Blockchain analytics firm Messari released a report alleging that the growth of Ethereum Layer2 network Optimism (OP) is inorganic, There is evidence that @OptimismFND‘s growth is inorganic. Optimism’s transacting addresses grew sharply from ecosystem incentives but fell off in recent weeks. @Arbitrum has managed consistent active user metrics without offering any incentives for network usage….
Yearn launches its first Ethereum layer-2 service on Arbitrum
Yearn, the seventh-largest DeFi application on Ethereum by Total Value Locked (TVL), has launched its service on the Arbitrum Ethereum Layer-2 network. Four months ago, Yearn took its first steps outside of the Ethereum base chain when Yearn added support for the Fantom Layer-1 blockchain. By a tweet from Yearn’s Twitter account, the veteran DeFi…
Binance integrates Ethereum layer-2 protocol “Arbitrum” as scaling race heats up
Binance, in its latest effort to maintain its lead as the largest crypto exchange by trading volume, became one of the first centralized exchanges to integrate a layer-2 support for its Ethereum deposits by integrating the recently launched Arbitrum One core network. This was revealed in a press statement issued by the exchange earlier today….