The Lightning Network is a routed network of payment channels originally proposed by Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon in 2015, with major implementations having been built by Blockstream (CLN), ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sparked debate this week when he said layer-2 networks should move away from their ...

Ethereum price tanked to a low of $2,100 today, Feb. 4, as the crypto market crashed and liquidations jumped. ETH token has ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging Layer 2 networks to rethink their strategy. He points to a major decline in L2 ...

Startale Group confirmed a $13 million follow-on investment from Sony Innovation Fund on January 29, 2026. The funding ...

Stacks, a layer-2 blockchain that augments the Bitcoin network, has begun its Nakamoto upgrade with the aim of making transactions even faster. The Nakamoto upgrade, which is named after Bitcoin's ...

Explore how Bitcoin Hyper adds a support layer for Bitcoin, while BlockDAG’s clear 100x price gap places it ahead as the top ICO for 2026, with the presale ending soon.

World, formerly Worldcoin, says its World Chain will privilege verified human users over bots by giving them priority access to block space and an allowance of free gas. The Sam Altman-founded ...

Overview Layer 2s cut Ethereum fees and make crypto fast enough for daily users.Most DeFi and trading activity now happens on rollups instead of mainnet.Network ...

Uniswap Labs, the developer behind top-ranked decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap, disclosed that it has built a new layer-2 network, which was set to launch on testnet Thursday. The new project was ...

Crypto exchange Gate has launched Gate Layer, a proprietary Layer 2 blockchain designed to boost transaction throughput and reduce costs, while simultaneously rolling out a major upgrade to the GT ...

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has joined the likes of Coinbase in launching an in-house Ethereum-based layer-2 network to provide lower fees and interoperability for users interacting with decentralized ...