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Arbitrum Dominates with Nearly 50% of Ethereum Layer 2 Total Value Locked
10.1.2024
Source: Adobe / Rafael Henrique The Ethereum-based layer 2 network Arbitrum has shown significant strength in the market, with its native token, ARB, outperforming a number of other smart contract tokens over the past 30 days. According to data from CoinMarketCap, ARB has now risen some 75% during...
Arbitrum’s Total Value Locked Surges Past $2.5 Billion as Token Nears $2
3.1.2024
Source: Arbitrum Ethereum layer 2 network Arbitrum has recorded high transaction volumes at the start of the year as well as its total value locked (TVL) tapping $2.5 billion. On-chain data shows the firm’s bullish performance in the last week of 2023 and the early days of 2024 with surging...
Arbitrum Transactions Reach New All-Time High During Inscriptions Frenzy
18.12.2023
Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum (ARB) reached a new all-time high in daily transactions over the weekend, joining Bitcoin under a waterfall of blockchain activity spurred by inscriptions. According to data from crypto market analysis platform IntoTheBlock, the network tapped 5.4 million...
Metis, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Creates $100M Fund as Decentralized Sequencer Launch Nears
18.12.2023
The distribution of funds is planned for the first quarter of 2024, and supposed to occur a week after Metis' decentralized sequencer will go live
Arbitrum Price Prediction as Network Hit By Partial Outage Amid Traffic Surge – Where Next for ARB?
15.12.2023
ARB, the governance token for the Ethereum layer-2 scaling blockchain Arbitrum, is close to 5% lower on Friday, though is holding above its 21DMA at $1.10 despite news of a partial network outage. The blockchain’s official X account tweeted that its sequencer staled at 10:29 ET due to...
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Enshrined ZK-EVM for Enhanced Ethereum Main Chain Efficiency
14.12.2023
Source: ShutterStock Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, has introduced a conceptual architecture called the enshrined Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (ZK-EVM) to enhance the main chain’s efficiency. According to Buterin’s latest blog, this proposal of the enshrined...
Pudgy Penguins Unveils Web3 Game ‘Pudgy World’ Powered by zkSync Era
11.12.2023
Source: pudgypenguins / Twitter Popular NFT project Pudgy Penguins has revealed the upcoming alpha launch of Pudgy World – a Web3 game based on the Ethereum Layer 2 network zkSync Era. According to the press release, the alpha will launch in Q1 of 2024. With it, Pudgy Penguins moves beyond...
Mantle Launches Non-Custodial Liquid Staking Protocol on Ethereum
4.12.2023
Source: Adobe Ethereum layer-2 project Mantle has announced the launch of its new liquid-staking protocol, Mantle LSP. In a Monday post on X (formerly Twitter), the proejct said Mantle LSP will allow users to deposit ETH and participate in network staking through validator nodes. ???? Interact with...
New Ethereum Layer-2 Blast Closes in on Solana After Reaching $600 Million TVL in 10 Days
30.11.2023
Source: Screenshot from Blast.io The total value locked (TVL) on the newly launched Ethereum-based layer 2 network Blast has already closed in on Solana’s TVL after being live for just 10 days. Judging from data from Defi Llama, Blast currently boasts an impressive TVL of $621.6 million, just below...
Celo Developer Proposes Mid-January Timeline for Evaluating Closely Watched Layer-2 Move
30.11.2023
With hot competition between layer-2 technology providers like Optimism, Polygon and Matter Labs, Celo's choice is being closely watched by the blockchain industry
L2 Protocol Blast Secures $230M TVL in 48hrs as Yield Concerns Arise
24.11.2023
Source: Blast Blast, a new Ethereum Layer 2 network, has achieved an impressive Total Value Locked (TVL) of over $230 million within 48 hours of its unveiling. However, there’s a unique twist – the network does not exist yet. Blast has reached $230 Million in TVL within 48 hours. 37,131...
Ethereum Layer 2 Blast Has Crypto Users Split on Its Impact
23.11.2023
Blast, a layer-2 blockchain that will go live in March, has garnered more than $225 million in staked assets since Monday, but many crypto investors remain skeptical
Blur Founder Launches New Layer 2 Network Blast, Raises $55 Million Within Hours
21.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Blast, Ethereum’s latest Layer 2 network, has gone live in an “early access” mode. In an X post on Monday, Blast announced its intention of becoming the inaugural Ethereum Layer 2 platform to introduce a built-in yield model. The company’s $20 million initial funding round...
New Ethereum Layer 2 Blast Attracts $30M Hours After Bridge Goes Live
21.11.2023
Blast boasts prominent investors Paradigm and eGirl Capital among others, but there’s no way to withdraw funds until February
The Protocol: Ethereum Layer-2s Keep Coming as OKX Apes In
15.11.2023
In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we share a few trends stand out to close 2023: the proliferation of Ethereum layer-2 networks, the ascendancy of zero-knowledge cryptography and the appearance of tokens, smart contracts and now file hosting on the Bitcoin blockchain
Blockchain Startup Kinto Plans 'First KYC'd' Ethereum Layer-2 Network After Raising $5M
15.11.2023
The Kinto network, built with the Optimism's OP Stack, features native know-your-customer (KYC) checks and investor accreditation mechanism to help onboard regulated financial institutions
OKX launches Ethereum layer-2 testnet using ZK-based Polygon CDK
14.11.2023
The “X1” network will be part of the Polygon ecosystem and use zero-knowledge proofs to bridge assets from Ethereum
Former Polygon Labs President Joins Rival Solution Optimism as Growth Chief
14.11.2023
Ryan Wyatt Source: LinkedIn Renowned Ethereum Layer 2 scaling protocol Optimism has snagged Ryan Wyatt, the former president of Polygon Labs, as its Chief Growth Officer. Let's keep it short & sweet My next chapter begins today as Chief Growth Officercontributing to the Optimism Collective!...
Ethereum layer 2’s will continue to have diverse approaches to scaling - Vitalik Buterin
31.10.2023
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin pens an analysis of Ethereum’s layer 2 ecosystem, highlighting the diverse approaches to scaling the smart contract blockchain
Ethereum layer 2 zkEVM ‘Scroll’ confirms mainnet launch
18.10.2023
Blockchain data from Etherscan suggest Scroll’s mainnet was live over a week ago