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Layer-2 Blockchain Starknet's ‘Quantum Leap’ Upgrade Goes Live, for Speedier Transactions
The upgrade for Starknet, a layer-2 blockchain or "rollup" to the Ethereum blockchain, went live following a community vote that overwhelmingly agreed to deploy it to mainnet.
Coindesk·2023/07/12 10:58

Ethereum’s Layer 2 Teams Want You to Clone Their Code
By making their code open source and easy to replicate, projects including Arbitrum, Optimism and zkSync are making it easier for copycat blockchains to steal away their users – in pursuit of broader ecosystems of related networks.
Coindesk·2023/06/28 16:16

Ethereum Layer 2 Network zkSync Era's Locked Value Surpasses $500M
The total value locked has increased by 12% in one week, according to data source L2Beat.
Coindesk·2023/06/19 07:54
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HyperEVM is experiencing a major outageBlockBeats News, April 2nd, a major system failure occurred in HyperEVM, and many users and monitoring tools detected network anomalies, unable to interact properly.
The Hyperliquid official status page currently shows "All Systems Operational," but this usually only covers the core L1 and API, and may not necessarily reflect real-time issues at the HyperEVM level (HyperEVM is the EVM-compatible smart contract environment built on top of it, with the mainnet launched in early March 2026).
Currently, discussions related to X platform are rapidly increasing, with some users reporting issues with transactions, contract interactions, browsers, etc.
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Nikkei 225 erases gains, Japanese government bonds declineGlonghui, April 2|The Nikkei 225 Index has given up its early gains and is now down 0.4%. Japanese government bonds are declining, with the 30-year Japanese government bond yield rising by 2.5 basis points to 3.640%.
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BBX: "Traffic Orientation" and "Thermal Energy Cross-Border Arbitrage"—Reddit Converts Advertising Cash Flow, Bitfarms Initiates Green Cross-Sector ExpansionAccording to BBX, yesterday global publicly listed companies demonstrated disruptive features of "hardening the value of internet traffic" in crypto treasury management and "cross-industry empowerment by physical computing power" through computational deployment. As the second quarter begins, traditional business models are being reshaped at an unprecedented pace by "digital standards" and "computing power infrastructure": — Awakening of social media giants: Reddit, Inc. (NYSE: $RDDT) is converting 10% of its advertising revenue, marking that internet companies' retained profits are shifting from the high-risk zone of fiat currency depreciation to the inflation-resistant digital treasury. — Underlying payment takeover: PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $PYPL) has introduced the Lightning Network, fully opening a fast track for 35 million merchants to settle in Bitcoin, putting an end to the costly friction of traditional cross-border payments. — Commodification of heat: Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ: $BITF) channels waste heat from mining machines into agricultural greenhouses, not only creating a whole new revenue stream but also, against the backdrop of global energy shortages, unlocking the highest level of ESG premium. — Asset dimensionality reduction and M&A: Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $MARA) acquires traditional data centers at bargain prices, declaring the absolute dominance in cash flow of dual-track powerhouses (AI + BTC) over traditional single-track tech infrastructure. — Era of zero-debt buybacks: TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ: $WULF)'s debt clearance and $50 million buyback prove that top mining companies now have a cash flow vitality and shareholder return capacity comparable to traditional blue-chip stocks. The market presents a clear dual evolution trend of "internet traffic monetization standardization" and "physical computing power empowering cross-industry development." Source: bbx.com