak Group, Sats Ventures, Vamient Capital and Samara AG, as well as angel investors such as Coingecko co-founder Bobby Ong and TM Lee. The funds will be used to accelerate the development of Surge's MetaLayer technology, which aims to improve the scalability and functionality of Bitcoin through advanced cryptographic technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs.