Layer 2 News

Switzerland-based blockchain startup Aleph Zero has launched a testnet for its ZK-privacy layer-2 solution zkOS capable of achieving “subsecond proving times.” Aleph Zero, a Swiss firm focused on developing privacy-first blockchain solutions, is launching the developer testnet for its Aleph…

European law enforcement agency Europol slammed crypto mining as well as layer-2 solutions, saying they cause “additional problems for law enforcement investigations.” European law enforcement agency Europol has criticized crypto mining and layer-2 blockchain solutions, asserting that they pose “additional…

Blockchain infrastructure designed Alchemy has launched a development kit rollup-centric innovation in the crypto ecosystem. 

Alchemy Pay will integrate with Scroll, a Layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum.  This development will leverage zero-knowledge technology and compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which means that users can acquire and access USDT and USDC on Scroll through…

Speaking at Money 20/20 in Amsterdam, Rootstock Labs’ Ricardo Castro told listeners that the Bitcoin layer-2 protocol focuses on global defi access, especially in emerging markets. 

Ethereum ecosystem contributor Polygon Labs increased its zero-knowledge investment to $1 billion with its acquisition of the startup Toposware.

Without Bitcoin defi, Nakamoto’s dream of developing a Bitcoin alternative to legacy financial systems will never fully come true.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed introducing multidimensional gas pricing.

The leading Ethereum decentralized exchange, Uniswap, contributes substantially more volume to layer 2 blockchains compared to the activity seen two years ago.

Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, and zkSync integrate the data availability layer from the Avail modular blockchain.

Following the Bitcoin halving, three so-called BTC layer-2 protocols have outperformed crypto’s leading token. 

Muneeb Ali, co-founder of Stacks, shared his perspective on the rapid shift towards a diverse and active phase of innovation within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

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…