Layer 1

IntoTheBlock: Diving into Optimism and the Promise of Layer 2s
Speculation Mounts About Prices and Airdrops

Do Kwon's Treasury Play Allies LUNA and BTC Maxis in a Pumped Market
A $10B Bitcoin Treasury Has All the Hallmarks of a Game Changer

Scaling Breakthroughs and a Thriving Culture: Here’s What I Learned About the State of Web3 at ETHDenver
David Liebowitz came back from ETHDenver with some scintillating insights on the state of Web3.

Polkadot's Parachain Winners Make Strides in Building Sharded Ecosystem
The winners of Polkadot's parachain auctions are up and rolling.

Polkadot’s Parachain Auctions Aim to Fulfill Promise of Scalability
Polkadot's auction of parachains may drive innovation and scalability for a project aims to improve on Ethereum.

Payments DEX Stellar First L1 to Offer Integrated Automated Market Making
Stellar has launched Protocol 18, integrating automated market maker functionality into its Layer 1 DEX.

Solana Outage Likely Caused by Bots Pursuing an Initial DEX Offering
At 2:01 AM New York time Wednesday morning, the Solana blockchain went live once again, according to @SolanaStatus. “The Solana validator community successfully completed a restart of Mainnet Beta after an upgrade to 1.6.25,” the platform reported. “Dapps, block explorers, and supporting systems will recover over the next several hours, at which point full functionality…

Cardano Launches Smart Contracts But Now Must Deliver on Ecosystem’s Promise
At long last, Cardano has smart contracts. Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), one of three companies backing Cardano, announced the release on Sep. 12 as part of the so-called Alonzo upgrade. The deployment means the end of a long wait — Cardano launched its mainnet four years ago but hasn’t been able to run decentralized…







