#LAYER2 News

Worldcoin rebrands as World, targets 1 billion users with new blockchain and biometric tech

cryptoslate.com Worldcoin, the Sam Altman-backed digital identity initiative, announced a major rebrand as World and unveiled ambitious plans to grow its user base to 1 billion people…

Ethereum Targets 100,000 TPS With Buterin's 'The Surge' Plan

bitcoinist.com In a new blog post titled “Possible futures for the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge,” Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined an ambitious roadmap aiming to scale…

Pepe Unchained ICO Raises $20 Million for Layer 2 Network

watcher.guru The wildly successful Pepe Unchained (PEPU) presale has now raised $20 million, with an average weekly influx of $1 million, to fund the launch of its token and Layer 2…

Unlocking Bitcoin DeFi with exSat

blockworks.co For Bitcoin miners, maintaining profitability has become increasingly challenging as block rewards diminish and competition grows. While many solutions offer miners new…

Is ‘ETH to $10k’ possible? Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin envisions ‘The Surge’

ambcrypto.com None Meanwhile, the Bankless co-founder envisioned ETH going to $10K. At the 2024 Shanghai International Blockchain Week, Ethereum [ETH] co-founder Vitalik Buterin revealed…

Why This Crypto Asset Is Bitwise CIO’s Best Contrarian Bet Right Now

newsbtc.com In an interview with Aaron Arnold, founder of Altcoin Daily, Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Bitwise Asset Management, shared his optimistic outlook on…

Vitalik Buterin Unveils ‘The Surge’ Roadmap for Ethereum Layer 2

cryptonews.com Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared an ambitious roadmap for the network’s next stage of development, dubbed “The Surge.” In an October 17th blog post, Buterin…

Ethereum's Surge Roadmap Targets 100,000+ Transactions Per Second

forbes.com According to Vitalik Buterin's blog, Ethereum plans to increase its capacity to over 100,000 transactions per second. Currently, the network processes 173.6 TPS using blobs…

Ethereum’s Buterin Explains ‘The Surge’: Will ETH Reach 100K TPS?

watcher.guru has a blockchain platform that’s recognized instantly because of its smart contract capabilities. This well-known blockchain is on the brink of a major upgrade. We’re…

Vitalik Buterin Wants Ethereum to Hit 100K Transaction Per Second With Rollups

coindesk.com None Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin set a goal of 100,000 TPS for Ethereum in a Thursday blog post. • None This goal will be hit with increased integration of Layer 2s,…

Vitalik Buterin Targets 100,000 TPS and Ethereum Ecosystem Unity

coinpedia.org None Qadir AK Qadir Ak is the founder of Coinpedia. He has over a decade of experience writing about technology and has been covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space…

Uniswap drives DEX trading volume spike as total trades hit $544 trillion

ambcrypto.com None DEX trading volume hiked by over 9% in 24 hours, with Uniswap leading the surge DEX Trading Volume has seen a significant surge over the past week, with the last 24…

Will Ethereum Remain Institutions' Top Choice? on Bankless

bankless.com What do all of these oft-repeated buzzwords have in common? They’ve all been used by crypto-pilled associates at TradFi firms to pitch their bosses on the exciting upside of…

Base Overtakes Arbitrum By DeFi TVL

thedefiant.io Base, the booming Layer 2 network from Coinbase, continues to expand its dominance over Ethereum's L2 ecosystem. Base now boasts the largest DeFi ecosystem by total value…

SingularityDAO, Cogito Finance, and SelfKey Merge to Become AI-Focused L2 Singularity Finance

coinpedia.org Sara is steadily working on cryptocurrency evaluations, news, and fluctuations in digital currency prices. She is guest author associated with many cryptocurrencies admin…

New Meme Coin Pepe Unchained Raises Over $19.5 Million in ICO

watcher.guru Meme coins are on the rise, with the likes of Pepe, Dogwifhat, and Neiro all seeing gains in the past week. However, perhaps the most eye-catching performance has been that…

2 Crypto Investors on Why They Believe DeFi Is Poised for a Bull Run

unchainedcrypto.com DeFi tokens have faced significant challenges in recent years. However, are we now on the verge of a new bull market? Arthur Cheong, founder and CIO of DeFiance Capital, and…

Venus Protocol Expands to Optimism, Bringing Advanced DeFi Capabilities to Layer 2

beincrypto.com Venus Protocol, a leading decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform, today announces its expansion to the Optimism Network, marking a significant milestone in its…

CORVA: Welcome To The Empowerment Epoch

bitcoinmagazine.com Follow Frank on X. At this year’s Oslo Freedom Forum, gigabrain Lyn Alden made the case that bitcoin is now liquid enough to be used in a human rights context, a compelling…

Ethereum Founder Buterin Lays Out Possible Futures For ETH Protocol

bitcoinist.com In a blog post released on October 14, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined potential future enhancements for the Ethereum protocol, focusing on technical…

Altcoin Selling Pressure Looms as $500M in Token Unlocks Scheduled This Week

coindesk.com None Approximately $500 million in various cryptocurrencies are scheduled for unlock, potentially impacting their market due to increased supply. • None The unlocked tokens…

Coinbase-Backed Base Surpasses 6 Million Daily Transactions

beincrypto.com Coinbase-backed Base is setting new standards in the Ethereum Layer-2 space, with its daily transaction volume surpassing an all-time high of over 6 million. This milestone…

Add USDT to MetaMask

watcher.guru Your guide: Add USDT to MetaMask Emerging as a potential Layer 2 (L2) solution in the fast-changing realm of distributed finance (DeFi), the Blast network gives users the…

Vitalik Buterin Sells More Meme Coins Amid Charity Donations Criticism

coingape.com Vitalik Buterin, the Ethereum co-founder, has sold several meme coins and earned 257.1 ETH, which is approximately $636,000, as per the blockchain data. Buterin’s action has…

3 Cheap Alts Under $1 That Could Reach $10 If Bitcoin Skyrockets to $100,000

coinpedia.org The post 3 Cheap Alts Under $1 That Could Reach $10 If Bitcoin Skyrockets to $100,000 appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News As Bitcoin inches closer to the elusive…

Add Blast to MetaMask

watcher.guru Your guide: Add Blast to MetaMask Emerging as a potential Layer 2 (L2) solution in the fast changing realm of distributed finance (DeFi), the Blast network gives users the…

Paradigm Invests $20 Million in Ithaca's Odyssey Testnet for Layer 2 Blockchain Development

thedefiant.io Paradigm has invested $20 million in Ithaca, a new venture focused on developing a Layer 2 blockchain. The project aims to address critical challenges in the cryptocurrency…

How to Add Metis to MetaMask?

watcher.guru Your guide: How to Add Metis to MetaMask? Within the always changing field of blockchain technology, the Metis network has become a game-changer providing a scalable and…

Postmortem Incident Report and Path Forward

medium.com What was the impact: Out of 40,000+ Loopring Smart Wallets currently deployed, 58 Loopring Smart Wallet addresses lost assets due to this attack. Loopring offers Loopring…

Gear Foundation Unveils Computational Layer To Scale Ethereum

thedefiant.io Gear Foundation is building a decentralized computational layer to scale Ethereum. On Oct. 11, Gear Foundation unveiled Gear.exe, a network facilitating parallelized…

Pepe Coin Price Outlook: Major Drop Looms as Analyst Sees 66% Crash Amid Supercycle Hype

cryptonews.com Over the past 24 hours, the PEPE price has seen a notable 4.59% lapse as a frontrunner to an average 2.77% decline among meme coins. Some analysts cite this as the beginning…

Uniswap Launches Testnet For Unichain Layer 2

thedefiant.io Uniswap Labs, the team behind the top decentralized exchange, announced it is building a Layer 2 network. On Oct. 11, Uniswap Labs launched a testnet for Unichain, an…

Why Uniswap Price Is Up 17% Today?

coingape.com The Uniswap price surged 17% on Thursday on the back of Uniswap Labs’ recent announcement of its new Ethereum layer-2 network. This development is set to increase the…

CARV Launches CARV Token, Listed on Eight Exchanges

cryptonews.com CARV, a major modular identity and data layer for gaming and AI, has launched its native utility token CARV. According to the press release, CARV is available on eight…

Bitcoin On-Chain Activity Heats Up: Active Addresses Count Sees Sudden Rebound

bitcoinist.com Bitcoin might be having trouble initiating a major rally soon, however, investors’ interest in the flagship digital asset appears to be growing as the number of active…

Paxos International Launches Yield-Bearing Stablecoin on Arbitrum

cryptonews.com Paxos International, a UAE-based affiliate of Paxos, announced that the yield-bearing stablecoin issued by a regulated entity – Lift Dollar (USDL) – is now available on the…

Pepe Unchained Blows Past $18M ICO Milestone, Raises Additional $1M in Less Than a Week

cryptonews.com Pepe Unchained ($PEPU) continues to strut its stuff in its ICO after hitting the $18 million milestone early Tuesday. The new Pepe-themed meme coin just crossed the $17…

deBridge Launches Hooks For Instant DeFi Cross-Chain Data Transfers

cryptonews.com deBridge unveiled its new Hooks feature on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, allowing real-time data and value transfers across blockchains. This launch is set to enhance…

Linea proposes framework for L2 decentralization, plans shift to proof-of-stake

cryptobriefing.com Linea, the Layer 2 ZK rollup developed by Consensys, has unveiled a proposal outlining steps towards decentralizing its network. The proposal, titled “towards Linea’s…

L2 Adoption Wanes Despite Base Activity Continuing To Surge

thedefiant.io The adoption of Ethereum scaling solutions is falling despite the adoption of Base continuing to post new highs. On Oct. 6, the combined throughput of Ethereum Layer 2 and…

Coins Like BTC And ETH Can No Longer Guarantee Turning $1,000 Into $1 Million, Sign Up For The WallitIQ (WLTQ) Presale Whitelist Instead

coinpedia.org The post Coins Like BTC And ETH Can No Longer Guarantee Turning $1,000 Into $1 Million, Sign Up For The WallitIQ (WLTQ) Presale Whitelist Instead appeared first on Coinpedia…

Ethereum Price $3K Rally at Risk as ETH Turns Inflationary Post-Dencun

coingape.com The Ethereum price surged 1.03% during the low-volatility Sunday trading session to currently trade at $2,438.The upswing market is a recovery from weekday selling pressure…

Web3 charts a challenging course on the long road to mass adoption

cryptoslate.com The following is a guest post by Greg Waisman, Co-founder and COO at Mercuryo. Over the last few years, Web3 has been receiving a lot of talk. Promises of a decentralized…

PayPal’s Investments Are Leading The Mass Adoption Of Crypto Payments

forbes.com Although PayPal has been active in the crypto sector since 2014, in the form of allowing individuals to conduct transactions using certain specific cryptocurrencies, the…

$259.2M ETH hits exchanges

ambcrypto.com Massive inflow of ETH into exchanges as ICO continue to sell • The Dencun upgrade has seen ETH lose some revenue going to L2s Ethereum (ETH), the market’s second-largest…

Arbitrum Price Eyes $1 Breakout as ARB Dominates L2 TVL Rankings

coingape.com The crypto weekend witnessed ease from the border market selling pressure fueled by the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. As Bitcoin holds support above $60,000,…

Vitalik Buterin Reveals Game-Changing Optimism Superchain For Ethereum Layer-2

coingape.com Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has endorsed a significant update to the SuperchainERC20 protocol, as detailed in a recent GitHub pull request by Optimism. This redesign…

Bitcoin Magazine Introduces New Short Form Opinion Format: Takes

bitcoinmagazine.com Every author has their own voice. At Bitcoin Magazine, we've long been advocates of elevating the voices from the Bitcoin community. As the premier publisher of Bitcoin…

Looking to Turn $100 Into $1000 in October? Try These 5 Ethereum Coins

coingape.com The Ethereum market highlights several promising cryptocurrencies set for notable appreciation. These selections have demonstrated potential for further increases, making…