Layer 2s


Tech

Aave Gauges Community Interest for Expansion to Bitcoin Layer 2 Spiderchain

The potential deployment on a Bitcoin layer 2 by the largest DeFi lending protocol highlights the appetite for harnessing the original blockchain for purposes that are commonplace elsewhere in the crypto ecosystem.

Spiderchain, a Bitcoin layer 2 blockchain. (Shutterstock)

Tech

Nansen Expands to Bitcoin Layer 2, Will Provide Analytics for Bitlayer

Nansen aims to pave the way for more efficient decision-making in Bitcoin layer 2s empowered by the insights its data and analytics provide

Nansen co-founders Alex Svanevik and Evgeny Medvedev. (Nansen)

Tech

Bitcoin Developers Working With StarkWare, Blockstream Claim Breakthrough on New Features

The prestigious team of developers say that the new method for adding "covenants," while still in need of refinement, could bring greater programmability to the Bitcoin blockchain without requiring a notoriously difficult-to-pass upgrade known as a soft fork.

Figure from the just-published paper (Heilman, Kolobov, Levy, Poelstra)

Tech

Astria, Project to Decentralize Crucial Blockchain 'Sequencers,' Goes Live With Main Network

Astria's sequencing layer could be used like a modular plug-in for other networks, as an alternative to a centralized sequencer – sometimes seen as a bottleneck, or a single point of failure, or potentially a vector of transaction censorship.

Astria component diagram, from the project documentation (Astria)

Tech

Polymarket Is a Success for Polygon Blockchain – Everywhere But the Bottom Line

One of the major breakout successes this year for the team behind layer-2 blockchain Polygon is Polymarket. But according to data, Polymarket has only brought in about $27,000 of transaction fees for Polygon PoS in 2024.

Cumulative gas fees Polymarket on Polygon PoS in 2024 have totaled just over $27,000 this year, through Oct. 23. (Token Terminal)

Tech

Bitcoin Project BOB Maps Out How the Original Blockchain Could Take Over DeFi

The goal is to create trust-minimized bridges between itself and other layer-1 blockchains, according to the abstract of a new "vision paper" shared with CoinDesk.

BOB team (BOB)

Tech

Ethereum's Changing Landscape

For investors, ETH’s future depends on how Ethereum balances innovation with maintaining healthy economic policy, says Matthew Kimmell, digital asset analyst, CoinShares.

(Kristaps Ungurs/Unsplash+)

Finance

Sonic SVM, Gaming Project on Solana Blockchain, Plans $12.8M Node Sale

The blockchain project is taking advantage of an increasingly popular fundraising method known as "node sales" just months after a traditional $12 million fundraise.

Chris Zhu, CEO and co-founder at Sonic SVM, onstage this week at Korea Blockchain Week (Sonic SVM)

Tech

Polygon Begins Token Swap, in Move to Allow More Issuance

The migration from Polygon's MATIC token to POL will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2% annually.

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron (Polygon Labs)

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