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Ethereum (ETH) dropped 45% from $4,950 in August to around $2,900 by December as Layer 2 networks drained mainnet activity. Ethereum ETFs saw $1.4B in outflows during November 2025, the largest ...

Several layer-2 rollup teams, including those for Linea, zkSync, Arbitrum and Optimism, claimed that full decentralization is coming soon. The goal of decentralization has been held back by a variety ...

For years, Ethereum’s layer-2 networks have marketed themselves as extensions of Ethereum itself. “Arbitrum is Ethereum,” Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder wrote on X in March 2024. “Base is ...

Uniswap Labs, the primary developer behind one of the largest decentralized exchanges (DEX), Uniswap, shared Tuesday that its long-awaited layer-2 network, Unichain, is now live. Powered by Optimism's ...

With the GENIUS Act signed, stablecoins are on a tear. According to the management consultancy McKinsey, the total value of issued stablecoins has doubled to $250 billion today from $120 billion 18 ...