Rollups
Kraken Picked Optimism's 'Superchain' After Getting a Pile of OP Tokens
CoinDesk is first to report that the crypto exchange Kraken's decision to build on Optimism's OP Stack framework came with a big, previously undisclosed grant from the Optimism Foundation – of 25 million OP tokens, worth about $42.5 million at the current price.
Astria, Project to Decentralize Crucial Blockchain 'Sequencers,' Goes Live With Main Network
Astria's sequencing layer could be used like a modular plug-in for other networks, as an alternative to a centralized sequencer – sometimes seen as a bottleneck, or a single point of failure, or potentially a vector of transaction censorship.
Kraken Picks Optimism for New Layer-2 Network, Joining Coinbase's Base on 'Superchain'
The disclosure comes nearly a year after CoinDesk broke the news that Kraken was considering its own layer-2 network, following the runaway success enjoyed by Base after it launched in mid-2023.
Uniswap Developer Unveils Own Layer-2 Network, Unichain, Built on Optimism Tech
Uniswap Labs, developer of the top-ranked decentralized crypto exchange, Uniswap, says adding its own network will bring faster, cheaper transactions with more liquidity.
Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Deploys BitVM-Based Bridge 'Clementine' on Testnet
Citrea's aim is to use Bitcoin as a settlement layer to make it "the foundation for the world's finance."
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Amps Up Pressure on Layer-2 Networks to Decentralize Further
In 2022, Buterin proposed a set of stages for rollups, to classify them in their pursuit of decentralization. The criteria is meant to showcase that rollups tend to rely on “training wheels” and deploy their protocols to users before it's ready to fully decentralize.
Polygon Begins Token Swap, in Move to Allow More Issuance
The migration from Polygon's MATIC token to POL will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2% annually.
Polygon to Start Much-Awaited Swap of POL Token for Longstanding MATIC
The migration to POL from MATIC will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2% annually.
Optimism Pushes for 'Interoperability' Between Affiliated Blockchains
Optimism-affiliated networks, including Coinbase's Base, that are part of the Superchain rely on Ethereum to communicate with each other in order to move assets, which tends to make such moves slow and expensive. To address that, Optimism is releasing its own interoperability roadmap.
Optimism Finally Gets Its Mission-Critical 'Fault Proofs'
For years, Optimism was missing a core feature at the heart of its design: "Fault proofs." On Monday, that tech is finally here.
