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Paradigm Responds To Criticism Levied At Its Portfolio Project, Blast
Paradigm’s Dan Robinson says the firm disagrees with Blast’s launch campaign tactics
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Blast Attracts Widespread Criticism Despite Surging TVL
Blast attracts nearly $500M in five days despite only comprising a deposit contract
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Circle Launches Bridged USDC Contract For EVM Chains
Users can permissionlessly deploy the standard to migrate USDC or EURC onto EVM-compatible chains
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Upstart Layer 2 Blast Draws In $100M With Airdrop Scheme
BLUR rallies as traders stake tokens for future BLAST rewards.
yyctrader
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DeFi Research
DeFi Research
Comparing Layer 2 Launches: An On-chain Analysis of Liquidity Providers
Keyrock analyzes the on-chain performance of high-profile layer 2 (L2) networks in their earliest days after mainnet launch.
Keyrock
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Solana Overtakes Ethereum By Active Users After 70% Spike
Solana surges past Ethereum but Layer 2s are still king
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Scroll Rockets Through Layer 2 Rankings Amid Origins NFT Campaign
Scroll among top 3 Layer 2s by throughput after 138% spike in one week
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Linea Kicks Off ‘DeFi Voyage’ Campaign
Users Of Consensys’ Layer 2 Network Can Earn XP By Completing Quests That Could Lead To A Potential Airdrop
yyctrader
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News Chain
News Chain
Kraken Exploring Options for Layer 2 Blockchain Network; Eyeing Polygon, Matter Labs, and Nil Foundation
This move follows Coinbase's launch of its own Layer 2 network earlier this year.
The Defiant Team
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Ethereum Mainnet Reclaims Dominance From Layer 2s
L2 throughput sinks 32% in six weeks
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Arbitrum’s Orbit Is Ready For Mainnet Deployment
Developers Can Now Create Bespoke Blockchains Permissionlessly Leveraging Arbitrum’s Infrastructure and Tooling
yyctrader
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Polygon Deploys POL Token On Ethereum
New POL token will facilitate restaking for multi-chain Polygon ecosystem
Samuel Haig
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News Chain
News Chain
Scroll TVL Triples In A Day As Layer 2 Ramps Up Marketing
Scroll’s testnet deployments hosted 305,000 transactions daily
The Defiant Team
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Scroll Suffers From Weak Adoption One Week After Mainnet Launch
Scroll attracted a TVL of just $700,000 in six days
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Polygon L2 Proposal Roils ApeCoin Community
Polygon offers to build ApeCoin Layer 2 for $200,000 per year
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Arbitrum Reboots Odyssey Campaign As Rival Layer 2s Gain Ground
Arbitrum Is The Leading Ethereum Layer 2 By TVL But Lags behind zkSync Era, Starknet and Base By Transaction Throughput
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Unclaimed ARB Tokens Worth $56M Returned To DAO
Eligible Users Had Six Months To Claim $1.7B ARB Airdrop From Leading Ethereum Layer 2 Network
Owen Fernau
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DeFi News
DeFi News
zkSync Airdrop Farmer Deploys 21,877 Wallets
Determined zkSync Era Airdrop Opportunist Launched Private DEX and Token To Trade Between Wallets
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Starknet Activity Surges On Token Speculation
Ethereum Layer 2 Open-sources Tech Stack In Preparation For Decentralization
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Starknet Foundation and Argent Form Startup Studio
Hito Studios Aims To Help Entrepreneurs Weather Bear Market: Argent CEO
Owen Fernau
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Base Inks Profit Sharing Deal With Optimism
Coinbase’s Layer 2 Network Will Receive OP Tokens For Governance Participation
Samuel Haig
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Crypto News
Crypto News
friend.tech Crosses 100,000 Users As Crypto Community Debates Its Longevity
Social Trading App Rebrands Shares as Keys
Owen Fernau
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Ethereum Layer 2 Throughput Hits Record High
Newer L2s Like Base and zkSync Era Continue To Gain Traction
Samuel Haig
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DeFi News
DeFi News
friend.tech Closes In On Ethereum With $1.7M In Daily Fees
Paradigm’s Involvement and Airdrop Speculation Fuel Web3 Social Trading Platform’s Rapid Growth
Jeremy Nation
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DeFi News
DeFi News
Shibarium Botches Launch With Bridged ETH Unrecoverable
Users Of Layer 2 Network From Shiba Inu Face Stuck Transactions
Samuel Haig
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