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Tech

Trading Platform Robinhood, Layer-2 Arbitrum Team Up To Offer Swaps To Users

Users of Robinhood’s self-custody wallet will have access to Arbitrum swaps in the next coming months. Arbitrum's ARB surged on the news.

Steven Goldfeder, CEO of Offchain Labs, the primary developer behind Arbitrum, speaks Thursday at ETHDenver. (Danny Nelson)

Markets

Why Polygon's MATIC Token Has Lagged During Past Year's Crypto Rally

MATIC was overvalued at the start of the ongoing crypto bull run, one observer said.

Polygon co-founders Sandeep Nailwal, Jordi Baylina and Antoni Martin (Polygon)

Tech

As Blockchains Push Toward Decentralization, These People Serve as Ultimate Guardians

The goal of these "protocol councils,” sometimes called “security councils,” is to nudge these nascent networks toward increasing decentralization, by gradually removing them from under the control of their original developers. How are they different from boards of directors?

Decentralized finance activity is starting to pick up. (Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash)

Tech

Celo, Shopping for Blockchain Partner, Turns to the Delicate Issue of Money

A standalone blockchain, Celo is looking to migrate to become a layer-2 network atop Ethereum. The months-long selection process has started to look like "The Bachelorette," with teams behind the Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon and zkSync networks all vying to win the technology mandate.

Like the suitors courting Penelope in the Odyssey, Ethereum's biggest layer-2 teams are vying to win over the Celo blockchain. (John William Waterhouse, via Wikipedia.)

Videos

Arbitrum’s ARB Token Hits Record High as Value Locked Crosses $2.5B

Arbitrum’s ARB token neared $2 on Wednesday to set a record high and total value locked (TVL) topped $2.5 billion as traders seemingly trickled to the network in anticipation of it driving the next wave of gains in the crypto market. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Markets

Arbitrum Token Sets Record High as Value Locked Crosses $2.5B

Transaction volumes on the network overtook those for Solana-based applications, which boomed after a meme coin-led frenzy in December.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Arbitrum Hit by 'Partial Outage' Due to Traffic Surge

The layer-2 blockchain stopped working as intended Friday morning.

Arbitrum booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Arbitrum Throws Hat In Ring for Celo's Migration to Layer-2 Blockchain

Celo originally planned to build its Ethereum layer-2 network with Optimism's OP Stack. Then Polygon and Matter Labs pitched their stacks. Now, Arbitrum, the biggest layer-2, wants in on the bake-off.

Arbitrum booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Circle to Enable Cross-Chain USDC Transfers With Cosmos's Noble Later This Month

Decentralized exchange dYdX will be the a user of CCTP, as the project expands beyond Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum and Optimism.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder and CEO, Circle (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Arbitrum Voters Polarized Over 'Research' Pitch With $2M Price Tag

Proposed coalition of professional researchers could help "accelerate decision-making" at the Ethereum layer-2 project, but complaints have surfaced over the cost and potential conflicts of interest.

Lybra Finance launched its version 2 test network on Arbitrum Wednesday morning. (Getty Images)