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Updated February 10, 2026 · 1:20 PM UTC

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Layer-2

How Cardano’s Hydra scaling solution beats the Bitcoin Lightning Network

Hydra promises more scalability and interoperability, and, according to Charles Hoskinson, it will also offer a better layer 2 experience than the Lightning Network.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Kraken’s Bitcoin Lightning service hits 2,500 BTC in transactions

Less than three week since launch, Kraken’s Lightning service has already processed over 2,500 BTC in Lightning transactions. Kraken is now the sixth largest node on the Lightning network.

4 years ago

DeFi

Dotsama ecosystem gets new cross-chain staking with up to 42% APR via Bifrost

Cross-chain derivatives are soon to be a real way to earn extra yield as Bifrost Collator mainnet goes live

4 years ago

DeFi

Demystifying blockchain oracles: Part 3

MakerDAO’s Niklas Kunkel and Tellor’s Michael Zemrose address oracle scalability issues and discuss the next phase of development.

4 years ago

Adoption

Bitcoin Lightning payment volume increased 400% in a year, here’s why

A recent research report shows that the number of payments over Bitcoin’s Lightning network has roughly doubled over the last year, at the same time as the value of the payments in U.S. dollar terms has increased by more than 400%.

4 years ago

Payments

BitPay integrates Lightning Network to enable low-cost Bitcoin transactions

The crypto payments processor now allows its customers to use “a low-cost alternative when paying with Bitcoin at BitPay-enabled merchants.”

4 years ago

Layer-2

Ethereum layer-2 Boba Network integrates The Graph

Ethereum scaling solution Boba Network announced an integration with the Graph’s “Google of Web3” hosted service. The goal is to expand the data access on Boba’s optimistic roll-up scaling solution.

4 years ago

DeFi

Polkadot, Kusama to launch Wormhole bridge to Ethereum, Solana

Acala and Karura protocols are set to launch integration with Wormhole to bridge between the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems and eight different layer-1 systems, including Ethereum, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain.

4 years ago

Layer-2

Layer-2 money market zkLend raises $5 million in seed round

zkLend, a money market protocol building on Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution StarkNet, has raised $5 million in funding in a seed-round led by Delphi Digital, StarkWare and Three Arrows Capital.

4 years ago

Synthetix to launch perpetual futures on Ethereum scaling solution Optimism

Derivatives 4 years ago

How this stablecoin has high yield strategies built into its design mechanism

Stablecoins 4 years ago

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Layer-2 news today

How Cardano’s Hydra scaling solution beats the Bitcoin Lightning Network

Kraken’s Bitcoin Lightning service hits 2,500 BTC in transactions

Dotsama ecosystem gets new cross-chain staking with up to 42% APR via Bifrost

Demystifying blockchain oracles: Part 3

Bitcoin Lightning payment volume increased 400% in a year, here’s why

BitPay integrates Lightning Network to enable low-cost Bitcoin transactions

Ethereum layer-2 Boba Network integrates The Graph

Polkadot, Kusama to launch Wormhole bridge to Ethereum, Solana

Layer-2 money market zkLend raises $5 million in seed round

Synthetix to launch perpetual futures on Ethereum scaling solution Optimism

How this stablecoin has high yield strategies built into its design mechanism

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