Feb 19, 2026

Robinhood vs. Vitalik: Why the trading app is building it own L2 while Ethereum...

Centralized exchanges are moving forward building their own blockchain infrastructure even as the broader Ethereum ecosystem debat...

Feb 12, 2026

Bitcoin layer-2 builders pitch BTCFi as the next institutional unlock

Leaders from Citrea, Rootstock Labs and BlockSpaceForce argued that bitcoin’s scaling layers are less about throughput and more ab...

Feb 12, 2026

Espresso network launches ESP token with 10% airdrop amid Ethereum layer-2 debat...

The network transitioned to proof-of-stake and coincides with the rollout of the ESP token, which is used for staking, securing th...

Feb 04, 2026

From 'Ethereum’s sidekick' to standalone stars: How Vitalik Buterin’s latest piv...

Leaders across the layer-2 space don't see this moment as an existential threat, but rather that Ethereum’s progress is forcing th...

Jan 28, 2026

MegaETH mainnet to go live Feb. 9 in major test of ‘real-time’ Ethereum scaling

This follows its October 2025 $450 million token sale that was heavily oversubscribed.

Jan 10, 2026

Robinhood explains building an Ethereum layer-2: 'We wanted the security from Et...

CoinDesk sat down with Robinhood’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, to get an update on its upcoming layer-2 network, its tokenized...

Jan 05, 2026

Starknet goes down for over 4 hours, team is ‘actively investigating’

Downtime can have knock-on effects across decentralized finance and other onchain applications.

Jan 05, 2026

Starknet back online after four-hour outage, warns some transactions may be affe...

Downtime can have knock-on effects across decentralized finance and other onchain applications.

Nov 13, 2025

Leading Base DEX Aerodrome Merges Into Aero in Major Overhaul

Dromos Labs announced a major overhaul of its decentralized exchange infrastructure with the launch of Aero, a unified trading sys...

Nov 13, 2025

Ethereum Layer-2 RISE Unveils RISEx and MarketCore to Build Global On-Chain Mark...

The move comes as RISE’s acquired BSX Labs, a perp DEX on layer-2 Base, whose technology will underpin RISE’s new global markets o...