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Today in Crypto: FTX Miniseries on Prime Video, Hodlnaut Under Police Investigation, Cardano-Based Ardana Stops Development

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Arbitrum sees steady growth as airdrop speculation leads to increased earnings

Arbitrum’s earnings are soaring as daily active users flood the layer-2 platform with the hope of an eventual airdrop. Post Ethereum merge, layer-2 blockchains have been catching the eyes of users and investors alike. Research firm Delphi Digital has been tracking Arbitrum since August and recently shared its analysis in a monthly market report. According…
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Zksync Devs Plan to Launch Layer 3 Scaling Solution Called ‘Opportunity’ in Q1 2023

Matter Labs, the team behind the Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling protocol Zksync, revealed the developers plan to launch a layer three (L3) proof of concept called “Opportunity” in the first quarter of 2023. The team says that the prototype of L3 will be built on top of L2 and developers and Zksync users can…
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Optimism (OP) Cracks Double-digit Gains, Can Bulls Breach $1 Mark?

OP’s price shows the first sign of bounce after seeing its price bottom at the $0.6 support zone.  OP bounced off its downtrend movement as price eyes a break from its downtrend to a region of $1.  The price of OP breaks out of its daily downtrend, acting as a resistance line as the price…
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State of Decentralized Finance Remains Lackluster, Value Locked in Defi Slid 67% in 6 Months

During the last 125 days or roughly four months, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has been range bound within the $50 billion to $65 billion region. The TVL in defi has shed significant value during the past six months as it dropped from $161 billion on April 1, down more than…
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Twitter user saves cross-chain bridge from potential exploit

The BitBTC bridge reportedly had a bug that would essentially allow an attacker to mint fake tokens on one side of the bridge, and swap them for real ones on the other. A cross-chain bridge between BitBTC and the Ethereum layer-2 network Optimism has been able to avoid a potentially costly exploit thanks to the…
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Polygon Launches zkEVM Testnet — Defi Projects Uniswap, Lens, Aave Join Testing

The blockchain project Polygon has announced the launch of the zkEVM public testnet, a layer two (L2) scaling solution announced in July that aims to reduce fees and inherit the security of the Ethereum blockchain. Polygon considers the testnet “the first open-source zkEVM network,” and developers are encouraging people to join the testnet, report bugs,…
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L2 Wars: The Competition for Top Layer-Two Scaling Solutions on Ethereum

Vitaly Yakovlev is CTO at DeFi platform ZKX.__________ This article will explain how ZK-Rollups technology has the potential to revolutionize decentralized finance (DeFi), address common problems in the landscape, and make a case for future derivatives trading. … Read More: L2 Wars: The Competition for Top Layer-Two Scaling Solutions on Ethereum  Read more »Sign up for…
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Lido launches layer-2 Ethereum staking and LDO rewards

Lido has around 40% of all the staked ETH on the Beacon Chain. One of the biggest Merge staking providers, Lido Finance has launched on two layer-2 networks Arbitrum and Optimism, a move it says further improves accessibility to Ethereum staking while reducing gas fees. The plan to expand to L2 was first unveiled in…
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Boba Network Partners With Avalanche, Boba AVAX L2 to Provide ‘Faster Transactions and Lower Fees’

On Wednesday, the layer two scaling solution that leverages optimistic rollup technology, Boba Network has revealed it now supports the proof-of-stake (PoS) network Avalanche. According to the Boba Network team, the new Avalanche support will produce “faster transactions and lower fees.” Boba Network Integrates With the Avalanche PoS Blockchain Boba Network, the layer two (L2)…
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