Ethereum Layer 2 project Blast is recruiting talent, and the project's official website lists two vacant positions: Senior Development Operations Engineer and Senior Protocol Engineer. It is reported that Blast still has a few months before the network launch.

Celestia announced on the X platform the introduction of Ethereum Fallback functionality for the integration of OP Stack and Celestia. In case of errors when submitting L2 block data to Celestia, Fallback can minimize interference with end users and help ensure that user funds do not get stuck in L2 bridging contracts. L2 can fall back to publishing its block data to Ethereum as DA call data, and after the interruption is resolved, L2 will automatically resume publishing DA to Celestia.

According to L2beat data, the total locked amount in Layer 2 has decreased by 3.53% in the past 7 days, currently at $13.75 billion. Among the 32 Layer 2s that have been counted, 7 are in an upward trend, with Mantle having a growth rate of 36.82% and a current locked amount of $220 million; the remaining 25 Layer 2s have all declined, with Linea having the largest decline of 46.64% and a current locked amount of $142 million.

According to DeBank data on November 29th, the contract address of Blast, a Layer 2 network launched by Pacman, the founder of Blur, currently holds assets worth more than $600 million. Among them, $524 million worth of ETH is deposited in the Lido protocol, and $78.61 million worth of DAI is deposited in the Maker protocol.

LayerZero has announced the launch of the Public Goods Network (PGN). PGN is a layer 2 blockchain built on the OP stack, which is dedicated to creating funds for public goods through sorter fee allocation. Applications integrated with LayerZero can now add PGN as a supported network. Builders on PGN can extend their applications to over 40 blockchains with LayerZero endpoints.

Decentralized foreign exchange (FX) protocol DFX Finance has announced that it has integrated Chainlink CCIP (the industry standard for secure cross-chain interoperability) on the Polygon and Arbitrum mainnets. The aim is to use CCIP's simplified token transfer function to promote cross-chain interoperability between L2s, thereby achieving secure and efficient transfer across multiple chains.

The 24-hour cost of Ethereum's layer 2 scaling solution, Starknet, is $381,000.

Dan Robinson, research director of Paradigm, said that Blast's controversial release "crosses both in terms of message transmission and execution." Standard Crypto disagrees with Blast's decision to launch a bridge before the L2 network and prohibit withdrawals within three months, which sets a bad precedent for other projects. We also believe that many marketing activities have reduced the value of a serious team's work. But when developing Blend with Roquerre (aka Pacman) and his co-founders, I personally witnessed their outstanding technical talents. We still believe that they are world-class builders who can provide L2 that brings value to the ecosystem.

According to L2BEAT data on November 25th, the total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum Layer2 has risen to $14.75 billion, with a 7-day increase of 11.57%. The top five locked values are:

According to L2beat data , the total locked amount on Layer2 networks has risen to $14.72 billion, with an 11.21% increase in the past 7 days. Among them, ArbitrumOne has the highest locked amount, with a 5.95% increase in the past 7 days, reaching $7.6 billion. OP Mainnet ranks second, with a 13.14% increase in the past 7 days, reaching $3.88 billion. Base ranks third, with a 5.26% increase in the past 7 days, reaching $594 million.