Weekly Layer 2 and Modular Blockchain Roundup (3rd March - 9th March) Edition #23

Biggest News Highlight: Caldera in partnership with Injective announces inEVM is live on Mainnet with Celestia underneath.

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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.

Rollups

1. Arbitrum

   Arbitrum introduces exciting designs including a new bridge design supporting Apex, RARI & XAI Orbit chains. 

   

   Arbitrum announces a deadline for the application of its gaming content creator.

   

2. Optimism

   Optimism announces the final list of We ❤️ the Art winners.

   

   OP Labs announces full decommission from OP Goerli as migration to OP Sepolia is live. 

   

   Optimism gives a heads-up over planned transactions from Optimism controlled wallets totaling approximately over 25M OP tokens. 

   

3. zkSync

   zkSync announces Cronos to build a zkSync L2 in partnership with Crypto.com.

   

4. Manta Network

   Manta Network introduces Golden Shovel NFT.

   

   Manta Network announces Blast off to Manta: Ticket to Instant Blast withdraws and $MANTA rewards.

   

   Ethena Labs USDe is coming to Manta Pacific. 

   

5. Base

   Base announces the third wave of 2024 Base Builder Grants.

   

6. Starknet

   Starknet announces the advent of Cairo verifier which will be live in coming weeks.

   

   Nostra on Starknet introduces Nostra liquid staking token for $STRK.

   

7. Linea

   Linea announces minting of LXP for campaigns.

   

   Full Linea RPC Full Nodes are now on NowNodes. 

   

8. Mantle

   Mantle announces MIP-29 passed.

   

   Binance shortlists $MNT on its futures token listing pool. 

   

   Mantle v2 Sepolia Testnet Public Contest is now live.

   

9. Metis

   Vector reserve integrates vETH into Metis ecosystem.

   

   Metis LSB proposal is officially live. 

   

10. Polygon

    Unified Bridge, Polygon AggLayer's first component, is now live on Ethereum Mainnet. 

    

11. Scroll

    Scroll unveils Scroll Studio in collaboration with ThreeDAOspace.

    

    Cosmos IBC is now live on Scroll powered by Union to bring Interoperability between the two ecosystem.

    

12. Aevo

    Aevo is now live on Binance launchpad.

    

    Aevo launches $AEVO Pre-Launch.

    

13. Taiko

    Taiko announces the coming to an end of Zk application grants with just 10 days left. 

    

    Taiko's competitive audience with code4rena is live with a total price pool of $140,000 USDC. 

    

14. Mode

    Mode welcomes SuperchainOne to its network.

    

    Mode launches restaking with Renzo to bring ezETH to Mode. 

    

    Mode updates its community on its Point system and its utility. 

    

    Mode announces over $100,000 claimed by Mode Devs. 

    

    Developer Dashboard & SFS Now Live on Mode. 

    

15. DeGate

    DeGate announces the launch of its major campaigns which feature 2 series. 

    

16. Paradex

    Paradex introduces the Paradex Python SDK. 

    

17. Kroma

    Kroma announces NIGHT CROWS game is coming to Kroma. 

    

18. Astar Network

    Astar Network announces the official launch of Astar zkEVM which is now live on Mainnet.

    

    Astar zkEVM Saga is now live on Intract.

    

19. Kakarot zkEVM

    Kakarot zkEVM is hiring.

    

Validium

20. Immutable X

    Immutable announces Immutable Minting API.

    

    Immutable announces Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade is coming to Immutable zkEVM.

    

21. ApeX

    ApeX Protocol announces Staking 3.0 is now live.

    

22. rhinofi

    Rhino Run Week 6 is now live on Blast.

    

23. tanX fi

    tanX fi is now live on Mode.

    

VM

24. Fluent

    Fluent announces its upcoming Integration with Celestia which will enable developers deploy a zkWasm with Celestia underneath offering high throughput data availability.

    

Infra Provider (RaaS)

25. Dymension

    Dymension introduces RollApp Draft.

    

26. Saga

    Saga introduces Saga Community Genesis Drop.

    

27. Caldera XYZ

    Caldera in partnership with Injective announces inEVM is live on Mainnet with Celestia underneath.

    

    Caldera partners with Socialscan to bring data transparency to the Caldera ecosystem.

    

28. Conduit

    Conduit introduces Arbitrum Orbit L3s on Base.

    

29. AltLayer

    Alt Layer announces partnership with CyberConnect to create the first-ever L2 social network with restaking powered by Optimism and Eigen DA.

    

30. Karnot

    Karnot is hiring.

    

31. Lumoz

    Lumoz announces support for BNB Chain as an L1 option.

    

Data Availability

32. EigenLayer

    EigenLayer announces its security bounty competition.

    

33. NEAR Protocol

    Near introduces Quadratic funding for public goods.

    

Sequencing

34. Espresso

    Espresso Systems introduces Based Espresso.

    

    Across announces partnership with Espresso Systems to bring faster and secure bridging to Ethereum Rollups and L2s.

    

35. Fairblock

    Fairblock Public Testnet is now live.

    

36. Radius

    Radius introduces the Portico testnet.

    

Interoperability

37. Hyperlane

    Parallel Finance partners with Hyperlane to bring Interoperability across 16 Parallel Network supported chains.

    

    Hyperlane announces sponsoring ETH global London with prizes up for grabs.

    

    Hyperlane introduces Permissionless Interoperability between Injective and inEVM.

    

38. Axelar

    Axelar announces connecting 60 chains.

    

39. Omni

    Omni announces a commitment of $600M of staked ETH from ether fi to secure the Omni Network.

    

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