Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #22

Welcome to the latest edition of the Layer 2 Weekly Roundup. Every week, this newsletter covers the latest and most important updates from across Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem.

Catch up on the previous edition HERE

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Ecosystem Highlights

• @ryskfinance - A DeFi options protocol generating uncorrelated returns for liquidity providers, have officially integrated with Arbitrum

• @ape_swap - Have officially integrated with Arbitrum offering a decentralized exchange (DEX), smart routers and treasury bills

• @fluiditymoney - Have officially launched on Arbitrum. You can now use your stablecoins to earn yield when processing transactions

• @numoen - Have deployed V1.0 of their decentralized Power Market Maker Protocol (PMMP) to Arbitrum

• @pillarwallet - A self-custodial smart wallet, have integrated with Arbitrum, offering fast and secure transactions with low transaction costs

• @Synquote - A decentralized options trading platform, have officially launched Project Athens on Arbitrum

• @vertex_protocol - A DEX platform have deployed their API-only Beta on Arbitrum

• @FerrumNetwork - A bridgeless multichain messaging engine are now live on Arbitrum

• @Covalent_HQ - Have integrated their blockchain API data points with Arbitrum Nova

• @PlayBitmates - An MMO RPG game, have announced their public Beta on Arbitrum

• @optimismFND - Have launched quests on Coinbase Wallet, to guide new users on their Web3 journey

L2 Protocol Highlights

• @Scroll_ZKP - Raises capital to double down on development

• @arbitrum - Announce their new transaction history feature

• @OPLabsPBC - Provide an update on their path to advance technical decentralization

• @optimismFND - Announce voting for RetroPGF round 2 has now begun

Info For Devs

• @AlchemyPlatform - Introduce Alchemy custom webhooks on Arbitrum, allowing access to blockchain data in real-time

• @zksync - Announce a new @code4rena audit competition with $180,500 in prizes

• @StarkWareLtd - Announce their second Starknet Nairobi bootcamp

• @Web3Hubs - Announce workshop for building smart contracts with Cairo 1.0

Media - Twitter Spaces & Podcasts

• @arbitrum - Hosted an AMA with @DeFragDAO to discuss their lending protocol for TreasureDAO NFTs

• @arbitrum - Hosted an AMA with @sector_fi to discuss their protocol and their recent launch on Arbitrum

• @optimismFND - Hosted the latest episode of OP Radio to celebrate and discuss Quests on Coinbase Wallet

• @ETHGlobal - Hosted Daniel Helm from Scroll to give an informative talk on scaling Ethereum with rollups and zero-knowledge proofs

• @arbitrum - Hosted Phillip Zimmerer, CSO from @SpoolFi, to discuss their recent integration with Arbitrum

• @fuel_network - Joined the Layer 2 Day Panel at ETHDenver to discuss blockchain language design themes, patterns and ideas

• @arbitrum - Hosted @BequestFinance to discuss their first product that offers inheritence for your crypto assets

Interesting Articles

• @optimismFND - Published their Optimism in Denver recap that includes links to the talks presented at the event

• @Scroll_ZKP - Announces their $1.8B valuation after raising $50M in their latest funding round

• @msfew_eth - Published an article that explains Hyper Oracle: a programmable zkOracle network

Events

• @The_Beacon_GG - Have announced their Smol x Beacon event on Arbitrum

• @Scroll_ZKP - Announce their sponsorship for the ETHBeijing Hackathon and launched their bountry track to award the top projects

• @zksync - Announce this years ETHDenver hackathon winners

• @fuel_network - Announce the winners of the Fuel bountry prize from ETHDenver

• @LouthingE - Posted the recording to the latest StarkNet Paris Meetup that took place earlier this month

• @Starknet_Asia_ - Announce StarkNet Asia 2023 that will take place in Tokyo this April

Interesting Tweets

Scroll 📜 @Scroll_ZKP

Our permissionless Alpha release has been running smoothly, with over 2 million transactions so far! If you haven't yet, try it yourself at scroll.io/alpha

zkSync ∎ @zksync

This week, we’re sharing highlights from ETHDenver 2023 on ZK scaling and building a future-proof zkEVM. Today, we’ll focus on the topic of Account Abstraction, an important feature that's natively supported by zkSync Era. 🧵 1/8

L2BEAT 💗 @l2beat

Today a @dYdX user has initiated a forced withdrawal process of over a million $USDC! The forced withdrawal mechanism is a key part of the security model of StarkEx L2 on which dYdX is built. Read more to learn how it works 🧵👇🏻

Industry Thought Leaders (who to follow)

• Swagtimus.eth (Ecosystem/Technical)

• Nurstar.eth (StarkNet/Ecosystem/News)

• pseudotheos (Technical Research)

• Robbie Ferguson (Co-Founder @immutable)

• Ryan Berckmans (Ethereum Researcher & Educator)

• polynya (Technical Research)

• Crypto-Gucci.eth (Ecosystem/News)

• Toghrul Maharramov (Technical Research)

• Sassal.eth (Ethereum Research & Educator)

• Luozhu (Technical Research)

• Haym (Education/Research/History)

• Bartek.eth (Technical Research, Development)

This newsletter is for educational purposes only, and should never in any way be considered as financial or investment advice.

Thanks for reading!

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