Optimism ushers in a new era with the successful completion of its highly anticipated “Bedrock” upgrade. This transformative enhancement, announced by OP Labs, the network’s developer, brings forth accelerated deposit times, decreased layer-1 fees, and fortified security measures. The implementation of these advancements marks a pivotal step in the developer’s ambitious mission to establish a…
Optimism is gearing up for its eventual mainnet upgrade next week. This upgrade will offer lower protocol and security fees for users on the platform. This led to the ecosystem’s governance token, OP, enjoying an increase in price, albeit a modest 3.7% in the past 24 hours. This price movement only came after last month’s…
Optimism (OP) has been one of the hardest-hit cryptocurrencies over the last week as bearish sentiment around the coin rose rapidly. The reason for this was a massive amount of OP tokens that were unlocked this week, leading to significant buy pressure on the digital asset. However, the bearish trend does not seem to have…
The crypto market has shown signs of recovery over the last week, with top coins trending to the top of their range. However, the picture could turn red in the short term for some altcoins as unlocks season kick-off. As of this writing, Ethereum trades at around $1,900 with sideways price action in the last…
Optimism is trading in the green today, with its trading volume up by over 54%. OP traded at $0.9231 on January 1, 2023, and peaked at $3.0294 on February 7, close to its all-time high value of $4.5692. Currently, OP is at the $1.6 price level as it seeks to consolidate its gains, which is…
There is a substantial flow of assets from Ethereum to the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), according to data from Cryptoflows. Migration From Ethereum To BSC The shift to move assets from the legacy smart contracting network could be driven by the desire to escape high gas fees. For every transaction executed on public ledgers like…
Optimism, one of the most popular Ethereum layer-2 platforms, will release the Bedrock upgrade on June 6, 2023. Optimism Upgrading Via Bedrock In Early June The layer-2 provider on Ethereum says the release is “highly anticipated” by the community and will introduce some changes that make the protocol even more scalable, reducing transaction fees. As it is,…
The Ethereum-Polygon ERC-20 bridge is the most active, data on January 23 reveals. Polygon-Ethereum Bridge Dominant As of January 23, there were $2.18 billion of assets locked in the Ethereum-Polygon ERC-20 Bridge, almost twice the value of assets locked between the Ethereum and Arbitrum bridge which, at the time of writing, stood at $1.36 billion. Another…
Arbitrum and Optimism raked millions in profit despite the extended bear market that hammered decentralized finance (DeFi) activities and Ethereum (ETH) valuation in 2022. Arbitrum And Optimism Win Big Per on-chain data shared on Twitter, Arbitrum, and Optimism, general-purpose Ethereum layer-2 platforms, made 2,906 ETH and 2,086ETH, respectively. In USD terms, it translates to around $4.6…
