Layer 2s


Tech

Ethereum’s Next Upgrade ‘Fusaka’ Could Cut Layer-2 and Validator Costs

Developers have thus far agreed to include one technical change, "PeerDAS," designed to improve data availability.

The forthcoming Ethereum upgrade, Fusaka, is partly named after Osaka, a city in Japan (Wikipedia)

Markets

Stacks' STX Is Week's Best Performer as Bitgo Link Seen Boosting Institutional Use

The Stacks-based DeFi ecosystem has seen a significant increase in liquidity, with stablecoin supply surging over 400% in the first quarter.

STX's price surge. (CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Deploys Bridge to Tackle Collateral Bottleneck of Using BTC in DeFi

Citrea deployed its Clementine Bridge on the Bitcoin testnet, using programming language BitVM2

A photo of Citrea's four co-creators (Citrea)

Tech

The Protocol: EigenLayer Ready to Launch Missing Feature

Also: Bitcoin L2 SDKs; North Korea's THORChain Use; and Quantum-Resistant BTC

Quantum Computing Room

Tech

RootstockLabs Prepares to Release SDKs for Bitcoin Layer 2s Using BitVMX

Rootstock founder Sergio Lerner sees Bitcoin layers-2s as fundamental to BTC fulfilling its purpose of being "money for the people"

Rootstock founder Sergio Demian Lerner gesticulates and wears a microphone headset. (Bradley Keoun)

Finance

Brevan Howard Digital Deploys $20M on Ethereum-Based Kinto in Institutional DeFi Push

The investment enables participation in Kinto’s mining program, which rewards asset deposits on the chain with token emission.

Ramon Recuero, Kinto CEO and co-founder (Kinto)

Tech

Could 'Based Rollups' Solve Ethereum's Layer-2 Problem?

As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.”

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)

Markets

Ethereum Layer-2 Protocols Achieve Record Transaction Throughput

Layer 2 protocols are faster than ever in processing transactions, according to data source growthepie.xyz.

Layer 2s process transactions at a record speed. (Boskampi/Pixabay)

Opinion

Blockchain Fragmentation Is a Major Problem That Must Be Addressed in 2025

For true interoperability to exist, we have to take a step back and re-approach blockchain modularity from a fresh perspective.

Fragmentation

Opinion

Should SOL Be Trading at a 70% Discount to ETH?

Solana's SOL is starting to rival Ethereum's ether in terms of on-chain activity and network usage metrics, raising questions about whether the market is dislocated, says Michael Nadeau.

Metal Yurt in Nature

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