Layer-2 solutions increase the practical use cases of the blockchain infrastructure by lowering gas fees and increasing network bandwidth. Consensys, the creator of the MetaMask wallet, introduced its layer-2 ecosystem Linea to streamline the onboarding of more users to Web3. The growth of the blockchain ecosystem accelerates the need for a bigger, better, faster infrastructure. As new…

Bitcoin futures open interest has reached $5.2 billion on the global derivatives giant Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), $200 million shy of its late October 2021 all-time high. Open interest in CME’s Bitcoin futures has grown from $3.63 billion to $5.20 billion over the last 30 days, according to Coinglass data. The open interest surge has run parallel…