Layer-1

Hyperliquid’s fundamentals continue to improve, yet its valuation remains discounted compared to other L1s

Stripe and Circle launch L1 chains

Does Circle’s Arc threaten Ethereum’s “stablecoin chain” moat, or does EVM gravity pull flows back anyway?

The new SVM chain Zink uses zk tech and promises universal account profiles

Liam Heeger was a core Solana Firedancer developer. Now, he’s building his own L1.

This crypto fund issuer is “looking for the rising stars” to put into the ETF wrapper

The new layer-1 will only use the Firedancer client and will implement multi-local consensus

Inversion Chain will be built on Avalanche, Empire co-host Santiago Santos told Blockworks

HYPE’s bucked the overall downward trend of the market, and perhaps it’s setting a gold standard

Story Protocol’s sovereign layer-1 targets blockchain-native intellectual property monetization including AI

The L1’s unique “proof-of-liquidity” consensus attracted $3.1 billion in pre-deposits

Pantera junior partner Mason Nystrom details why projects need to raise capital

Can THORChain weather the RUNE liquidity crisis?

Berachain’s TVL levels would technically make it the 10th largest chain

“BIO can be thought of as a Y Combinator for onchain Science,” Binance said in a statement

Delta comes out of stealth with $11 million in funding, and some novel ideas

To remain relevant and competitive, layer-1 networks must prioritize multichain technology and interoperability

Plus, how crypto’s professor coins stack up to the rest of the market

Plus, a layer-1 for intellectual property is launching and Farcaster users peaked

It may be counterintuitive that a high amount of focus on a technology would lead to security risks — but it’s true

Why has crypto and Web3 so far failed to live up to Satoshi’s vision — and what will it take to deliver on the industries’ promises?

Plus, a Dragonfly partner shares his view on the crypto VC market, and a mining hardware firm raises $80 million

Crypto traders love new shiny things, much to the detriment of layer-1s from previous cycles

Crypto prices are largely denominated in US dollars, but basing them in bitcoin often makes far more sense