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According to Cointelegraph, Edward Felten, co-founder of Offchain Labs, stated in his keynote speech at EthCC 2026 that Ethereum's layer two networks need to introduce a "dynamic pricing" mechanism to support billions of users and reduce fee fluctuations during network congestion.Felten pointed out that the current drastic fluctuations in Gas prices remain the main means of resisting network overload, but this volatility poses a significant barrier to mainstream users. He stated that a dynamic pricing mechanism could accommodate more transaction volume at lower Gas prices while avoiding infrastructure overload.In response, developer Julian Kors noted that the main drawback of dynamic pricing is its predictability, which is lower than that of EIP-1559. Cyprien Grau, head of the Status Network project, believes that while this model improves fee accuracy, it still does not address structural issues— as competition for scaling intensifies, layer two network Gas fees trend towards zero in the long term, and dynamic pricing is essentially still an income model built on continuously depreciating assets.

According to Arkham data, at 23:35, 190 WBTC (worth approximately 13.06 million USD) was transferred from OffchainBtcVault to an anonymous address (starting with 0xbAD5...).

Offchain Labs stated that it is committed to promoting the development of the Arbitrum ecosystem in a tangible way and believes that continuously increasing its direct exposure aligns with the company's long-term interests. Therefore, Offchain Labs has increased its holdings of ARB tokens according to its established purchase plan.Through this series of actions, Offchain Labs is further intensifying its investment in the construction and development of Arbitrum. Offchain Labs remains firmly supportive of the strategic initiatives of Arbitrum DAO, including empowering developers, building communities, and driving technological innovation.

ChainCatcher news, according to a post by Offchain Labs, has announced the acquisition of the smart account development team ZeroDev.ZeroDev currently supports over 5 million smart accounts, covering more than 30 chains, providing tools for multiple crypto projects including ApeCoin, Conduit, and Crossmint.This acquisition aims to meet the growing demand for on-chain infrastructure, promote the on-chain application of large institutions and consumer applications, and collaborate with the previously launched universal intent engine to achieve fast cross-chain transactions and a seamless user experience.

ChainCatcher news, according to Offchain Labs, the company has acquired the smart account development team ZeroDev. ZeroDev currently supports over 5 million smart accounts across more than 30 chains, providing tools for various crypto projects including ApeCoin, Conduit, and Crossmint. This acquisition aims to meet the growing demand for on-chain infrastructure, promote the on-chain adoption of large institutions and consumer applications, and work in synergy with the previously launched universal intent engine to achieve fast cross-chain transactions and a seamless user experience.

ChainCatcher news, Robinhood tweeted that its cryptocurrency manager Johann Kerbrat, Offchain Labs (Chief Strategy Officer A.J. Warner), and Vitalik Buterin will participate in a fireside chat on July 1 at 1:45 PM (UTC+8) in Cannes.

ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum development company Offchain Labs announced on X that it will reveal significant project progress today.

ChainCatcher news, according to an announcement from Offchain Labs, the company has launched a strategic acquisition plan to increase its holdings of ARB in the open market and through other trading methods, in order to strengthen its long-term commitment to the Arbitrum ecosystem. The plan will be executed gradually based on preset parameters.

ChainCatcher news, Offchain Labs CEO Steven Goldfeder stated that the U.S. cryptocurrency reserve should currently focus solely on Bitcoin.Goldfeder believes that Bitcoin has emerged in a universally accepted manner, and focusing on Bitcoin is the cleanest and easiest move. He mentioned that allowing other assets into the market poses risks, as regulators do not understand the complexities of all cryptocurrencies, nor do they know who is driving each cryptocurrency's inclusion in the market.Furthermore, if the U.S. establishes a reserve focused on U.S. cryptocurrencies, Steven Goldfeder believes that Arbitrum's native token ARB should be at the top.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Offchain Labs has launched the Arbitrum BoLD protocol on the mainnet to enable permissionless validation. After being approved by governance voting, BoLD is now in use on the Arbitrum chain, One, and Nova.The system replaces the previously whitelisted validators with a permissionless mechanism, allowing anyone interested in network security to participate.

ChainCatcher message, Arbitrum developer Offchain Labs posted on X that starting tomorrow, there will be several planned ARB transactions from one custodian provider to another. Users may notice an increase in chain activity, but these are planned transactions. The initial locking plan is being executed, and no new tokens will be unlocked during this process.

ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum developer Offchain Labs has released the future technology roadmap for Arbitrum, focusing on:Stylus will launch next month on the Arbitrum One and Nova mainnets, supporting WASM languages such as Rust, C, and C++;BoLD and review timeout features will be launched in the second half of the year, enhancing security and decentralization;A decentralized sequencer is expected to be implemented in 2025, distributing the responsibility of transaction ordering;The fast withdrawal feature will be released in Q3 2024, enabling rapid settlement between AnyTrust chains and parent chains;The Chain Clusters are planned for launch in 2025, aimed at reducing cross-chain communication time. Additionally, Offchain Labs plans to achieve multi-client support and adaptive pricing mechanisms in the first half of 2025 to improve performance and efficiency.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Arbitrum blockchain developer Offchain Labs has announced the establishment of a new business unit called "Tandem," dedicated to promoting mainstream adoption of crypto networks.It is reported that Tandem will focus on driving the application of blockchain in mainstream markets, such as collaborations with Robinhood and blockchain gaming related to Arbitrum.Offchain Labs expects the new department to become one of its main sources of revenue. Currently, Offchain Labs has invested $10 million in this department, primarily focusing on Ethereum ecosystem projects outside of Arbitrum.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Arbitrum development team Offchain Labs announced on March 22 that they disclosed two serious security vulnerabilities found in the Optimism testnet to the OP Labs team. These vulnerabilities exist in the Optimism fraud proof system deployed by OP Labs. Offchain Labs provided a demonstration exploit code to the OP Labs team.On March 25, OP Labs confirmed the validity of these two issues, and both parties coordinated the vulnerability disclosure timeline. OP Labs requested Offchain Labs to temporarily refrain from publicly disclosing these vulnerabilities until they are resolved. Later yesterday (April 25), the Optimism testnet was updated, and today Offchain Labs disclosed these vulnerabilities for the first time.These vulnerabilities allow malicious parties to force the OP Stack fraud proof mechanism to accept fraudulent chain history or to prevent the OP Stack fraud proof mechanism from accepting the correct chain history. These issues stem from flaws in the OP fraud proof design regarding timer handling.

ChainCatcher news, Offchain Labs has submitted the ArbOS 20 Atlas AIP proposal to the Arbitrum community, with voting starting at 07:27 Beijing time on February 17 and ending at 07:28 on March 2.It is reported that this AIP proposes several improvements to Arbitrum, including the ability to publish batch L2 transactions on Ethereum in Blob form at a lower cost using EIP-4844, support for most changes included in the Ethereum Dencun upgrade, and two improvements for the batch release of Arbitrum One and Nova. The proposed ArbOS 20 Atlas upgrade will be available for adoption by any Arbitrum.

ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, the stablecoin lending protocol Curvance has announced the completion of a $3.6 million seed round financing, with investors including prominent angel investors such as Offchain Labs, Wormhole, and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, as well as support from core contributors from Scroll, Mantle, Eigenlayer, GMX, Curve Finance, Convex Finance, Balancer, Aura Finance, and Pendle Finance. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) like Frax Finance also participated in this round of financing.Curvance aims to provide users with optimized yields while maximizing capital efficiency through peer-to-peer lending.

ChainCatcher news, according to Scopescan monitoring, in the past two hours, the Arbitrum development team Offchain Labs' investor address transferred ARB worth 86.32 million USD. Among them, 35 million ARB (35.9 million USD) was transferred to Coinbase Prime, while the rest was distributed to various ARB ownership contracts.

ChainCatcher news, Offchain Labs co-founder Ed Felten published a blog post explaining the reasons for his optimism about Optimistic Rollup.He stated that Arbitrum chose Optimistic Rollup over ZK Rollup because Optimistic is more cost-effective, simpler, and more flexible.Optimistic Rollup is cheaper because the proof cost is always zero for honest participants, while ZK Rollup requires generating cryptographic proofs, which are more expensive.Optimistic is simpler because it relies on standard programming languages and tools, while ZK requires complex mathematical and cryptographic theorems.Finally, Optimistic is more flexible, allowing for easy construction of new features since it uses standard tools, whereas ZK requires custom tools and programming methods.The finalization time for both is the same; in terms of cross-chain communication speed, ZK may be faster in certain cases, but there is no significant difference in most asset transfer scenarios.