Layer2 Battle Royale: Why 90% of Rollups Are quietly Dying in the Bear Market
Three major rollups quietly shut down their mainnets in Q1 2026. No press releas
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2026-08-22
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$79,720.9
+0.90%
ETH
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$2,459.96
+0.89%
SOL
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$103.12
+1.93%
BNB
BNB Chain
$766.6
+7.61%
XRP
XRP Ledger
$1.41
+0.75%
DOGE
Dogecoin
$0.0881
+3.78%
ADA
Cardano
$0.2165
+1.41%
AVAX
Avalanche
$7.54
+2.54%
DOT
Polkadot
$0.9146
+6.97%
LINK
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$11.87
+2.68%
Event Calendar
202630
04
upgrade
Celestia Mainnet Upgrade
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
28
03
unlock
Arbitrum Token Unlock
92 million ARB released
08
04
upgrade
Solana Firedancer
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
22
03
unlock
Optimism Unlock
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
18
03
unlock
Sui Token Unlock
Team and early investor shares released
15
04
halving
Bitcoin Halving
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
10
05
upgrade
Ethereum Pectra Upgrade
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
12
05
halving
BCH Halving
Block reward halving event
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$2,459.96 |
| 1 |
Solana
SOL
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$103.12 |
| 1 |
BNB Chain
BNB
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$766.6 |
| 1 |
XRP Ledger
XRP
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$1.41 |
| 1 |
Dogecoin
DOGE
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$0.0881 |
| 1 |
Cardano
ADA
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$0.2165 |
| 1 |
Avalanche
AVAX
|
$7.54 |
| 1 |
Polkadot
DOT
|
$0.9146 |
| 1 |
Chainlink
LINK
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$11.87 |
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