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Scalability solutions are driving blockchain adoption, making Layer 2 news crucial for tracking innovations. Networks like Arbitrum, Optimism, and zk-rollups enhance transaction speed and reduce fees while maintaining security. As Ethereum and other blockchains integrate Layer 2 solutions, the push for efficiency and mainstream adoption continues to grow.
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Starknet launches Shadow Accounts, letting DeFi users keep their main wallets private while trading, lending and managing visible onchain positions.
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Ethereum made rollup transactions cheaper by giving them lower cost data space. The savings helped users and applications, but they also made it harder for a small chain to earn enough from transaction fees to support a sequencer, bridge, security…
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Ethereum’s EEZ has completed an atomic L1-to-L2 mainnet test carrying 0.001 ETH, allowing linked actions to succeed or fail together.
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Blast has announced plans to shut down its Layer 2 network, giving users until Oct. 26, 2026, to withdraw through its normal interface. Blast, in an Oct. 2 announcement on X, asked users to move their assets to Ethereum mainnet,…
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Liquid Network has moved closer to restoring peg out operations after starting an independent security audit of Elements v23.3.4 and coordinating changes to the authorization keys used in the withdrawal process. The Liquid Network said in its Sept. 28 ecosystem…
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Corn has launched a private members club for digital asset holders after closing its Bitcoin layer-2 network, as a third investment from Polychain Capital has taken its total funding to $19 million. Corn closed its Bitcoin layer 2 after deposits…
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A range-proof cache bug in the Elements codebase let an unknown actor mint unbacked L-BTC, drain 95% of the federation reserve through SideSwap, then negotiate its return on-chain via OP_RETURN messages. The network remains frozen, 598.5 BTC sits in the…
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The brokerage that brought zero-fee trading to millions just did the same thing to Layer 2. In 60 days, Robinhood Chain has gone from launch to $791 million in TVL, flipped Base in daily active users, and is now generating…
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A two-month-old Layer 2 chain is out-earning every blockchain on Earth, powered by a memecoin casino and a gas subsidy that expires at the end of September. Two months ago, Robinhood launched a blockchain. The pitch was regulated, 24/7 tokenized…
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The stablecoin giant launches Arc mainnet on September 16 with BlackRock, DTCC, and Visa as validators, betting that owning the infrastructure matters more than owning the dollar. The timing is either brilliant or reckless. Circle will flip the switch on…
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A two-month-old Layer 2 built by a stock brokerage is now processing more daily decentralized exchange volume than chains that have existed for years, and the market is only beginning to pay attention. Robinhood Chain processed roughly $945 million in…
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A two-month-old Layer 2 built by a stock brokerage is now processing more daily decentralized exchange volume than chains that have existed for years, and the market is only beginning to pay attention. How Robinhood built a top-five chain in…
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GnosisDAO approved Gnosis Chain’s transition into an Ethereum rollup, with its validator set set to retire after the EEZ launches.
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Ethereum’s best marketing line was that using it destroyed it, that every transaction burned ETH and shrank the supply. Then the network solved its scaling problem, activity fled to layer 2s, and the burn collapsed. The scaling worked. The scarcity…
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Robinhood Chain is an Arbitrum-based Ethereum L2 with 24/7 tokenized stocks that plug into DeFi. How it works, Stock Tokens, access rules, and the risks.
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Nearly every transaction on Ethereum’s layer-2 networks passes through a single machine, run by a single company, called a sequencer. It orders trades, sets the pace of the chain, earns the fees, and can go dark or say no. This…
