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Vitalik Urges Ethereum Developers To Target ‘Millions’ Of Users Post-Dencun
Ethereum’s chief scientist said Ethereum is ready to support applications servicing millions of users following Dencun's massive L2 fee reductions.
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Base Activity Soars As TVL Crosses $900 Million
Trading volumes hit an all-time high of $394 million on March 19 as memecoin traders descended on Coinbase’s Layer 2 network.
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Top Ethereum L2s Ready To Ship Major Upgrades
Starknet, Optimism, and Polygon are all working on major upcoming upgrades.
Samuel Haig
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Ethereum Layer 2 Adoption Trends High After Dencun Upgrade
L2 throughput approaches all-time highs following Dencun and amid an uptick in market volatility.
Samuel Haig
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Zerion Announces L2 Subsidizing Transaction Fees
Zerion projects fee subsidies will offset revenue from user acquisition to its wallet service.
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Transaction Fees On Layer 2 Plummet Post Dencun
Fees across leading Layer 2s supporting EIP-4844 have fallen by between 50% and 98%.
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Ethereum Activates Dencun Upgrade, Ushering New Era For Layer 2 Scalability
Layer 2 teams predict transaction fee reductions of up to 90% post-Dencun.
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Astar Launches zkEVM Mainnet Boasting Ethereum Interoperability Via Polygon AggLayer
Astar zkEVM is the second chain supporting AggLayer after Polygon zkEVM.
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Arbitrum Nova Dominates L2 Throughput Amid DePIN and GameFi Surge
Nova’s daily throughput has surpassed 44 TP for 10 consecutive days.
Samuel Haig
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Active Users On Ethereum Layer 2s Surges To New Highs
Roughly 3.5 million users were active on Ethereum Layer 2s over the past seven days.
Samuel Haig
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Metis Integrates Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol Amid Restaking Push
Metis partners with EigenLayer and Renzo Finance to roll out Ethereum restaking.
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Robinhood Partners With Arbitrum to Ease Layer 2 Access
Robinhood Wallet users will be able to swap tokens on Arbitrum-based DEXs.
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Merlin Chain’s Surging Growth Pushes Bitcoin’s DeFi TVL Past $2B
Users have piled nearly $1.6B into the launch campaign for the Merlin Chain Layer 2 and its MERL token.
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Blast Schedules Mainnet Launch As TVL Pushed Above $2B
Blast appears poised to rank as the third-largest Ethereum Layer 2 by TVL at launch.
Samuel Haig
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Ethereum Ecosystem Continues To Rally Into New Year-To-Date Highs
DeFi token market cap approaches $100B for the first time in almost 22 months.
Samuel Haig
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Vitalik Remains Wary Of Overly Complex Layer 2s
The Ethereum founder thinks it could be “worth adding some pretty sophisticated L1 features to reduce the code burden of L2s.”
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Uniswap Launches v2 Across Six New Chains
Uniswap's v2 expansions comes despite the Uniswap team preparing to launch its v4 version before the fourth quarter.
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Starknet Token To Launch On Feb. 20
Starknet users and early ETH stakers are part of 1.3M eligible addresses that will be able to claim STRK tokens next week.
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Immutable Tops L2 Growth Charts Despite Immutable zkEVM Rollout
Immutable's IMX is also the fifth-best performing top 100 cryptocurrency of the past seven days.
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L2s Finalise New Rollup Standard Bolstering Compatibility With Mainstream Tech
Layer 2 TVL tags new all-time high despite throughput sliding.
Samuel Haig
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Frax Launches Modular Layer 2 Blockchain
Fraxtal leverages the Optimism stack and will airdrop FTXL points to veFXS stakers.
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Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Completes Testnet Trials, Mainnet Comes Next
Ethereum's developers expect to schedule Dencun’s mainnet launch date during the Feb. 8 All Core Devs call.
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Mode’s TVL Rockets Past $60M In Four Days After Announcing Airdrop Campaign
The Layer 2 will distribute points to early network adopters and Ethereum ecosystem users.
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Blast Accused Of Dishonestly Forking Optimism’s Code
Blast is again garnering controversy after allegedly altering the license for Optimism’s open-source codebase.
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Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Goes Live On Sepolia Without A Hitch
Dencun’s final testnet deployment will take place on Feb. 7.
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