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Bitcoin builders defend role of venture capital in layer-2 growth
13.5.2025
Venture capital firms remain critical to infrastructure development in the Bitcoin ecosystem, despite pushback from some in the community, according to builders speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai.Charlie Yechuan Hu, CEO of Bitcoin layer-2 protocol Bitlayer, shared his insights on venture...
Bitcoin builders defend venture capital's role in layer-2 growth
13.5.2025
Venture capital firms are critical to infrastructure development in the Bitcoin ecosystem, despite pushback from some in the community, according to builders speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai.Charlie Yechuan Hu, CEO of Bitcoin layer-2 protocol Bitlayer, shared his insights on venture...
Ethereum’s Next Upgrade ‘Fusaka’ Could Cut Layer-2 and Validator Costs
12.5.2025
Developers have thus far agreed to include one technical change, "PeerDAS," designed to improve data availability
Devs introduce Ethereum R1 layer-2 scaling solution
1.5.2025
A group of developers within the Ethereum ecosystem, operating independently of the Ethereum Foundation, have announced Ethereum R1 — a layer-2 (L2) scaling solution for the Ethereum network that does not include a native token.According to the announcement, the project relies entirely...
Devs introduce Ethereum R1 layer-2 scaling solution
1.5.2025
A group of developers within the Ethereum ecosystem, operating independently of the Ethereum Foundation, have announced Ethereum R1 — a layer-2 (L2) scaling solution for the Ethereum network that does not include a native token.According to the announcement, the project relies entirely...
'Everything Is Encrypted': Aztec’s Privacy Rollup Hits Testnet Amid Growing Demand
1.5.2025
The solution comes after 8 years of development and as institutions seek transaction confidentiality
Stacks Partners With EVG and Aspen Digital to Expand Bitcoin Layer 2 Adoption Across Asia
1.5.2025
The Stacks Asia DLT Foundation has partnered with EVG and Aspen Digital to accelerate the adoption of Stacks, the bitcoin layer two (L2) protocol, across Asia by tapping into high-growth markets, institutional networks, and localized outreach. New Alliance Aims to Ramp Up Bitcoin Adoption in Asia...
WonderFi’s Dean Skurka on Bringing Users Onchain and Canada's Crypto Evolution
29.4.2025
WonderFi's CEO, a speaker at Consensus 2025, outlines the firm’s Layer-2 ambitions, Australia expansion, regulatory hopes for Canada, and how volatility impacts the industry
Greedy L2s are the reason ETH is a 'completely dead' investment: VC
29.3.2025
Ether's (ETH) declining appeal as an investment comes from layer-2’s draining value from the main network and a lack of community pushback on excessive token creation, a crypto venture capitalist says.“The #1 cause of this is greedy Eth L2s siphoning value from the L1 and the social...
Greedy L2s are the reason ETH is a 'completely dead' investment: VC
29.3.2025
Ether's (ETH) declining appeal as an investment comes from layer-2’s draining value from the main network and a lack of community pushback on excessive token creation, a crypto venture capitalist says.“The #1 cause of this is greedy Eth L2s siphoning value from the L1 and the social...
Greedy L2s are the reason ETH is a ‘completely dead’ investment: VC
29.3.2025
Ether's (ETH) declining appeal as an investment comes from layer-2s draining value from the main network and a lack of community pushback on excessive token creation, a crypto venture capitalist says.“The #1 cause of this is greedy Eth L2s siphoning value from the L1 and the social consensus...
The Protocol: Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live
26.3.2025
Also: Hyperliquid Eases Token Transfers for DeFi With Integration Between HyperCore and HyperEVM; Celo Migration to Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing in New Era for the Blockchain; Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs
Celo becomes Ethereum L2 with Optimism rollup implementation
26.3.2025
Celo, the blockchain network launched in 2020, has officially transitioned from a layer-1 chain to an Ethereum layer-2 protocol.Celo announced the successful transition in a March 26 X post, stating that “Celo is officially an Ethereum layer 2” protocol. In the thread, the organization...
Crypto Exchange Bitso Launches Stablecoin Business, Eyeing LatAm Cross-Border Payments
26.3.2025
The newly established subsidiary, Juno, will first issue a Mexican peso stablecoin on Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum
Celo Begins Transition to Ethereum Layer 2, Two Years After Proposal
26.3.2025
Celo blockchain developers have officially finalized the transition to an Ethereum Layer 2 network, marking the end of…
Celo Migration To Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing In New Era For The Blockchain
26.3.2025
The transition ends a long journey beginning back in July 2023 and a fierce competition, won by Optimism, convincing the Celo ecosystem to build with their tech
Hyperliquid Eases Token Transfers for DeFi With Integration Between HyperCore and HyperEVM
25.3.2025
Moving assets between blockchains or within their layer 2 services isn’t always seamless, but Hyperliquid’s update makes the process easy for users and developers
Bitcoin NFTs, layer-2 and restaking hype ‘completely gone’
21.3.2025
A Bitcoin layer-2 executive explained how Bitcoin narratives that were “overhyped” have now wholly vanished while the ecosystem develops. In a Cointelegraph interview, Bitlayer co-founder Charlie Hu laid out three Bitcoin narratives that he believed were overhyped. This included...
Ether in Structural Decline, Year-End Price Target Slashed to $4K: Standard Chartered
17.3.2025
Layer 2 blockchains were meant to improve scalability on the Ethereum network, but Coinbase's Base has reduced ether's market cap by $50 billion, the report said
Binance Labs-Backed Network Hemi Debuts $440M Mainnet to 'Unify' Bitcoin, Ethereum
12.3.2025
Hemi Labs has signed up dozens of protocols, including decentralized exchange (DEX) Sushi, liquid staking token pumpBTC and oracles RedStone and Pyth