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Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)
Technology
Avail
Avail Confirms Token Airdrop Plans, a Week After Leaked Screenshots
Avail shared in a blog post that 354,605 wallet addresses are eligible to claim the 600 million tokens in their “unification drop.”
Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Apr 18, 2024 at 7:38 p.m. UTC
Apr 18, 2024
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Worldcoin's iris-scanning technology is being questioned by regulators (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Technology
Worldcoin
Worldcoin, Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain
The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains.
Worldcoin's iris-scanning technology is being questioned by regulators (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Sam Kessler
Apr 17, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 17, 2024
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OKX Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique (OKX)
Technology
Okx
Crypto Exchange OKX's Polygon-Powered Layer 2, 'X Layer,' Hits Public Mainnet
OKX's comes as other major cryptocurrency exchanges, like Coinbase and Kraken, have also pursued their own layer 2 networks over the last year.
OKX Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique (OKX)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Apr 16, 2024 at 1:40 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
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16:9 Alps mountains (Simon Fitall/Unsplash)
Technology
Bitcoin
Alpen Labs Looks to Scale Bitcoin With Zero-Knowledge Proofs Using $10.6M Funding
Alpen Labs has emerged from stealth mode following the funding round, having spent the last year developing Bitcoin rollup infrastructure to bring smart contract functionality...
16:9 Alps mountains (Simon Fitall/Unsplash)
By Jamie Crawley
Apr 10, 2024 at 3:11 p.m. UTC
Apr 10, 2024
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Finance
Fundraising
Bitcoin Layer 2 Mezo Emerges From Stealth With $21M Raise Led by Pantera
Mezo is a permissionless Bitcoin economic layer that uses a neutral smart contract infrastructure to offer a wide range of applications.
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By Will Canny
Apr 9, 2024 at 11:47 a.m. UTC
Apr 9, 2024
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A rocket launching. (United Launch Alliance / U.S. Air Force)
Markets
Ethereum
Ethereum Layer 2s Could Rocket to $1T Base Valuation by 2030, VanEck Says
The valuation is based on the future expected usage of several layer 2 networks across usecases such as metaverse, banking and gaming.
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By Shaurya Malwa
Apr 4, 2024 at 7:57 a.m. UTC
Apr 4, 2024
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Technology
The protocol
The Protocol: Meme Coins (and Pepe's Best Friend) Swarm Coinbase Layer 2 Chain
The meme coin frenzy that drove up activity – and failed transactions – on Solana appears to have quickly migrated to Base, Coinbase's six-month-old layer-2 blockchain. Who is...
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By Bradley Keoun
Mar 27, 2024 at 7:22 p.m. UTC
Mar 27, 2024
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Messari
Markets
Ethena
Layer-2 Blockchain Mantle’s Token Hits All-Time High as Reward System Goes Live
The rally in the MNT token pushed the market cap of the blockchain to over $4 billion.
Messari
By Lyllah Ledesma
Mar 27, 2024 at 5:26 p.m. UTC
Mar 27, 2024
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BOB team (BOB)
Finance
Bitcoin
BOB, a 'Hybrid' Layer-2 Blockchain Mixing Bitcoin and Ethereum, Raises $10M
The fundraising round was led by Castle Island Ventures and included participation from Mechanism Ventures, Bankless Ventures, CMS Ventures and UTXO Management
BOB team (BOB)
By Jamie Crawley
Mar 27, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 27, 2024
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CEO of Espresso Systems Ben Fisch (Espresso Systems)
Technology
Rollups
Espresso Systems Raises $28M in Fresh Funds, Led By A16z Crypto
The leading shared sequencer firm said it would further invest in its products as well as additional hires.
CEO of Espresso Systems Ben Fisch (Espresso Systems)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Mar 21, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 21, 2024
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