QuarkChain, a sharded public blockchain, announced a strategic transition to Ethereum Layer2. The plan is to transition in the upcoming Ethereum Cancun upgrade, aiming to improve the speed and efficiency of the Layer2 network, reduce transaction congestion and fees through the adoption of zk Fraud Proof technology and Parallel EVM.

According to CoinGecko data, as of the time of writing, the total market value of Layer 2 (L2) tokens is currently $22,125,552,512, with a 24-hour increase of 11.6% and a 24-hour trading volume of $4,692,499,292.

Layer 2 network Mantle has officially released data showing that its Mantle LSP liquidity staking protocol on the Ethereum mainnet has currently exceeded 150,000 ETH. The Mantle LSP staking protocol was launched at the beginning of this month, and users can stake ETH on Mantle LSP to receive mETH tokens.

Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, stated that Solana is like Ethereum, suggesting the possibility of interoperability between the two chains. Solana can be used as an Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain through Wormhole EigenLayer. Once Danksharding scales up, there will be nothing stopping all Solana blocks from being submitted to some data verification bridging contracts on Ethereum. It is reported that Danksharding is expected to improve Ethereum's scalability and performance.

Coin98, they have announced the integration of Linea to expand the experience of Ethereum dApps and the diversity of Layer2 solutions for users. It is reported that Linea is a layer 2 blockchain built on top of Ethereum, aimed at providing scalability, low fees, and fast transaction confirmation times.

As of 4pm, the official ZK L2 network ZKFair Gas fee airdrop event has attracted over 15,000 participants on its launch day. As of the time of writing, the total Gas fee consumption has exceeded 1.6 million USDC, and TVL has exceeded 18 million US dollars, with data still rapidly growing.<br>It is reported that the ZKFair Gas fee airdrop event officially started on December 24th at 11:00 (GMT+8). Users can consume Gas Fee by interacting with ZKFair's mainnet to participate in the airdrop of a total of 7.5 billion official ZKF tokens. According to the rules, the event is divided into four phases (each phase lasts 12 hours), with a Gas fee limit of 750,000 USDC for each phase. Users can share 1.875 billion ZKF tokens according to their Gas fee contribution ratio. The official promise is that any excess will be returned to the users.<br>According to L2BEAT data, since the launch of ZKFair's mainnet, the TVL has exceeded 18 million US dollars in just four days, ranking 20th on the L2 list.<br>ZKFair is the first L2 network based on Polygon ZK and Celestial DA, supported by Lumoz's computing power. Based on the concept of fair launch, it airdrops 100% of its tokens and is a completely community-driven L2 network. ZKFair launched its mainnet on December 20th.

L2BEAT data shows that the total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum Layer 2 is currently reported at $18.37 billion, with a 7-day increase of 17.47%. The top five locked values are: Arbitrum One ($8.84 billion, 7-day increase of 8.39%); OP Mainnet ($6 billion, 7-day increase of 36.51%); Base ($740 million, 7-day increase of 5.96%); zkSyncEra ($575 million, 7-day decrease of 14.24%); dYdX ($350 million, 7-day increase of 0.34%).

Lisk is collaborating with Optimism and Gelato to transition from a Layer1 solution to an Ethereum Layer2 solution. As part of the transition, Lisk will migrate its LSK token to Ethereum. The Layer2 testnet deployment plan is scheduled for the first quarter of 2024.

Today, we’re open sourcing op-viem and op-wagmi, extensions to the popular developer tools viem and wagmi. We’ve developed these libraries, in collaboration with the community, to empower developers to build faster and easier on OP Stack chains.

Layer2 network Manta Pacific will adopt Celestia's modular data availability solution to reduce user transaction costs. Kenny Li, co-founder of Manta Network, said the team is currently upgrading Manta Pacific and introducing Celestia.