# 🚀 ElizaOS Weekly Update: May 18-24, 2025

**Eliza v2 is launching this week with groundbreaking new agents! The ecosystem's about to level up.**

## 🔥 Technical Highlights
* **v2 Release Imminent**: The much-anticipated Eliza v2 (also called 1.0.0) is set to launch within days, featuring new agents like Eli5 and Eddy in the agent terminal
* **API Enhancements**: Multiple new endpoints added for world/room management and agent interactions, with significant improvements to message handling and response formatting
* **Unified Environment System**: Implemented a streamlined approach to environment file lookup across CLI commands with the new `findNearestEnvFile` utility
* **Plugin System Overhaul**: Registry support added for better third-party plugin management with improved error handling and smarter loading procedures

## 👥 Community Contributions
* Jin is developing a knowledge repository dashboard system, aggregating ecosystem data with visualizations similar to DeFi Llama
* Multiple community members are working on plugin ports, with seven elizaOS agent teams currently seeking product testers (50 spots available!)

## 💰 Token & Partnership Updates
* COM/AI16z liquidity pool implementation is slightly delayed but expected within 14 days, with additional collateral being added on the AI16z side due to COM price appreciation
* Partnership with comput3.ai progressing with logistics being finalized for initial funding

## 🔮 What's Coming Next
Looking ahead to post-v2 release, the team will focus on enhancing documentation and addressing installation pain points. Watch for upcoming improvements to Twitter plugin integration and a more seamless onboarding experience with better character file support!