Kraken, the big U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is considering several of the leading blockchain-technology firms to help launch its own layer 2 network, people familiar with the matter told CoinDesk.

Crypto exchange Gate has launched Gate Layer, a proprietary Layer 2 blockchain designed to boost transaction throughput and reduce costs, while simultaneously rolling out a major upgrade to the GT ...

Coinbase has rolled out its Layer 2 network, Base, built on Ethereum. This platform has quickly gained traction with 100,000 users and hosting more than $200 million in assets. The impressive adoption ...

With Ethereum’s 8th birthday coming up on July 30th, Web3 has certainly come a long way. As the space has grown, however, the technology's scaling limitations have become harder to ignore. Any regular ...

Zero Network, Ethereum's gasless Layer 2 platform, is shutting down. Users have until July 31, 2026, to withdraw ETH, tokens, ...

Layer 2 solutions are protocols or technologies that are developed on an already existing blockchain network with the aim of enhancing its capabilities and efficiency. These solutions are designed to ...

Ethereum layer-2 network MegaETH will unlock its native MEGA token over time, and reward it to users, as key benchmarks are met.

Base is an Ethereum Layer 2 network developed by Coinbase that uses optimistic rollups to execute transactions off-chain while settling and securing them on Ethereum. As Ethereum activity increasingly ...

A secondary network to Ethereum that is used for faster transaction processing and especially much lower fees. Periodically, summaries of transactions from Layer 2 are recorded on Ethereum. For ...