News, analysis, and explainers connected to Layer 2 across the CryptoCompass archive.
Newest first
Key takeaways: Bitcoin derivatives show weak conviction with 2% futures basis and elevated put options premium signaling caution. Institutional buying via $86 million ETF inflows plus Strateg
Bitcoin DeFi's demand problem is drawing fresh scrutiny as the gap between infrastructure buildout and actual user adoption becomes harder to dismiss. Despite growing developer activity aroun
Avalanche Sentiment has fallen from bullish to strongly bearish. Concerns focus on developers, users, and ecosystem growth. Institutional partnerships remain a notable strength for AVAX. Aval
Decentralized application developers face a growing infrastructure limit as demand for blockchain gaming expands worldwide. Older linear networks cannot support high-frequency micro transacti
@Krwqcash, the Korean Won-pegged stablecoin developed by @IQ_wiki and @FraxFinance, has officially integrated @Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR) to provide automated, real-time verification of
Glamsterdam, @ethereum's next hard fork, is moving through its final testing phase. The Soldøgn interop event concluded on May 2, 2026, leaving public testnets as the last hurdle before a mai
The amount of Bitcoin sitting on centralised exchanges has fallen to its lowest level in roughly five years. Just 2.56 million $BTC remain on trading platforms, according to data highlighted
@binance is pushing back against a Reuters report that its bid for a European crypto license is headed for rejection, setting up a high-stakes dispute just days before a hard regulatory deadl
DeFi's on-chain leverage ratio is back at levels not seen since the 2021 bull market. But the cause is not a fresh wave of speculative borrowing. It is something more troubling: the capital b
Coinbase has announced plans to bring stock trading to its platform, signaling a push toward tokenized equities that could blur the line between traditional brokerage services and crypto infr
Canada's largest blockchain and artificial intelligence event is returning this summer. The Blockchain Futurist Conference is set to run July 21–22, 2026, bringing together thousands of peopl
SBI’s Rain Tree campaign offers XRP, Bitcoin, and Ethereum rewards. Eligible applicants also receive NFTs and 500 NIDT tokens. Promotion expands XRP exposure through consumer payments and ent
