# Layer 2 network Arbitrum ships guarded launch, attracts major DeFi protocols

# Layer 2 network Arbitrum ships guarded launch, attracts major DeFi protocols

“# Layer 2 network Arbitrum ships guarded launch, attracts major DeFi protocols ” In a landscape of so-called scaling solutions primarily composed of sidechains and EMV-enabled competitors, one widely anticipated “rollup” layer 2 sidechain for Ethereum has finally arrived.  Offchain Labs announced the launch of Abritrum One with a blog post late last night. Arbitrum…

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# Blockstream expands Liquid Federation, but LBTC adoption remains slow

# Blockstream expands Liquid Federation, but LBTC adoption remains slow

“# Blockstream expands Liquid Federation, but LBTC adoption remains slow ” Blockstream has added six more members to the federation that governs Liquid, the firm’s Bitcoin sidechain for inter-exchange settlement network. The six new Liquid Federation members include Bitcoin web wallet Coinos, crypto custodian Komainu, network privacy firm Nym, blockchain development company Vulpem Ventures, broker…

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# RSK launches Powpeg, a trustless Bitcoin bridge architecture

# RSK launches Powpeg, a trustless Bitcoin bridge architecture

“# RSK launches Powpeg, a trustless Bitcoin bridge architecture ” Bitcoin sidechain RSK launched a new bridge protocol called Powpeg, which will facilitate a trustless connection between Bitcoin (BTC) and RSK’s wrapped version of it, called Smart Bitcoin (RBTC). The system marks the first time that a Bitcoin sidechain has featured a trustless peg where the…

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