Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry in Asia. While blockchain technology promises transparency and ...

Several layer-2 rollup teams, including those for Linea, zkSync, Arbitrum and Optimism, claimed that full decentralization is coming soon. The goal of decentralization has been held back by a variety ...

Ethereum ecosystem scaling has moved from theory to actual production-grade infrastructure. Optimistic Rollups, ZK Rollups, major Layer 1 upgrades like The Merge and The Dencun upgrade (EIP-4844), and ...

The main developer behind Uniswap, the largest decentralized crypto exchange, plans to launch its own blockchain as a layer-2 network atop Ethereum – part of an effort to make transactions faster and ...

Ethereum (ETH) fell from $4,953 in August to around $3,446 by November as Layer 2 networks reduced mainnet fee revenue and token burns. Ethereum’s daily gas fee revenue dropped from over $30M to ...

With the GENIUS Act signed, stablecoins are on a tear. According to the management consultancy McKinsey, the total value of issued stablecoins has doubled to $250 billion today from $120 billion 18 ...