ChainCatcher news, according to Ethereum Daily data, Base has over 1.3 million unique addresses, ranking first among Ethereum L2s. Arbitrum and Manta rank second and third with 468,000 and 206,000 respectively.

ChainCatcher news, according to L2BEAT data, the current total locked value (TVL) of Ethereum Layer 2 has rebounded to $36.13 billion, with a 7-day increase of 2.87%. The top five locked values are:Arbitrum One ($13.94 billion, 7-day increase of 1.62%);Base ($6.59 billion, 7-day increase of 3.56%);OP Mainnet ($6.12 billion, 7-day increase of 4.38%);Blast ($1.55 billion, 7-day increase of 3.81%);Mantle ($1.25 billion, 7-day increase of 5.75%).

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance Labs has announced an investment in Corn to simplify the use of Bitcoin in decentralized finance. Corn is an Ethereum L2 network focused on establishing a decentralized finance (DeFi) hub for Bitcoin.Previous news, Polychain Capital announced a $6.7 million investment in the Bitcoin-centric yield network Corn.

ChainCatcher news, Polychain Capital announced a $6.7 million investment in Corn, a new yield network centered around Bitcoin. The protocol also received investments from Binance Labs, Framework Ventures, OKX Ventures, HTX, Ventures, and Relayer Capital.Chris Spadafora, founder of Corn and BadgerDAO, stated that Corn launched on August 19, aiming to enhance the utility of the world's first cryptocurrency and introduce new yield generation opportunities.It is reported that Corn is a new Ethereum L2 network that uses a tokenized Bitcoin as the network's gas fees and economic incentives, codenamed BTCN. Corn launched without fixed yields. The yield percentage will primarily depend on the growth of the ecosystem and the number of protocol participants achieved through Corn's flywheel mechanism.

ChainCatcher news, the total number of transactions processed in the Ethereum L2 ecosystem on August 12 reached a historic high of 12.42 million.This growth is mainly attributed to the memecoin craze based on the Coinbase L2 blockchain, where the trading volume surged to a peak of over 4 million at the end of July.The number of stablecoins currently on L2 is greater than the combined total of Solana and BSC. The report indicates that the number of stablecoins on L2 is 150% more than that on Solana and 94% more than that on BSC. Meanwhile, according to Etherscan data, the daily transaction volume on the Ethereum mainnet has remained relatively stable, hovering around 1.1 million for most of this year.

ChainCatcher news, according to L2BEAT data, the current total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum Layer 2 has dropped to $34.75 billion, with a 7-day decline of 16.23%. The top three in terms of TVL are:Arbitrum One ($14.12 billion, 7-day decline of 15.17%);Base ($6.08 billion, 7-day decline of 13.26%);OP Mainnet ($5.32 billion, 7-day decline of 14.81%).

ChainCatcher news, according to L2BEAT data, the current total locked value (TVL) of Ethereum Layer 2 has plummeted to $37.94 billion, with a 7-day decline of 11.55%. The top five in locked value are:Arbitrum One ($15.18 billion, 7-day decline of 10.74%);Base ($6.53 billion, 7-day decline of 9.88%);OP Mainnet ($5.48 billion, 7-day decline of 15.12%);Blast ($2.46 billion, 7-day decline of 14.69%);ZKsync Era ($1.12 billion, 7-day decline of 11.50%).

ChainCatcher news, Binance Labs announced an investment in Ethereum Layer2 network developer Zircuit, with the amount undisclosed. Binance Labs' investment in Zircuit was made before the network's mainnet launch this summer. Both companies declined to disclose the scale of the investment and other terms of the deal.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Zircuit is an EVM-compatible zero-knowledge rollup, and the network's unique hybrid architecture combines optimistic infrastructure with zero-knowledge proofs, providing developers with the best of both worlds.

ChainCatcher news, Uniswap founder Hayden Adams posted on the X platform yesterday, stating that L2 chains focused on Ethereum scaling should not prioritize immutability until the Ethereum blockchain is ready.Adams said, "Ethereum L2 should not be immutable. It has been 10 years, and L1 is still not ready for immutability." He added that expecting L2 networks to "never upgrade again or force large-scale migrations" is "meaningless."He explained, "If some migrate and some do not, the nature of users and applications interacting on the L2 chain will undermine composability."The Ethereum Foundation has stated that L2 chains are part of its scaling plan. In response, Jonathan Colón, head of the NFT marketplace Rarible ecosystem, called L2 networks a "money grab."Adams responded, "The entire plan to scale Ethereum is 'L2'; we either make them work or change the roadmap (I lean towards the former). Calling them a money grab (or) saying they need to be immutable does not change that. Their construction costs are high, and L1 has not funded this work."

ChainCatcher news, the rollup Taiko mainnet based on Ethereum has been launched. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed the first block on the Taiko mainnet, whose metadata includes the names of each Taiko core contributor.The Taiko token is expected to launch a few weeks after the mainnet goes live, and Taiko also plans to introduce a points incentive program called Trailblazers, which aims to attract community participation by rewarding the community for completing tasks and interacting with the network.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Taiko is a decentralized Ethereum equivalent (Type-1) ZK-VM and general ZK-Rollup Layer 2 network. Its goal is to allow Ethereum L1 dApp developers and users to deploy and use on Taiko without any changes and friction, while maximizing the inheritance of Ethereum's security, providing faster speeds and lower transaction fees than L1.

ChainCatcher news, according to L2BEAT data, Ethereum Layer 2 TVL has increased to $47.31 billion, setting a new historical high, with a 7-day increase of 16.41%. The top 5 Layer 2 networks are:Arbitrum One: TVL increased to $19.23 billion, with a 7-day increase of 17.86%OP Mainnet: TVL increased to $7.82 billion, with a 7-day increase of 8.51%Base: TVL increased to $6.96 billion, with a 7-day increase of 20.79%Blast: TVL increased to $3.37 billion, with a 7-day increase of 23.83%Mantle: TVL increased to $1.28 billion, with a 7-day increase of 13.45%