The rationale for an EVM compatible L1 chain in 2025 seems illogical: - Building a new L1 is time-consuming; launch L2 in days -[random company] likely excels at distribution, not building novel chains (study Base in 2024) - Securing an L1 costs more than settling an L2 on

A clip from my latest podcast appearance on The Edge Podcast

"There has been leadership change in the EF... While in the past it was more like... 'Oh devs, are you ready to do something?' Now its... 'Here's the deadline. This needs to get done.' - Lorenz Lehmann and matze | growthepie 🥧📏 to DeFi Dad ⟠ defidad.eth and Nomatic

Circle currently makes 0.000104$ per day for each USDC in circulation

If you're in Munich tomorrow for Germany's leading web3 conference, catch my talk on our recently released report: "Building the World Ledger"

1/ The future of Ethereum isn’t just online - it’s in the spaces where people connect in real life, build together, share meals, exchange ideas, and dream big. Say hello to Ethereum Community Hubs and welcome to the newest one in Berlin! ✨

Friendly reminder, stablecoin supply doesn't indicate real stablecoin adoption! Celo: $158M stables -> 5.3M tx/day Plasma: $5.96B stables -> 110k tx/day

Ethereum apps just hit $41.7M in daily revenue!🔥 We're about to break through a NEW ALL-TIME HIGH. 🔹 Layer 2s: 14.32% share and growing 🔹 The momentum is undeniable 🔹 The flywheel is accelerating ACCELERATE. $ETH

Today, I'm explaining how to use the Open Labels Initiative tooling to contribute and consume open source labels. Let's make labels a shared public good for the blockchain data community.

Most have not yet realised that this means we will probably never see gas fees consistently over 5 gwei on Ethereum L1 ever again

In the past month, Robinhood tokenised 282 additional stocks on Arbitrum One. EU customers can trade 489 tokenised US equities using blockchain technology. Users hold $7.9M+ in tokenised stocks bought via a fully account-abstracted app, likely unaware it's powered by Ethereum.

Crypto industry truly feels like a movie

Congrats to the Linea team, this makes them the first L2 to burn ETH in addition to paying Ethereum transaction fees for settlement. A new paradigm! 🔥 This deserves a quick Dune dash, quick bite will follow: dune.com/lorenz234/line…

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📣 NEW Chain pages – Search “Chain” on growthepie Features: 🔹 Highlights – recent ATHs and milestones 🔸 Realtime metrics – TPS & Fees 🔹 Compact overview – fundamental metrics 🔸 Achievements – streaks & lifetime 🔹 Application map – ecosystem visualization and more 🧵[1/9]