𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 (𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 - 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫) Edition #10
Biggest News Highlight: Celestia introduces Ethereum Fallback.
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ICYMI: The Weekly Layer 2 and Modular Blockchain Roundup covers every important update and announcement in the Layer 2 and Modular Blockchain Space.
Lists from L2BEAT and Messari.
Rollups
Arbitrum
Arbitrum announces its 3rd Arbitrum day to take place on 7th December.
Arbitrum Odyssey finally ends.
Optimism
OP Labs announces the transition of OP testnet from Goerli to Sepolia.
zkSync
zkSync Developers releases v0.1.0 era test node.
Starknet
Starknet Foundation confirms rumours on its $STRK token airdrop.
Starknet releases its concept of UOPS over TPS.
Starknet once again announces its migration to Sepolia.
WASM Cairo releases v0.5.01 which will enable Cairo 2.3.1 run in the browser.
Base
Goldfinch announces it'll be deploying its smart contract on Base.
dYdX
dYdX trading and launch rewards are now live on dYdX chain.
Loopring
Loopring releases its new website front-end page.
Mantle
Mantle launches a new campaign “Mantle Moonshoot”.
Stargate deploys on Mantle.
Mantle MIP - 28 Proposal is live.
Linea
Linea Wave 4 DeFI Voyage is live.
Metis
Metis announces Builder Mining Rewards (BMR), a monthly retroactive funding for Dapps building on Metis.
Polygon zkEVM
Polygon zkEVM now supports the Circle's Bridged USDC standard.
Manta Network
Manta Network announces MantaTakeover.
Aevo
Aevo launches $JUP pre-launch futures.
Aevo launches Spot Swaps.
Zora
Zora announces using only email to get started on Zora.
Mode
Mode announces Mode DeFI Degen Hackathon.
Mode Cooperators Ambassador Program is now live.
Public Goods Network
LayerZero is now live on PGN.
Kroma
Kroma Quest is now live on Galxe.
Fuel
Fuel Grant program is now live.
Fuel introduces P- 256, a new signing transaction leveraging AA using biometrics.
Kinto
Kinto announces the second wave of its launch program “The Arrival”.
Kinto announces Kinto Native sybil resistance.
Lyra
Lyra introduces its advanced trading features.
Ten
Obscuro rebrands to Ten.
Ten reveals it has a solution to Compliant Programmable Privacy addressed by a16z.
Validium
ApeX
ApeXplore Round 3 minting phase is now live.
Sorare
Sorare releases its celebration edition card.
Rhino
Rhino announces the next step for its token $RHINO.
Brine
Brine makes changes to its referral reward.
Myria
Myria announces its Node Referral Program.
RaaS
Dymension
Dymension highlights its ecosystem.
Saga
Saga introduces Unblock Yourself a movement to propel mass adoption and official kick-off of its Mainnet launch campaign.
Saga hints on its Airdrop.
Caldera
Caldera announces it'll be powering RARI chain.
Caldera integrates LayerZero.
AltLayer
AltLayer adds support for Near's DA.
Gelato
Gelato partners with ZeroDev to enhance UX via ERC 4337.
Rari Chain integrates Gelato Relay to enable Gasless Txn. for creating & accepting NFT bids & purchasing NFTs.
Data Availability
Celestia
Celestia introduces Ethereum fallback.
EigenLayer
EigenLayer increases its operator limit on the EigenDA testnet to 60.
Avail
Avail introduces Flash challenge.
Avail partners with Succinct to create a two-way bridge connecting Avail to Ethereum.
Avail partners with Movement to bring Avail's DA layer to Move Rollups.
Sequencing
Espresso
Espresso Systems introduces Derivation Pipeline.
Fairblock
Fairblock announces its use of Identity-Based Encryption and FHE to encrypt transactions.
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