Layer 2

Ethereum Layer-2 Zero Network Shuts Down After 18 Months as Crypto Infrastructure Consolidation Continues

Ethereum Layer-2 project Zero Network is officially shutting down operations after roughly a year and a half, becoming the latest casualty in…

1 week ago

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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

7 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…

8 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…

10 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…

10 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