While Ethereum’s blocks have been nearly full for over a year, we’ve seen multiple L1 & L2 networks...for independently secured modules whereas Ethereum, Polkadot, Near, and Celestia (a relatively new L1...What makes rollups special amongst L2s is that they don’t try to get around this problem.

ETH Lags Other L1s Over the past 30 days, ETH has struggled to keep up with other L1 tokens....likely cause for this has been the flurry of announcements regarding new incentive programs on these L1s...L2 Gas Consumption L2s have continued to gain steam, with them now comprising ~1% of total daily gas...

🔍 The L2 Wars The adoption of layer-2 networks built on Ethereum has been impressive over the past...In this case, the proof is in the fees: ~4% of Ethereum’s gas is now consumed by L2 contracts, up from...Additionally, L2s have flipped the Ethereum base layer in terms of transactions per second.

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In this report, we look at how the Layer 2 ecosystem is shaping up and dive into the varying rollup solutions...

Axie floor prices increased from 0.03 ETH to around ~0.066 ETH, and MEO 2 Axie prices rose from 0.084...flat throughout the month while Mystic 1 Axie floor price grew from 5.5 ETH to 9.99 ETH and Mystic 2...

...is focused on this multi-chain DeFi ecosystem popping up, let’s turn our attention towards a layer 2...While there are other layer 2 DEXs out there, Loopring, in particular, has stood out, settling $590 million...data supports the thesis that a fair number of Ethereum users have actually migrated to Loopring’s L2...

Most L1s already have the significant majority of their supply staked (ETH is currently the outlier for...

...and then encourage liquidity providers to move over from the main pool to the layer 2 equivalent....Ideally a user executing a swap on the ETH-USDC pool on Unipig (Uniswap fork on the Optimism layer 2)...Ideally as a user, regardless of whether interacting with the ETH-USDC pool on layer 1 or on layer 2,...

The token briefly ran 50% ($2-$3) in the weeks leading up to release before continuing to chart a seemingly...

Morgan and FIFA are opting for tailored Avalanche L1s....Avalanche now supports 75 active L1s and over 845 total validators....of L1s live on Avalanche reflects how flexible the architecture is....Maplestory N runs on Henesys, their own Avalanche L1 tailored for the MSU ecosystem....Unlike the other projects, Mogul doesn’t run its own dedicated L1.

Examples like Uniswap (Unichain L2) and dYdX (dYdX L1) come to mind....This subsampling method greatly reduces network constraints and resource usage, enabling sub-2 second...the L1’s performance. ...All staking-related operations for the Avalanche L1 are handled by the L1’s validator manager.

...the same amount sold by Tesla. 5 Votes to Follow Aave is voting to relax requirements for Level 2...Level 2 includes any governance actions that affect Aave’s voting dynamics and logic – including stkAAVE...Bored Ghost Labs, the proposer, thinks that the current requirements for Level 2 governance hamper innovation...

As has been the case for the past few weeks, L1 tokens are the biggest winners today, led by FTM, SOL...L2s offer a solution to this, but they’re just starting to get off the ground....L2s Need a Jolt Optimism enjoyed a month-long head start over Arbitrum and has consequently seen more...

Part 2 – Applications In Part 1 we have overviewed Anoma’s intents and seen how they compare to Ethereum-style...“Part 2: WTF are intent-based apps?”...has 2 sections; First, we take a look at some existing intent-based apps across various verticals that...Across is a bridge focused on Ethereum L2s and rollups. It has 2 modes of operation; fast and slow.

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L1s Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop BTC is and has been leading the market for a few weeks now....When BTC momentum slows down, L1 tokens often perform better than any category....L1s have been the best performing tokens since the June bottom — and quite frankly, they boast the highest...Most L1 tokens (especially SOL) experienced a strong catch-up move today.

Chart of The Day: Some L1s Win, Some L1s Lose Since the BTC bottom around Jan. 24th, most L1s have...Surprisingly enough, AVAX seems to move with a higher correlation to BTC relative to other L1s....Terms on the loan are as follows: 6-month loan for up to $5M in FRAX. 9% APR on drawn balance; 2% on...