Browsing: Layer-2

Solana Layer-2 project Sonami unveils its presale strategy and expansion roadmap, addressing network congestion through transaction bundling while targeting high-frequency applications like gaming and meme coins with its $SNMI token ecosystem.

Ethereum achieves historic scalability milestone with transaction fees averaging just $0.01 despite record 1.6 million daily transactions, signaling network maturity through Dencun and Pectra upgrades while facing competitive pressure and institutional accumulation patterns.

Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade, set for December 3, 2025, marks a pivotal step in enhancing scalability and efficiency through gas limit increases and PeerDAS, building on past successes to support growing developer and institutional engagement in the competitive blockchain landscape.

MegaETH’s token sale frenzy hits $450M, oversubscribed 8.9x—but is this groundbreaking tech or pure FOMO? Santiment’s Brian Q warns synchronized buying signals danger, while Ethereum founders back the ambitious layer-2 promise of app-speed blockchain performance.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko’s critique of Ethereum layer-2 security challenges fundamental scaling assumptions while institutional capital flows reshape both ecosystems amid regulatory evolution.

Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade enters its final testnet phase, introducing gas caps and PeerDAS to enhance scalability and efficiency, with mainnet deployment expected in December 2025, amid strong developer growth and institutional engagement.

Batched Threshold Encryption represents a cryptographic breakthrough that could fundamentally reshape decentralized finance by eliminating extractive MEV practices through advanced batch processing and privacy-preserving transaction ordering.

Ondo Finance urges the SEC to delay Nasdaq’s tokenized securities proposal over transparency concerns, highlighting regulatory tensions in the growing push for real-world asset tokenization across platforms like Robinhood and eToro.

Ethereum leads with over 16,000 new developers in nine months, bolstered by institutional inflows and regulatory clarity, while facing competition and data accuracy challenges in a evolving crypto landscape.

Cryptocurrency markets show resilience with Ethereum layer-2 leading recovery, record fundraising, and regulatory developments shaping industry evolution amid ongoing uncertainties.

Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions demonstrated exceptional resilience during recent market turbulence, outperforming broader crypto assets and signaling growing institutional recognition of their utility beyond speculation.

AI-focused Polkadot project Phala Network is fully migrating to Ethereum Layer 2 after a community vote, aiming to boost scalability and confidential AI compute in a strategic shift that highlights Ethereum’s ecosystem advantages over Polkadot’s limitations.

Plume Network’s SEC registration as a transfer agent marks a pivotal step in bridging traditional finance with blockchain, enabling automated management of tokenized securities and enhancing institutional adoption in the growing real-world asset market.

ETHZilla’s dramatic pivot from failing biotech to Ethereum powerhouse showcases corporate crypto adoption accelerating, with aggressive Ether accumulation and layer-2 yield strategies positioning the company at the forefront of stablecoin revolution and institutional blockchain integration.

A comprehensive analysis of Ethereum’s market dynamics, blending psychological insights from the ‘Project Mirror’ study with technical, on-chain, and macroeconomic factors to reveal a complex landscape of risks and opportunities.

Ethereum faces a critical juncture with technical breakdowns and macroeconomic pressures, yet strong onchain metrics and institutional backing fuel a bullish long-term outlook, targeting potential gains amid volatile market conditions.

Ethereum’s upcoming Fusaka upgrade, featuring PeerDAS, aims to revolutionize layer-2 scaling by enabling nodes to verify data availability through statistical sampling, doubling blob capacity to enhance efficiency and reduce costs, with Vitalik Buterin highlighting its cautious rollout and long-term potential for blockchain growth.

Lamina1 partners with Linea to launch Spaces, a decentralized media platform on Ethereum, empowering creators with IP control and interactive storytelling through zkEVM technology.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin defends layer-2 networks like Base against regulatory concerns, emphasizing their role as non-custodial infrastructure extensions that balance centralized features for user experience with Ethereum’s decentralized security, amid debates sparked by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce over whether sequencers should be classified as exchanges.

This article examines the growing criticism of token generation events (TGEs) in the crypto industry, highlighting how they often lead to early founder exits and fading ecosystems, and explores strategies for sustainable blockchain development amidst market saturation and regulatory evolution.