Uniswap has officially launched on X Layer, the Ethereum-compatible layer-2 blockchain developed by crypto exchange OKX, marking a major expansion of the decentralized exchange’s presence across ...
Kraken, the 6th-largest crypto exchange in the world, said Thursday that it is launching its own layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain, based on technology borrowed from Optimism – the same ...
Blockspace Media has acquired Bitcoin Layers, an independent data platform tracking metrics across Bitcoin’s layer-2 and ...
Ethereum (ETH) fell from $4,953 in August to around $3,446 by November as Layer 2 networks reduced mainnet fee revenue and token burns. Ethereum’s daily gas fee revenue dropped from over $30M to ...
Ethereum mainnet overtook layer-2 networks in daily active addresses following the Fusaka upgrade, but security concerns ...
Kraken, the seventh-largest crypto exchange, said its layer-2 rollup network, built on top of the Ethereum blockchain, has gone live. The network, called Ink, is based on the OP stack, a customizable ...
Data from L2Beat shows that layer 2s are seeing greater adoption than ever before as users continue to desire lower gas fees. Ethereum layer-2 networks reached a new milestone on Nov. 10, reaching $13 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry in Asia. While blockchain technology promises transparency and ...
Bitcoin may be the world’s most secure digital asset, but for years its base layer has limited the kinds of financial applications developers could build on it. That changes with the launch of Arkade, ...
Brian Armstrong, founder of Coinbase, photographed for Forbes by Jamel Toppin in January 2020. Coinbase officially launched the public mainnet for its long-awaited Base layer 2 blockchain network on ...
A common chant from many in this space these days in response to any discussion of changes to the Bitcoin protocol is “Don’t mess with Layer 1! You can just build it on Layer 2!” This seems like a ...