Ethereum Shanghai upgrade could benefit liquid staking providers and cement ETH’s layer-1 dominance

Ethereum’s upcoming Shanghai upgrade will allow users to withdraw staked Ether (ETH), increasing the network’s liquidity and competitiveness while also boosting its staking ratio closer to its competi...

Coinbase Says One Ethereum Rival Emerging As Major Long-Term Layer-1 Competitor

The top US crypto exchange Coinbase says Solana (SOL) is poised to become one of the strongest layer-1 blockchain projects. New Coinbase analysis says Solana is likely going to emerge as one of the to...

Router Protocol successfully develops a Layer-1 Blockchain Interoperability

Router Protocol happens to have been successful in the development of a Layer-1 blockchain. This was made possible with the effective utilization of the Cosmos’ Tendermint Consensus. This was carried ...

CMC Crypto Playbook: Layer-1 blockchain

Considering the standards of 2022 and all that has happened in the crypto space, layer 1 (“L1s”) can still be said to have had a very interesting and eventful year. Many notable events have taken plac...

Chiliz Launches Layer-1 Blockchain to Support Growth

Chiliz, a platform for fan tokens, has now announced the launching of its very own layer-1 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible blockchain environment. This move was made to allow the network to ...

Chiliz launches layer-1 blockchain to expand fan token ecosystem

Five years from its inception, fan token platform Chiliz has launched its own layer-1 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible blockchain ecosystem to support its growth. Chiliz’s fan token ecosystem...

Chiliz Fan Tokens Hikes as Upgradation in Layer-1 Blockchain

Chiliz has validated the genesis block of the new Layer-1 blockchain. The platform has over 1.8 million wallet addresses along with a market capitalization of 1000 million. NFT market capitalization r...

Layer1 CEO alleges co-founder is using majority power to ‘ransack’ company

The CEO of crypto miner Layer1 Technologies has filed a lawsuit against the firm’s two other board members — including co-founder Jakov Dolic — for allegedly commandeering Layer1’s operations for thei...

Bitcoin mining company Layer1 caught up in internal legal battle

Layer1 Technologies CEO John Harney and DGF Investments Inc. have filed a lawsuit against Jakov Dolic and Tobias Ebel, the other board members of the bitcoin (BTC) mining firm for allegedly looting th...

Layer1 CEO accuses founder of running it as his ‘own personal fiefdom’

San Francisco-based Bitcoin mining company Layer1 Technologies has been hit with a lawsuit by its own CEO John Harney and investment firm, DGF Investments.  The complaint accuses Layer1’s founder Jako...

What is Layer0, Layer1, Layer2, Layer3 in Blockchain? – Cryptopolitan

Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that allows for the secure and transparent exchange of data. It utilizes a series of layers to store and process information, which is referred to as Layers 0-...

Layer-1 Blockchain Explodes 150% As Chinese Social Media Giant Integrates Crypto Platform

A layer-1 blockchain project exploded last week on the heels of a new integration with a Chinese social media giant. Multi-chain ecosystem Conflux Network (CFX) is trading around $0.0554 at time of wr...

The state of Solana: Will the layer-1 protocol rise again in 2023?

Despite the latest FTX-related crisis, Solana still has what it takes to win the layer-1 race, according to the head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, Austin Federa. About two months after the FTX...

Layer-1 Crypto Project Erupts 190% in Just One Week Amid Rollout of New Revenue Feature

An under-the-radar layer-1 crypto project is exploding to new all-time highs this week amid the rollout of a new revenue feature. Canto (CANTO), a permissionless general-purpose blockchain running the...

Aptos Climbs 58% On the Week, Dominating the Layer-1 Token Rally 

APT or Aptos token, the native asset on the Aptos network has been on a fast-paced procession of actions or events from the beginning of this year, receiving about 58% in worth in just the past week. ...

Aptos Soars 58% on the Week, Leading Layer-1 Token Rally

APT, the token powering the layer-1 blockchain Aptos, has been on a tear since the start of the year, gaining as much as 58% in value over the last week alone. That is despite a 1.5% correction over t...

Top Layer-1 Protocol’s Avalanche And Polygon Survive FTX Tidal Wave, Orbeon Protocol See Price Surge 805%

The downfall of FTX, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, created a domino effect that left almost every cryptocurrency in the red zone.  The FTX tidal wave also came at a time wh...

This Layer-1 ETH-Based Crypto Asset Got a 60% Boost

Anurag is working as a fundamental writer for The Coin Republic since 2021. He likes to exercise his curious muscles and research deep into a topic. Though he covers various aspects of the crypto indu...

Supporting Web3: aelf as a high performance cloud-native layer-1 blockchain

aelf is a high-performance, cloud-native, layer-1 blockchain network with its Mainnet nodes running on different cloud-computing data centers. It provides a high-speed running environment for smart co...

Assessing the Top-Performing Layer-1 Blockchain Protocols

Crypto technology has made incredible advancements over the past few years, and now the blockchain protocol industry is extremely competitive. As gains have been made with speed, scaling, and power co...

This Layer-1 Blockchain Is ‘Narrowing the Gap’ With Ethereum

ETH Price at the time of writing – $1,624.73 Solana is making moves to chip away at Ethereum’s dominance Ethereum still dominates roughly 80% of the secondary NFT market One layer-1 blockchain is gain...

This Layer-1 Blockchain Is ‘Narrowing the Gap’ With Ethereum (ETH) in Fight for NFT Sector: Messari

New data from crypto analytics firm Messari shows that one layer-1 blockchain is gaining ground on Ethereum (ETH) in the non-fungible token (NFT) sector. According to a Messari report, Solana (SOL) ha...

Ankr Becomes One of The First RPC Providers to Layer-1 Blockchain, Aptos

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Ankr, a leading Web3 infrastructure provider, is elated to announce it has become one of the first Remote Procedure Call (RPC) providers to Aptos.  T...

Layer-1 Blockchains Solana, Cardano, Avalanche Down 8% Over the Week

Several tokens powering some of the industry’s biggest Layer-1 protocols, including Cardano, Solana, and Avalanche, are among the worst affected by the latest bear market, dropping hefty value over th...

SafuuX: World’s first auto-rebasing Layer1 blockchain set for 2023 release

Leveraging the ongoing success of the Safuu protocol, the Safuu team has announced the upcoming launch of the SafuuX. The world’s first auto-rebasing layer 1 blockchain, is scheduled for Mainnet in Ja...

Layer-1 Blockchain ‘Injective’ Raises $40M in…

Injective has managed to raise $40 million in a private token sale led by Jump Crypto according to reports from Tech Crunch. Brevan Howard Digital, the cryptocurrency arm of British billionaire hedge ...

August Research and Analysis Report

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BNB slides further in layer-1 race as ETH, SOL defy expectations

It is no surprise that Layer-1 chains have shared the carnage during the first half of 2022. Top L1s have been struggling to hold their fort in the current market conditions. These include Ethereum, B...

Flare Genesis Event Precedes Massive Developer Program on the New Layer1

There’s a new layer1 blockchain in town and it’s only hours old. Flare Network, which has been under intensive development for some time now, officially went live on July 14 with a genesis event that ...

Layer-1 Blockchains That Are Expanding The Horizons Of The DeFi Ecosystem

The crypto market has already borne witness to the tremendous growth and subsequent slide of decentralized finance (DeFi) on second-generation blockchains, spearheaded by none other than Ethereum. To ...

Developers Can Now Build Layer-1 Smart Contracts on Ripple’s XRP Ledger

– Advertisement –   Ripple XRP Labs Launches L1 Smart Contract Functionality on the XRP Ledger. Ripple’s XRPL Labs, the software development company of the XRP Ledger, noted recently that ...

Five Layer-1 Cryptos to Keep a Close Watch in the Current Bear Market!

The crypto markets have rebounded after 4 to 5 days of a bearish trend as BTC prices were restricted below $20,000. However, with a fine jump beyond these levels, the altcoins along with Ethereum have...