Meanwhile:

Lightning Labs Rolls Out 'Taproot Assets,' to Make Bitcoin 'Multi-Asset' Network

Taproot Assets will give developers "the tools needed to make Bitcoin a multi-asset network, but in a scalable manner," according to Lightning Labs.

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/10/18/lightning-labs-rolls-out-taproot-assets-to-make-bitcoin-multi-asset-network/?_gl=1*ju3mum*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTAwNTczNjkxMy4xNjk3NjU3MTg5*_ga_VM3STRYVN8*MTY5NzY1NzE4OC4xLjAuMTY5NzY1NzE4OC4wLjAuMA..