[Suzaku Completes $1.5 Million Funding to Expand Avalanche Layer 1 Decentralization] According to the official Avalanche blog, the Layer 1 blockchain decentralization hub Suzaku has announced the completion of $1.5 million in funding, which includes seed rounds, public sales, and grants. Avalanche stated that Suzaku is a (re)staking protocol dedicated to helping Avalanche's Layer 1 nodes securely scale and decentralize its validator set. The protocol addresses a critical infrastructure gap in the Avalanche ecosystem by providing Layer 1 nodes with a structured path from centralized validation to fully permissionless decentralization.