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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…

Coinbase CEO hints its new layer-2 network could include AML measures

[Mar 6, 2023 11:14 PM] Brian Armstrong said centralized firms have a responsibility to monitor transactions and carry out AML checks.

ConsenSys zkEVM set for public testnet to deliver secure settlements on Ethereum

[Mar 3, 2023 9:00 AM] ConsenSys will release its zkEVM rollup to its public testnet on March 28, paving the way for an eventual mainnet integration later in 2023.

Eclipse to Launch Rollup Blockchain for Polygon Network with Solana Compatibility

[Feb 24, 2023 9:30 AM] Customizable rollup provider Eclipse announced that the startup is launching a scaling solution that is compatible with Solana and Polygon. Eclipse disclosed that the Layer 2 blockchain can run smart contracts on Solana, and decentralized…

Optimism (OP) Surges 17% As Coinbase Launches L2 On OP Stack

[Feb 23, 2023 12:30 PM] Earlier today, digital asset exchange Coinbase announced the launch of its Ethereum L2 (Layer 2) network called ‘Base’ on the Optimism OP stack. This latest news has sent the Optimism network native token OP up nearly 18% in the last 24 hours. …

Coinbase launches its own layer-2 network for building decentralized apps

[Feb 23, 2023 9:03 AM] The network, known as Base, is designed to be a low-cost, secure, developer-friendly environment that Coinbase said will serve as a bridge to bring users into the crypto economy.

Bitcoin market cap ‘flips’ payments giant Visa for the 3rd time

[Feb 19, 2023 7:08 PM] While the collapse of FTX shaved $100 billion off of BTC’s market cap in just four days last year, BTC has managed to fully recover and stack on another $65 billion.

Polygon tables late-March launch date for its zkEVM Mainnet Beta

[Feb 14, 2023 11:04 PM] The Ethereum scaling solutions provider is preparing to launch its long-awaited Ethereum Virtual Machine roll-up technology.

Starkware commits to open source its ‘magic wand’ Starknet Prover

[Feb 5, 2023 6:00 AM] The prover is the crucial engine Starkware uses to roll up hundreds of thousands of transactions and compress them into a tiny cryptographic proof written on the Ethereum blockchain.

Polygon Beefs Up Layer 2 Position, Gets The Edge In NFT Transactions Vs. Ethereum

[Feb 3, 2023 8:16 AM] Polygon is a Layer 2 scaling solution built on top of Ethereum. This addresses the scalability problem of the Ethereum network. The project, however, is currently outperforming the network in NFT transactions. According to WuBlockchain, a crypto…

The state of Solana: will the layer-1 protocol rise again in 2023?

[Jan 27, 2023 11:51 AM] Despite the latest FTX-related crisis, Solana still has what it takes to win the layer-1 race, according to the head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, Austin Federa.

Soaring growth of Ethereum layer-2 networks set to continue in 2023

[Jan 18, 2023 9:02 PM] Leading layer-2 networks on Ethereum have seen a surge in daily active users and fees recently.

DeFi was the most attacked ecosystem in 2022: Finance Redefined

[Jan 13, 2023 3:00 PM] 2023 started on a bullish note for nearly all the top 100 DeFi tokens, as most of them rose to new multi-week highs.

Optimism and Arbitrum flip Ethereum in combined transaction volume

[Jan 10, 2023 11:48 PM] The two layer-2 networks processed more than 1.1 million transactions combined on Jan. 10.

MATIC Advances 6.5% In Last 7 Days – Can It Sustain Gains For Another Week?

[Jan 6, 2023 9:24 PM] The year 2022 saw the value of Polygon’s native token MATIC drop by 64%. But the network started this year on a positive note, with the price shooting up 8% according to the charts. However, can MATIC maintain this momentum?  On-Chain Developments…

StarkNet overhauls Cairo programming language to drive developer adoption

[Jan 5, 2023 8:00 AM] Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform StarkNet has revamped its Cairo programming language to enable easier onboarding of new developers.

Aztec Network secures $100 million in Series B funding led by a16z

[Dec 15, 2022 3:30 PM] With the funds, Aztec Network plans to hire more engineers and build a new encrypted blockchain.

The blockchain trilemma: Can it ever be tackled?

[Dec 7, 2022 12:33 PM] Blockchain trilemma is arguably the hardest technical problem to solve within Web3. How are blockchain networks approaching this?

Blockstream Launches BOL2: Community For Bitcoin Development

[Nov 17, 2022 2:38 PM] Along with other bitcoin companies, Blockstream is spearheading a developer community to further Lightning and layer-2 development.Blockstream, a company focused on scaling bitcoin, is launching a platform to connect developers, entrepreneurs, and…

zkSync developer Matter Labs raises $200M, commits to open-sourcing platform

[Nov 16, 2022 8:00 AM] Over 150 projects — including Chainlink, Uniswap and Aave — have signaled their intent to deploy on the layer-2 blockchain.

L2 is crucial to Ethereum decentralization, censorship resistance, says researcher

[Nov 9, 2022 3:15 PM] Swedish researcher Eric Wall highlighted StarkNet’s influence on Ethereum’s scalability as he joins the board of the newly formed StarkNet Foundation.