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Is Optimism's 'Superchain' Winning the Ethereum Layer-2 Race?
6.11.2024
One of the biggest trends of 2023 among the leading layer-2 projects on Ethereum was the emergence of “blockchain in a box,” where the teams encouraged developers to clone their code to spin up new layer 2s. Now, it appears, one project in particular, Optimism, appears to be pulling away as...
Optimism Foundation Agreed to Give Kraken $42.5M of OP Tokens in Layer-2 Deal
29.10.2024
Crypto exchange Kraken announced last week that it will build a layer-2 network atop Optimism's OP Stack blockchain framework. CoinDesk is first to report that the deal was reached early this year, involving a grant of 25 million OP tokens, at the time worth roughly $100 million
Optimism Pushes for 'Interoperability' Between Affiliated Blockchains
12.8.2024
Optimism networks that are part of the Superchain rely on Ethereum to communicate with each other in order to move assets, which tends to make such moves slow and expensive. To address that, Optimism is releasing its own interoperability roadmap
Optimism Finally Gets Its Mission-Critical 'Fault Proofs'
10.6.2024
For years, Optimism was missing a core feature at the heart of its design: "Fault proofs." On Monday, that tech is finally here
Celo Community Ratifies Plan to Use Optimism's OP Stack for New Layer-2 Chain
10.5.2024
The vote passed with overwhelming support, with 65 addresses representing 14.6 million CELO tokens signaling approval for the measure
Celo Chooses Optimism, Concluding Bake-Off Among Layer 2s
22.4.2024
CLabs officially proposed using Optimism’s OP Stack for the transition. The proposal will be discussed on a couple of community calls and then go to a vote among holders of the project's CELO tokens, under the chain's governance rules
Optimism Foundation Executes $89 Million OP Private Token Transaction
8.3.2024
The Optimism Foundation recently sold approximately 19.5 million OP tokens, valued at nearly $90 million, to an unnamed buyer, with these tokens being sourced from the unallocated segment of their OP Token treasury initially set aside as working capital. This sale is part of the foundation’s...
Ex-Polygon Veteran Wyatt Joins Optimism Foundation Unit in Growth Role
13.11.2023
Wyatt, who previously served as president at Polygon Labs and had a stint at YouTube, joins as chief growth officer, where he will be in charge of helping developers build across Optimism’s ecosystem of blockchains
Optimism Foundation Sells $157M OP Tokens, Citing 'Treasury Management'
21.9.2023
The foundation behind layer 2 blockchain Optimism has sold 116 million OP tokens ($157 million) to seven separate purchasers, according to an announcement on the Optimism governance website
Optimism Plans to Enhance L2 Scaling Network With ‘Bedrock’ Upgrade in March
2.2.2023
The Ethereum scaling network Optimism, which operates as a layer two (L2) network, announced plans to upgrade its network in March. The upgrade, named “Bedrock,” aims to increase transfer speed, lower fees, and enhance compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The Optimism...
OP Token Surges 25% as Optimism Foundation Proposes 'Bedrock' Upgrade
2.2.2023
Layer 2 scaling solution Optimism's governance token, OP, has chalked up a 200% rally in four weeks, outperforming market leaders bitcoin and ether by a big margin
L2 Scaling Startup Optimism Reveals Governance Collective, Native Token, and ‘Many Airdrops’
27.4.2022
The layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling project Optimism has announced the launch of Optimism Collective, “a large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance” managed by the newly created Optimism Foundation. In addition to the governance collective, the plan is to launch a token...