Layer 2 News

Grand Base, an RWA tokenization platform on the layer 2 Base network, suffered a major security breach. 

Coinbase's layer 2 network, Base, has been making headlines for its high transaction-per-second throughput compared to Solana.

EOS has announced a new solution aiming to improve Bitcoin’s scalability and compatibility with layer-2 networks. EOS Network, a blockchain platform powered by the EOS virtual machine, has announced the development of exSat, a docking layer, aimed at bridging the…

Global fund manager VanECK has high hopes for Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) networks, predicting that these could be valued at over $1 trillion by 2030. Despite its ambitious targets for L2s, VanECK asserted that it remains “generally bearish” about the…

The Dencun upgrade has benefited layer-2 solutions, yet some experts are concerned about their complexity and potential risks. On Mar. 13, the much-anticipated Dencun upgrade went live on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet, promising enhanced scalability and reduced transaction fees for…

A study by Austin Adams from Uniswap Labs revealed that transactions and liquidity provisions on layer-2 networks offer lower cost advantages over Ethereum's mainnet.

Arbitrum developers will reduce the cost of layer-2 transactions by 10 times, with gas fee reductions going live on March 18.

BNB Chain has introduced a rollup-as-a-service solution to foster the growth of custom Layer 2 networks within its ecosystem.

Ethereum’s much-anticipated update is here. Could this be the turning point for lower user fees on the network? Just before the Dencun update went live, the average gas fee on Ethereum was 66 Gwei — one of the highest levels…

Ethereum developers have successfully deployed the Dencun update to the mainnet.

Developers at Gnosis Chain have deployed a version of the Dencun update to the network to help scale decentralized applications further.

Decentralized protocol Injective has announced the launch of its inEVM layer 2 accumulative solution on the mainnet.

Korean firm specializing in web3 and blockchain Dispread announced a partnership with a second-level solution on Ethereum Arbitrum. According to a press release on Feb. 29, Dispread plans to distribute research content and development guides to help Arbitrum build a…

The number of active users on the Starknet network dropped sharply after the announcement of the airdrop. According to Starkscan, the figure stands at 84,260 at the time of writing. Moreover, on Feb. 14, 2024, the number of active wallets…

Ethereum core developer Eric Conner says the network’s mainnet in the long term will not serve as the platform where daily users would want to transact tokens. In a recent thread on X, Eric Conner, an Ethereum core developer, discussed…

The layer-2 (L2) scaling solutions ecosystem is booming. Can crypto achieve scalability without sacrificing decentralization? The congestion and high transaction fees in established blockchains like Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) have sparked a need for additional solutions to handle the…