Funding Wrap: Investor focus shifts to layer-2s
Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade, the network’s most consequential since the 2022 Merge, went off without a hitch last week, reducing gas...
Layer2s
It’s cheaper to swap on layer-2s than on Ethereum, Uniswap research finds
A recent paper by Austin Adams, a researcher at Uniswap Labs, contends that swapping and liquidity provisions on layer-2 networks...
Blast developers drawn by layer-2’s liquidity and founder’s success building Blur
When the heavily-marketed layer-2 Blast went to mainnet late last month, so did a host of protocols built atop the...
Investor’s Guide to Layer-2s – Bitcoin Market Journal
Key Takeaways A Layer-2 (L2) protocol is a secondary framework built on top of an existing, more secure blockchain network...
Will layer-2s become table stakes for exchanges?
A continued shift to DeFi-focused offerings could be a boon for crypto exchanges looking to diversify revenue streams and attract...
How Ethereum Layer-2s have outperformed Layer-1s
Ethereum Layer-2s have proven to be a solid line of defense against Layer-1s. Ethereum’s TVL outperformed Solana and Avalanche and...
PayPal patent apps signal an interest in layer-2s, NFTs
Blockchain validation. Payments between different network layers. Digital asset recommendations in the metaverse. These are some of the areas PayPal’s...
Launching a bunch of layer-2’s is not a viable solution to blockchain scaling, says Solana’s Yakovenko
Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base…the list of layer-2 solutions goes on — and seems to be getting longer. Solana co-founder, Anatoly...
Sector Report: Layer-2s – Bitcoin Market Journal
Executive Summary: Layer-2 blockchains were developed to help overcome the weaknesses in scalability seen in Layer-1 blockchains such as Ethereum....
Lido Brings Staked Ether to Layer-2s
The announcement comes days after Sept. 19 was announced as the target date for ETH’s Beacon Chain Merge “For Ethereum...
