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Updated August 6, 2025 · 10:00 PM UTC

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Galaxy’s Alex Thorn calls Ethereum L2s ‘ETH extractive’ amid fee retention concerns

Galaxy Digital's Alex Thorn argued that post-EIP-4844 fee models favor L2 profits over Ethereum mainnet's financial health.

9 months ago

Analysis

Crypto tokens explode from 20k in 2022 to 18.9M following launchpad frenzy on Solana, Base, BSC

Despite the proliferation of assets, value continues to concentrate in a few hundred coins at the top.

9 months ago

Layer-2

Kraken’s L2 network rolls out native INK token to power protocol incentives, allocation

Ink Foundation to unleash 1 billion INK tokens, steering decentralized finance through airdrop incentives.

10 months ago

Layer-2

Base becomes 10th L2 network to reach at least Stage 1 decentralization

The introduction of a Security Council and fault proofs granted the decentralization milestone to Base, according to a blog post.

12 months ago

Layer-2

Ethereum’s planned blob increases insufficient to sustain L2 transaction growth

A tenfold increase in transactions on Ethereum layer-2 blockchains could present prohibitive costs to users.

1 year ago

Banking

Bank of Canada assesses flash loans relevance in latest study

Although contagion risks are deemed plausible, the study recognizes flash loans' relevance for policymakers.

1 year ago

Crypto

Ethereum Foundation unveils interoperability framework to unify liquidity across EVM chains

The Open Intents Framework aims to seamlessly bridge the fragmented liquidity in the Ethereum ecosystem.

1 year ago

Memecoins

Memecoin returns were 6x higher than crypto market average over past 30 days

Meanwhile, tokens related to AI, social, and data availability narratives registered negative performances in the period.

1 year ago

Exchanges

Kraken announces layoff, appoints Tribe Capital co-founder as new co-CEO amid restructuring

The layoffs are a result of 'organizational changes' made by the exchange, in an effort to become 'leaner and faster.'

1 year ago

Chainlink CCIP powers Lido’s new cross-chain staking on Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism

Technology 1 year ago

Optimism Foundation offered 25M OP tokens to attract Kraken’s L2 to the Superchain

Deals 1 year ago

Kraken eyes DeFi expansion with launch of Ink, its new Ethereum layer-2 network

Layer-2 1 year ago

Optimism invites Layer-3 networks to join its Superchain, promising advanced features

Technology 2 years ago

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Optimism news today

Galaxy’s Alex Thorn calls Ethereum L2s ‘ETH extractive’ amid fee retention concerns

Crypto tokens explode from 20k in 2022 to 18.9M following launchpad frenzy on Solana, Base, BSC

Kraken’s L2 network rolls out native INK token to power protocol incentives, allocation

Base becomes 10th L2 network to reach at least Stage 1 decentralization

Ethereum’s planned blob increases insufficient to sustain L2 transaction growth

Bank of Canada assesses flash loans relevance in latest study

Ethereum Foundation unveils interoperability framework to unify liquidity across EVM chains

Memecoin returns were 6x higher than crypto market average over past 30 days

Kraken announces layoff, appoints Tribe Capital co-founder as new co-CEO amid restructuring

Chainlink CCIP powers Lido’s new cross-chain staking on Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism

Optimism Foundation offered 25M OP tokens to attract Kraken’s L2 to the Superchain

Kraken eyes DeFi expansion with launch of Ink, its new Ethereum layer-2 network

Optimism invites Layer-3 networks to join its Superchain, promising advanced features

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