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Lido Finance Will Soon Offer Staked Ether on Layer 2 Networks, Proposes to Sell LDO For DAI
19.7.2022
stETH's expansion to layer 2 means lower fees and more yield-generating opportunities for investors staking ether
Nervous Network (CKB) price posts double-digit gain after Godwoken layer 2 launch
12.7.2022
CKB booked a 35%+ gain after the release of its Godwoken L1 solution and the launch of a new NFT marketplace
Bull or Build, There is No Bear
6.7.2022
Chandler De Kock is Growth Strategist at UMA, an optimistic oracle built for Web3.
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It's easy to get caught up in the chatter and concern that erupted in recent weeks around the collapse of TerraUSD stablecoin and then the latest round of losses that has set off job cuts and extreme...
Another Bitcoin Mining Scrutiny, Layoffs at Crypto Exchanges, Binance in Canada + More News
2.6.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Optimism's OP Token in Roller Coaster Mode after a 'Turbulent Launch'
1.6.2022
OP token by Optimism, a second layer scaling solution for Ethereum (ETH), went on a roller coaster following a "turbulent launch" that led to unprecedented demand and caused delays on the Optimism blockchain mainnet....
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Letters to Layer 2: We Still Know Nothing About the Metaverse
30.5.2022
Will the metaverse be expensive to use? Will there be more than one? Who, ultimately, is responsible for building it?
Crypto Biz: Smart Money is betting big on Web3, layer 2, May 19-25
27.5.2022
Despite the apparent bear market in digital assets, venture capital continues to allocate billions to crypto and blockchain startups
StarkWare nets $100M as investors bank on layer-2 success
25.5.2022
Ethereum layer-2 developer StarkWare raises a further $100 million despite a gloomy outlook for the cryptocurrency space
ECB on Crypto, African Bitcoin Hub, Coinbase in Fortune 500, Binance in Dubai + More News
24.5.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Read More: ECB on Crypto, African Bitcoin Hub, Coinbase in Fortune 500, Binance in Dubai + More News
Layer-2 adoption could spur the next crypto turning point
23.5.2022
A mysterious Redditor may turn out to be clairvoyant with predictions that layer-2 scaling solutions on Ethereum will take center stage in the coming months
2022, the Year Layer 2 Takes Off
15.5.2022
Will Harborne is the Founder and CEO of non-custodial exchange DeversiFi.
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This is a pivotal year for Ethereum layer 2 (L2) solutions. What happens over the coming months will be critical in making decentralized finance (DeFi) work better, faster, and more reliably for a far greater...
Making Sense of the Noise is Necessary for Crypto Adoption
6.5.2022
Marco De Rossi, President and Co-Founder of HAL.xyz, a blockchain data listening and automation platform.__________
Cryptocurrency is strong on self-sovereignty with the term “not your keys, not your coin” a popular maxim when talking about crypto ownership. While owning your private keys...
This Level of Transaction Fees Would be 'Truly Acceptable' According to Ethereum's Buterin
4.5.2022
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has said layer 2 (L2) transaction fees need to be under USD 0.05 in order to become “truly acceptable.”
The statement came in response to a Twitter post from Ryan Sean Adams, co-founder of Web3 company Bankless and the host of the Bankless podcast,...
Vitalik: L2 transaction fees need to be under 5c to be 'truly acceptable'
4.5.2022
Despite Layer-2s offering relatively cheap transactions, Vitalik Buterin said that all transactions need to be under $0.05 to be truly acceptable
DeFi on Ethereum L2 Networks Sees Significant Growth, Even as Ethereum Fee Level Falls
29.4.2022
Total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms built on Layer-2 networks for Ethereum (ETH) rose by a massive 964% in the first quarter compared to the same quarter last year, even as average transaction fees on Ethereum’s base layer fell by 80%....
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Layer 2, Decentralized Exchanges Show Strong Growth on Ethereum in Q1 2022
29.4.2022
However, the average daily active addresses increased nominally, implying most growth came from existing users
MakerDAO deploys on layer-2 network StarkNet to enhance functions of DAI stablecoin
20.4.2022
MakerDAO is currently the 4th largest DeFi protocol as per TVL rankings with $14.24 billion in locked value
How to Use Layer-2 Solutions to Save on Ethereum Fees: StarkWare
11.3.2022
Over 7,000 decentralized applications (dapps) are currently operating on the Ethereum (ETH) network. However, the Ethereum network was not originally designed for such a workload. Ethereum dapps have suffered from the chain’s scalability issues, which have caused transaction speeds to slow down...
Layer 2 address activity slows, but Arbitrum bucks the trend
1.3.2022
Layer two activity is cooling for most networks, but Arbitrum has seen an increase in TVL and active addresses recently
Staking in 2022: Ethereum’s Merge, Institutions, Layer-2, and Liquid Staking
27.2.2022
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Staking is seemingly set for a big 2022. With Ethereum (ETH) planning an eventual move to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism this year, it will bring staking to thousands if not millions of users who’ve never tried it before, with the growth of ETH staking likely to feed into...