Protocol Obligate ramps up push to boost institutional blockchain use
On-chain debt capital markets platform Obligate has launched on Coinbase’s layer-2 network. This new deployment aligns with the protocol’s strategy…
Tag: layer-2
Wannabe L2 Blast bursts onto scene promising high ETH yield — in 3 months
A new Ethereum layer-2 rollup, announced Monday, has already attracted $27 million in total value locked (TVL), but there’s a…
Ethereum won’t flip Bitcoin anytime soon, but Ordinals could change that
Bitcoin block space looks set to be the hottest commodity in crypto. Bitcoin once again occupies more than half the…
Centralized exchange OKX launches decentralized L2 with Polygon CDK
Popular centralized exchange OKX is launching its very own zkEVM (zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine) layer-2 network testnet using Polygon’s chain…
Will layer-2s become table stakes for exchanges?
A continued shift to DeFi-focused offerings could be a boon for crypto exchanges looking to diversify revenue streams and attract…
Notional Finance brings fixed-rate borrowing to Arbitrum
Notional Finance has made the jump from Ethereum mainnet to layer-2 with the third iteration of its fixed-rate borrowing and…
New Ethereum rollup takes a zero-knowledge approach to sharding
Ethereum scaling solution builder =nil; Foundation has introduced zkSharding for Ethereum, the latest infrastructure attempt at gaining faster transaction speeds…
Arbitrum Orbit prepped for mainnet launch
Ethereum scaling solution Arbitrum Orbit is officially mainnet ready, developer Offchain Labs says. This means that builders can create their…
New DeFi protocols aim to jumpstart L2 Rollux
SYS Labs, the team behind Ethereum layer-2 Rollux, has introduced a suite of new products to improve interoperability and general…
Time to declare EVM the winner? Not yet, says Helius CEO Mumtaz
Apple versus Android. Windows versus UNIX. They’re examples of classic tech rivalries that in many ways, Mert Mumtaz says, resemble…