𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 (𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 - 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫) Edition #8

Biggest News Highlights: zkSync announces ZK Stack

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ICYMI: The weekly Layer 2 Roundup covers every important update and announcement on all L2s listed on L2BEAT, Rollups and more.Arbitrum

Rollups

1. Arbitrum

   Arbitrum effectuates the Security Council election result.

   

2. Optimism

   ENS launches EVM Gateway on optimism Mainnet and Goerli.

   

   Optimism transfers 22M $OP between wallets controlled by the Optimism Foundation.

   

   Lattice announces “Redstone” a plasma Inspired Alt-DA chain built leveraging the OP stack.

   

   OP Labs announces the Canyon hardfork is now active on testnet.

   

4. zkSync

   zkSync announces ZK Stack.

   

5. Base

   Base announces a new standard for on-chain payments.

   

6. Starknet

   Starknet announces migrating its testnet to Sepolia.

   

   Starknet announced a bug which halted the production of new blocks for 40 mins and has already been rectified.

   

7. Mantle

   Mantle releases a forum discussion proposal on Expanded Strategies and Liquidity Programs.

   

   Mantle releases Citizen of Mantle NFT Utility.

   

8. dYdX

   dYdX announces the dYdX chain is ready for beta trading.

   

   dYdX announces native $USDC is coming to Cosmos ecosystem and the dYdX chain.

   

9. Linea

   Linea deploys the smart contract for Linea Voyage XP.

   

   Linea Voyage Wave 2 is now live.

   

10. Polygon zkEVM

    Polygon zkEVM Saga week 5 is live.

    

    ChainGPT integrates Polygon.

    

    Polygon announces OKX is using its CDK to build a ZK-powered L2.

    

11. Metis

    Metis announces its POS sequencer pool has successfully run on their HoleSky testnet.

    

12. Manta Pacific

    Manta Network announces Mantafest conclusion.

    

    LayerZero is now live on Manta Pacific.

    

13. Aevo

    Aevo lists $PYTH pre-launch futures.

    

14. Taiko

    Taiko Introduces the Based Booster Rollup (BBR).

    

    Superscalar partners with taiko to enhance the capabilities of provers by leveraging ZKP acceleration and Halo2 PLONK.

    

15. Mode

    Mode Dev Mainnet is now live.

    

16. Public Goods Network

    PGN announces its GG19 rounds.

    

17. Kroma

    Kroma releases an important update regarding bridging $USDC on Kroma.

    

18. Kakarot zkEVM

    Kakarot zkEVM completes its second investment round.

    

19. Kinto

    Kinto announces the launch of its program “Engen” on the 21st of November.

    

    Kinto announces its raise of $5M.

    

Validium

20. Immutable X

    Immutable announces Blade of God X game building on its zkEVM powered by Polygon.

    

    Immutable announces Galatico Manager game building on its zkEVM powered by Polygon.

    

21. ApeX

    ApeX Protocol announces the launch of $USDT perpetual contracts in beta mode.

    

22. Sorare

    Sorare Trade Offer Presets.

    

23. Brine

    Brine is now live on Scroll.

    

24. Myria

    Myria releases important information regarding its Node and Public Node Sale.

    

RaaS

25. Dymension

    Dymension presents Dymension.

    

26. Saga

    Saga introduces Stack Exploder.

    

27. Caldera

    Caldera announces its offering of Key management service.

    

28. Vistara Labs

    Vistara Labs announces a major milestone for its light Node.

    

29. Karnot

    Karnot is live “The first RaaS that supports Starknet.

    

Data Availability 

30. EigenLayer

    EigenLayer launches stage 2 Testnet for Operators and EigenDA.

    

31. Avail

    Avail Project sends out invites to the next 100 validators.

    

32. Lava Network

    Lava Network announces a modular and decentralized RPC layer for Near Protocol.

    

Sequencing

33. Espresso

    Espresso System announces a concept of Layer 1.5 in transaction ordering.

    

34. Fairblock

    Fairblock announces its FHE thesis.

    

35. Radius

    Radius announces its partnership with Herodotus to enhance cross-rollup interoperability.

    

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