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The End of Altcoins? How Layer 2s Are Changing the Crypto Landscape

September 15, 2021

Layer 2 solutions like Bitcoin’s Lightning Network and Ethereum rollups are reshaping the crypto world. Is this the beginning of the end for altcoins like ETH?

Bitcoin (BTC) $ 112,420.12

Ethereum (ETH) $ 4,476.59

XRP (XRP) $ 2.86

Tether (USDT) $ 1.00

BNB (BNB) $ 861.51

Solana (SOL) $ 210.88

USDC (USDC) $ 1.00

Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 4,468.26

Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.218764

TRON (TRX) $ 0.341869

Cardano (ADA) $ 0.840224

Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 5,421.99

Chainlink (LINK) $ 23.80

Wrapped Beacon ETH (WBETH) $ 4,824.79

wrapped-bitcoin

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 112,333.10

Hyperliquid (HYPE) $ 46.30

Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 1.00

Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC) $ 1.00

Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 4,802.62

Sui (SUI) $ 3.38

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 595.34

Stellar (XLM) $ 0.36528

Avalanche (AVAX) $ 25.46

WETH (WETH) $ 4,480.52

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Hedera (HBAR) $ 0.222073

crypto-com-chain

Cronos (CRO) $ 0.278379

LEO Token (LEO) $ 9.50

Litecoin (LTC) $ 112.85

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Toncoin (TON) $ 3.17

USDS (USDS) $ 0.999887

Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000013

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Binance Bridged USDT (BNB Smart Chain) (BSC-USD) $ 0.999876

coinbase-wrapped-btc

Coinbase Wrapped BTC (CBBTC) $ 112,403.12

WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 43.30

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World Liberty Financial (WLFI) $ 0.220786

Polkadot (DOT) $ 3.88

Uniswap (UNI) $ 9.72

Bitget Token (BGB) $ 5.02

ethena-staked-usde

Ethena Staked USDe (SUSDE) $ 1.19

Monero (XMR) $ 271.49

Aave (AAVE) $ 327.74

Ethena (ENA) $ 0.724859

Dai (DAI) $ 0.999867

Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.00001

OKB (OKB) $ 179.63

Mantle (MNT) $ 1.12

Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 21.02

Bittensor (TAO) $ 327.19

jito-staked-sol

Jito Staked SOL (JITOSOL) $ 258.97

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 2.48

Ondo (ONDO) $ 0.964087

Aptos (APT) $ 4.38

polygon-ecosystem-token

POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.282916

Pi Network (PI) $ 0.355185

USDT0 (USDT0) $ 1.00

Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.515054

binance-peg-weth

Binance-Peg WETH (WETH) $ 4,480.03

USD1 (USD1) $ 0.999892

internet-computer

Internet Computer (ICP) $ 4.89

Story (IP) $ 8.37

binance-staked-sol

Binance Staked SOL (BNSOL) $ 225.76

blackrock-usd-institutional-digital-liquidity-fund

BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) $ 1.00

Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.084874

Cosmos Hub (ATOM) $ 4.55

VeChain (VET) $ 0.024056

Algorand (ALGO) $ 0.234904

rocket-pool-eth

Rocket Pool ETH (RETH) $ 5,093.64

gatechain-token

Gate (GT) $ 16.94

jupiter-perpetuals-liquidity-provider-token

Jupiter Perpetuals Liquidity Provider Token (JLP) $ 5.51

sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.07

Fasttoken (FTN) $ 4.51

Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) $ 0.030958

KuCoin (KCS) $ 15.11

kelp-dao-restaked-eth

Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) $ 4,705.50

Render (RENDER) $ 3.50

Worldcoin (WLD) $ 0.901483

Sei (SEI) $ 0.293248

kinetic-staked-hype

Kinetiq Staked HYPE (KHYPE) $ 46.37

BFUSD (BFUSD) $ 0.99962

stakewise-v3-oseth

StakeWise Staked ETH (OSETH) $ 4,709.75

Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 8.43

Sky (SKY) $ 0.071738

MemeCore (M) $ 0.999102

Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 0.625703

liquid-staked-ethereum

Liquid Staked ETH (LSETH) $ 4,836.17

Bonk (BONK) $ 0.000021

Filecoin (FIL) $ 2.33

USDtb (USDTB) $ 1.00

jupiter-exchange-solana

Jupiter (JUP) $ 0.502171

lombard-staked-btc

Lombard Staked BTC (LBTC) $ 112,382.11

Flare (FLR) $ 0.020503

Quant (QNT) $ 101.61

polygon-bridged-usdt-polygon

Polygon Bridged USDT (Polygon) (USDT) $ 1.00

XDC Network (XDC) $ 0.078594

renzo-restaked-eth

Renzo Restaked ETH (EZETH) $ 4,734.31

Pump.fun (PUMP) $ 0.003932

Four (FORM) $ 3.59

Falcon USD (USDF) $ 1.00

Tether Gold (XAUT) $ 3,574.38

Provenance Blockchain (HASH) $ 0.027337