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Lightspark CEO David Marcus: Lightning Network Will Become the World’s ‘Interoperability Neutral Settlement Layer’
13.5.2024
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, a company that offers lightning network (LN) related services, has stated that LN will become the “interoperability neutral settlement layer” for the world. Marcus declared that only Bitcoin is “neutral enough” to be implemented as...
Aligned Layer Secures $2.6M in Funding to Become a Faster and Cheaper Settlement Layer for Validity Proofs on Top of EigenLayer
15.4.2024
PRESS RELEASE. April 15th, 2024 –– Aligned Layer has successfully raised $2.6 million in a funding round led by Lemniscap, a VC firm specializing in emerging crypto assets and early-stage blockchain startups. The round also won investment from Paper Ventures, Bankless Ventures and industry angels....
Aavegotchi to use Base as a settlement layer for Gotchichain
19.3.2024
Base will be employed by Aavegotchi as the settlement layer for their impending Layer 3 rollup for Aavegotchi gaming, Gotchichain. Base is a preeminent Layer 2 chain that Coinbase developed using an adaptable EVM. It offers a cost-effective and secure approach to developing on-chain and maintaining...
Goldman Sachs Analysis: Ethereum’s Path to Scalability
27.10.2023
Ethereum (ETH) ‘s upcoming Dencun upgrade, expected in the first quarter of 2024, will play a crucial role in the blockchain’s journey towards scalability as a settlement layer. In a recent note, Goldman Sachs highlighted the primary impact of the Dencun upgrade, which is increasing...
Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Is a Step Toward a Scalable Settlement Layer: Goldman Sachs
27.10.2023
The upgrade will enhance the blockchain’s scalability using rollups, will optimize gas fees and improve the network’s security, the report said
BNB Chain Layer 2 Goes Live
15.9.2023
BNB Chain, the Binance-backed decentralized blockchain network, has announced the launch of Opbnb, its expansion layer built using the Optimism OP stack. The new network allows users to enjoy low-fee transactions in a high-throughput, high-speed transactional layer optimized for interactive...
Lightspark CEO David Marcus Profiles Bitcoin as Global Payment Network
13.9.2023
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark and co-creator of Diem, Meta’s failed cryptocurrency project, explained his intentions of turning Bitcoin into a global payments network. Marcus explained that there was no universal protocol for sending value over the internet and that we were still in...
Zero-Knowledge Rollup ZKM Sets Out to Make Ethereum 'Universal Settlement Layer'
13.7.2023
With funding from the foundation that oversees development of the Metis layer-2 Ethereum protocol, ZKM is developing a hybrid approach that combines Optmistic and Zero-Knowledge rollups into one
The Graph Starts Migrating its Settlement Layer to Arbitrum from Ethereum
14.6.2023
The transition is aimed at reducing barriers of entry for The Graph’s users by decreasing gas costs and speeding up transactions
Coinbase new blockchain seen as 'massive confidence vote' for Ethereum
24.2.2023
One Ethereum bull hopes the launch will help onboard a host of other crypto companies and financial institutions onto Ethereum
Bitcoin is the perfect settlement layer to build apps on top of: Hiro CEO
14.9.2022
Bitcoin programmability may also help further drive Bitcoin adoption as both a technical and financial layer in our society, which in turn may “drive up the price” over the long term
Argentina’s Central Bank Trials Blockchain for New Interbank Settlement Layer
21.4.2020
The trial for a faster, more transparent clearing system involves some of the country's largest banks
New Settlement Layer to Offer Asian Crypto Institutions Local Alternative to Silvergate Bank
21.2.2020
The new settlement layer is intended save Asian institutional traders from taking the "scenic route" via U.S. banking regulations