Optimism (OP) Soars Above $0.75 Following Strategic Partnerships and Layer-2 Adoption Surge – July 2025 Analysis

Caroline Bishop Jul 19, 2025 06:58 Optimism breaks key resistance levels, surging…

Layer-2 Eclipse’s Airdrop Goes Live

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development.…

Layer-2 Botanix Mainnet Starts Up, Reduces Block Times to 5 Seconds

The mainnet of Botanix, a network designed to bring Ethereum-equivalent utility to the Bitcoin ecosystem, has…

Robinhood Expands Tokenization Push With EU Stock Tokens and Layer-2 Blockchain

Robinhood’s push into real-world assets (RWAs) is gaining momentum, with the digital brokerage launching a tokenization-focused…

ETH ETF Inflows, Layer-2 Growth Bolster $2.4K Level

Key takeaways: ETH holds $2,400 in support despite a 15% price drop and $277 million in…

Galaxy, Fireblocks to Operate Nodes on Bitcoin Layer-2 Botanix

Botanix Labs has onboarded a couple of crypto industry heavyweights as node operators for its bitcoin…

Litecoin Holds Support Level as Layer-2 Launch Signals Broader Utlity

Litecoin is clinging to key technical support around $89 as a mix of fundamental and macro…

Bitcoin builders defend role of venture capital in layer-2 growth

Venture capital firms remain critical to infrastructure development in the Bitcoin ecosystem, despite pushback from some…

Ethereum’s Next Upgrade ‘Fusaka’ Could Cut Layer-2 and Validator Costs

After the successful deployment last week of Pectra, Ethereum’s biggest upgrade in more than a year,…