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More TPS, less gas: Ethereum layer 2 Starknet outlines performance upgrades

[May 1, 2023 8:20 AM] Starknet makes performance improvements top priority in 2023, aiming to increase throughput, lower latency and reduce transaction costs.

Google Cloud to optimize Polygon zkEVM scaling performance

[Apr 28, 2023 7:30 AM] Polygon Labs and Google Cloud will team up in a multi-year agreement to drive the development and adoption of the Ethereum scaling protocol’s infrastructure and developer tools.

Decentralized Exchange Vertex Launches on Ethereum Layer 2 Arbitrum

[Apr 26, 2023 6:45 AM]

How the Hunt for Yet-to-Exist Tokens Is Shaping Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape

[Apr 26, 2023 5:00 AM] Token airdrops – and the prospect of them – have become a major customer acquisition strategy for Ethereum's layer 2 scaling projects. But is this strategy a sustainable one?

Celo Joins Chainlink Program Giving Developers Access to Data Feeds

[Apr 25, 2023 10:00 AM] More than 90 Celo community members voted in favor of joining the Chainlink Scale program and only three voted against.

Decentralized exchange GMX votes to use Chainlink low-latency oracles

[Apr 24, 2023 11:39 PM] A Chainlink exec said the oracles will improve GMX’s security by providing a more “strong degree of tamper-resistance when settling user trades.”

Ethereum Layer 2 Networks’ Total Value Locked Hovers at Near-Record High, Data Shows

[Apr 24, 2023 3:31 PM] TVL soared past $10 billion on the Ethereum blockchain earlier this month before dipping as crypto prices swooned. Arbitrum dominates the layer 2 scaling landscape by market share.

DeFi driving zkSync growth as 1inch deploys on Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform

[Apr 20, 2023 8:00 AM] 1inch Network is the latest decentralized Finance protocol to deploy on Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform zkSync Era.

1inch, Aggregator of Decentralized Crypto Exchanges, to Launch on Ethereum Rollup zkSync Era

[Apr 20, 2023 8:00 AM] The decentralized-exchange (DEX) aggregator, which nabbed $175 million in a 2021 series B funding round, is one of the biggest protocols yet to launch on a zero-knowledge EVM (zkEVM).

Coinbase’s Base network gets OpenZeppelin security integration

[Apr 19, 2023 9:27 AM] Contract upgrades, admin changes and protocol tweaks can now be made using standard APIs that were previously unavailable on Base.

Ethereum layer 2 bridging up sixfold year-on-year in Q1 — Alchemy

[Apr 18, 2023 8:00 AM] Layer 2s also saw increased development activity, with year-over-year smart contract deployment increasing by 160%.

StarkNet Aims to Enhance Scalability, Privacy and Security on Ethereum

[Apr 17, 2023 6:09 AM] One of the first projects to integrate the intriguing new mechanism of Account Abstraction has already gotten Visa on board to secure payments processing for crypto transactions. That’s why StarkNet is a 2023 Project to Watch.

ERC-20 tool recovers $150M — Coinbase exec explains how

[Apr 13, 2023 6:20 AM] Will Robinson, vice president of engineering at Coinbase, explains the crypto exchange’s plan to increase its on-chain presence with new tools and the Base network.

ARB Plummets 5% As Arbitrum Presents Draft Of New Governance Proposal

[Apr 6, 2023 5:00 AM] After surviving a frightening weekend that saw its value plummet, ARB has begun another round of bearish trends following the Arbitrum Foundation’s latest presented governance proposal. This proposal focuses on the improvement of the Arbitrum…

Masa announces soulbound ID tokens for Coinbase's Base Network

[Apr 4, 2023 3:46 PM] The token protocol can be used for a wide variety of applications, including membership badges, loyalty programs, decentralized captcha bots, and credit underwriting.

Locked Value Climbs on zkSync Era Climbs Past $100M

[Apr 3, 2023 2:58 AM] Ether and USD Coin dominate locked tokens on the upstart network.

Arbitrum's first governance proposal sparks controversy with $1B at stake

[Apr 2, 2023 12:07 PM] The Arbitrum Foundation announced that it was only ratifying an existing decision when it proposed a 750 million ARB tokens budget.

Injective launches layer-2 testnet for Solana-based apps in Cosmos

[Mar 30, 2023 7:00 AM] The new testnet is one of the few networks that uses Solana’s Sea Level Virtual Machine (SVM).

Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks' Token a Top Performer in March

[Mar 28, 2023 3:20 PM] STX has gained 23% in March and is up 350% over the past year.

ConsenSys Launches zkEVM Public Testnet, Renames It ‘Linea’

[Mar 28, 2023 8:10 AM] The release comes in the days after competitors, Polygon and Matter Labs, came out with their own zkEVMs.

Polygon’s ‘holy grail’ Ethereum-scaling zkEVM beta hits mainnet

[Mar 27, 2023 8:00 AM] Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform Polygon has released its zkEVM to mainnet beta, allowing developers to deploy smart contracts with increased finality and lower costs.

‘The Only Way to Truly Scale Blockchains Is to Parallelize Processing’ Says Piers Ridyard

[Mar 27, 2023 5:30 AM] Despite being touted as the possible panacea, decentralized finance (defi) still faces obstacles which greatly diminish the prospects of mainstream adoption, asserts serial entrepreneur and CEO of Radix DLT, Piers Ridyard. Ridyard added that while…

Matter Labs Opens zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum

[Mar 24, 2023 8:00 AM] After launching ZkSync Era for developers-only last month, the project took the additional step Friday of opening it to general users. The latest push comes just days ahead of Polygon’s planned rollout on Monday of its own “zero knowledge Ethereum…

zkSync Era launches with Uniswap and Sushi — First zkEVM on mainnet

[Mar 24, 2023 7:00 AM] A new Era has dawned with the launch of the first Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible ZK rollup, enabling projects like Uniswap and Sushi to easily port over for scaling.

Over 472,845 Claim Nearly 892 Million Arbitrum (ARB) Tokens

[Mar 24, 2023 4:20 AM] Dune Analytics data on March 24 reveals that 472,845 ARB claimers have received roughly 892 million tokens since the airdrop began. The ARB Airdrop As of March 24, there were precisely 891,924,000 ARB tokens claimed, translating to a 76.75% claim…

Arbitrum airdrop hype helps zkSync addresses jump over 5X in a week

[Mar 20, 2023 7:25 AM] Airdrops were created as a marketing tool before the ICO era, rewarding traders for promoting the project and holding its token for a certain period of time,

Polygon Partners With Salesforce for NFT-Based Loyalty Program

[Mar 17, 2023 4:58 PM] Salesforce partnership with the blockchain platform marks another major company’s investment into customer engagement initiatives using Web3 technologies.

OpenZeppelin Reveals Top 10 Blockchain Hacking Techniques in 2022

[Mar 16, 2023 9:09 PM] The first and second place bugs involved layer 2 scaling solution Optimism and vanity address generator Profanity.

Ethereum layer-2 solutions may focus less on token incentives in the future

[Mar 11, 2023 8:16 AM] Token incentive models may become obsolete as layer-2 networks focus on ease of functionality and low fees, but how will this impact decentralization?

OP Plummets 7% As Optimism Postpones Hardfork

[Mar 7, 2023 4:00 PM] Weeks after its recent bedrock upgrade, aimed at enhancing network performance via Optimism Collective, Optimism (OP) is still thriving to stay relevant among the competitive Layer 2 network markets. On Monday, Optimism announced its upcoming…