Layer 2

Coinbase’s Base Moves Away From Optimism’s OP Stack in Major Tech Shift

Coinbase’s Base blockchain is making a significant architectural change by phasing out Optimism’s OP stack — the set of smart contract execution and…

2 weeks ago

Robinhood Launches Arbitrum-Based L2 Testnet for Tokenized Asset Trading

Robinhood has taken a major step deeper into blockchain infrastructure with the public launch of the Robinhood Chain testnet, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain…

3 weeks ago

Vitalik Buterin Slams “Copy-Paste” EVM Chains, Urges Developers to Build Real Innovation

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin took aim at the proliferation of generic EVM Layer-1 chains and superficial Layer-2 rollups, arguing that the blockchain ecosystem…

1 month ago

Ethereum Foundation Developing Interoperability Layer to Boost Layer-2 Networks

Ethereum is trying to fix one of its biggest problems: everything on Ethereum feels scattered. And if they pull it…

4 months ago

Crypto Exchange Gate Unveils Its Own Layer 2

Gate, a leading cryptocy exchange, has unveiled its proprietary Layer 2 (L2) network dubbed Gate Layer. The launch of this…

5 months ago

Axie Infinity Creator Ronin Network Coming Back to Ethereum as L2

Ronin, a purpose-built blockchain for gaming, said it will migrate back to the Ethereum ecosystem as a layer-2 network, making…

7 months ago

Ethereum Network Polygon Back Online After Outage

Polygon’s consensus layer is back online after a bug in the network’s validation mechanism knocked it offline for an hour…

7 months ago

Uniswap Launches Ethereum L2 Unichain, Calling It ‘Fastest Chain in the Industry’

Ethereum decentralized exchange Uniswap has launched a new blockchain to speed up transactions for its popular DeFi project.  Dubbed Unichain, the layer-2…

1 year ago

Kraken Launches its Layer-2 Network Called Ink on The Ethereum Blockchain

Kraken, the seventh-largest crypto exchange, said its layer-2 rollup network, built on top of the Ethereum blockchain, has gone live. The…

1 year ago

Bitcoin Layer 2 GOAT Network Will Let Dogecoin Users Stake Their Tokens to Earn Fixed Yields in BTC

Bitcoin layer-2 network GOAT will soon let dogecoin (DOGE) users stake their tokens to earn fixed yields in BTC, with…

1 year ago