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Unveiling Polygon's AggLayer: Insights from co-founder Brendan Farmer
27.5.2024
Diving into the Aggregate Layer with Brendan Farmer to determine the implications it will have upon latency, liquidity fragmentation, and more
L1 Blockchain Aptos Sets New Transaction Record, Surpassing Solana with 115.4M Daily Transactions
27.5.2024
Aptos, a layer-1 blockchain platform developed by former Facebook employees, has set a new record in blockchain transactions.
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Ethereum Layer 2 TVL Sets a New All-Time High at $47 Billion
27.5.2024
The TVL of Ethereum Layer 2s have reached a historical record of $47 billion, with key contributors including Arbitrum One, OP Mainnet, Base, and Blast.
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Aptos hits all-time high in user transactions
26.5.2024
The recent surge in transactional activity on Aptos is attributed to the launch of Tapos Cat, a new tap-to-earn game that has gained rapid popularity. \
Algorand causes a stir with new ad bashing Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana
24.5.2024
The Algorand Foundation’s latest ad takes a swipe at the “big three” crypto networks, saying they're too slow, too expensive or prone to failure
Fantom Foundation Creates Sonic Foundation, Labs for New Sonic Chain
23.5.2024
Alongside the new entities, Fantom raised $10 million in a funding round that will go towards Sonic’s ecosystem development
Plume, Layer-2 Blockchain for Real-World Assets, Pulls $10M in Seed Funding from Haun, Galaxy
23.5.2024
Plume plans to make it possible for people to easily – and compliantly – bring real-world assets (RWAs) like real estate and collectibles onto blockchains
Layer 2 vs. Execution Sharding: Vitalik Unveils the core distinctions
23.5.2024
The key difference between layer 2 and execution sharding lies in the variety of execution environments. The Ethereum L2s have successfully performed the roles of execution environments, and the focus of the discussions of the contemporary age is on the EVM equivalent of layer 2. Approaches like...
StarkWare ZK Threads solution could prevent fund lockups similar to FTX
23.5.2024
StarkWare's ZK Threads introduce a new scaling framework to prevent fund lockups and improve dApp scalability, potentially averting scenarios like the FTX disaster
Witness Chain uses Polygon CDK for DePIN coordination layer development
22.5.2024
Witness Chain has announced plans to develop the DePIN Coordination Layer (DCL) with the help of the Polygon CDK (Chain Development Kit). There are multiple functions that the DCL is intended to fulfill. To start with, it opens the door for the development of composite DePIN DApps, which combine...
Layer-2 Network Starknet Gets Ethereum Virtual Machine With Zero-Knowledge Proofs
22.5.2024
The zkEVM, called Kakarot, already in testing, will be available via the Starknet Stack
Zest Protocol Co-founder: Adding New Programming Capabilities Could Propel BTC’s Defi Ecosystem Beyond ETH’s
22.5.2024
According to Tycho Onnasch, co-founder of Zest Protocol, new programming capabilities which can be added to Bitcoin could help the leading crypto asset cancel out Ethereum’s early advantage of being able to deploy decentralized finance (defi) on Layer one (L1). Onnasch argued that once...
Hack of a single multisig wallet could drain 12 Ethereum L2s of $121M
22.5.2024
One wallet has upgrade permissions for 12 Ethereum scaling networks, but Conduit founder Andrew Huang says it can’t transact without three signatures which would take a trio of physical attacks
Tristan Frizza, Founder of Zeta Markets, on Solana’s DeFi Layer 2 Plans, Perpetual Trading, and 2024 DeFi Summer | Ep. 336
21.5.2024
Tristan Frizza, the Founder of DeFi platform Zeta Markets, discusses how he came to build on Solana (encouraged by a chat with the chain’s founder), Solana’s congestion issues, building the first Solana L2, and how this will benefit Zeta and the wider community.
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Crypto Sleuth Ogle Proposes Security-Centric 'Glue' Blockchain
21.5.2024
The upcoming layer-1 takes a hands-on approach to ensuring project security
Hex Trust Issues First Native Stablecoin on Layer-1 Blockchain Flare
21.5.2024
Hex Trust Group has issued USDX, the first native stablecoin on layer-1 blockchain Flare, according to a press release
David Bailey, CEO of Bitcoin Inc., Reflects on His Company’s Transformational Pivot to Bitcoin and More
21.5.2024
David Bailey, CEO of Bitcoin Inc., took time out of running the Bitcoin Asia Conference in Hong Kong to sit down with Bitcoin.com’s COO, Jason Sheman. The conversation delved into the lessons learned from past mistakes, the strategic pivot to Bitcoin, the Bitcoin Conference, Bitcoin Layer twos,...
Vitalik Buterin Outlines Improvements for Ethereum’s Decentralized Future
19.5.2024
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed several enhancements aimed at improving the network’s permissionlessness and decentralization. The proposed changes focus on tackling issues such as miner extractable value (MEV), hardware requirements, and staking dynamics. Ethereum...
Is It Too Late to Buy Fantom? FTM Price Blasts Up 10% as New AI Project Raises $2 Million
17.5.2024
Fantom ($FTM) has outperformed all other Layer 1 tokens this week and risen 10% amidst a flurry of recent activity on the network, with FTM trading at $0.80 at the time of writing.c Crypto’s two biggest coins, also Layer 1 coins, couldn’t keep the pace over the seven days. Bitcoin...
ZkSync, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Hints at Airdrop By End of June
17.5.2024
Zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup zkSync has suggested that a governance token airdrop will take place at the end of June