At EthCC 2026, Offchain Labs’ Edward Felten said that Ethereum L2 networks need to introduce a “responsive pricing” mechanism to reduce fee volatility and support hundreds of millions of users. Even though EIP-1559 has improved fee mechanics, Gas price volatility still affects user acceptance. Today, the industry focus has shifted to how to make costs more predictable—Arbitrum One has already been the first to put a dynamic pricing mechanism into practice.

Gate News update, April 2, Uniswap announced that Uniswap v2, v3, and v4 are now live on the Linea network. Linea is a zkEVM L2 scaling network built by Consensys. Currently, Linea is available on the Uniswap web app and the Uniswap API, and Uniswap Wallet for iOS and

Gate News message, on March 31, Blockworks data shows that on the Solana network this week, tokenized stock spot trading volume reached $139 million, continuously exceeding the total of all L1 and L2 chains combined ($1.55 million).

Gate News update: On March 31, Ethereum L2 network RISE officially posted on X that its testnet is now running mainnet code. This means the testnet environment is using the same code version as the future mainnet for testing and verification.

The River abstract stablecoin protocol has expanded to the Base network, after previously being available on Ethereum and BNB Chain. Base is the leading L2 network on Ethereum by activity, with DeFi TVL exceeding $4 billion, a stablecoin market cap of $4.7 billion, and nearly 500,000 daily active addresses. Users can hold and use River within its ecosystem.

River, an on-chain abstracted stablecoin system, announced on March 30 that it will expand to the Base network. Previously, it had been deployed on Ethereum and BNB Chain. River said Base is the Ethereum L2 platform with the strongest liquidity, and that data shows its total value locked in DeFi exceeds $4 billion, with a stablecoin market cap of $4.7 billion and nearly 500,000 daily active addresses. This expansion will allow Base users to natively hold and use River.

Ethereum L2 project Linea announces a shift to RISC-V architecture, aiming to simplify the constraint module rewriting issues in hard forks and enhance performance. RISC-V offers a streamlined instruction set and compatibility, and Linea will retain its existing technology, with relevant details to be released soon.

Ethereum privacy-enhanced L2 network Payy completed a $6 million funding round on March 26, led by FirstMark Capital. Payy is now live, and users can add this network in MetaMask for easy private transfers. All ERC-20 tokens are stored through privacy pools, with private transaction data stored in off-chain vaults.

> **Original Title:** How L1 and L2s can build the strongest possible Ethereum > **Original Authors:** Josh Rudolf, Julian Ma, Josh Stark, Ethereum Foundation > **Original Compilation:** Chopper, Foresight News The ultimate goal of the Ethereum Foundation's Platform team is to drive Ethereum's scaling as a unified coordinated system, ensuring all users can use it with confidence. This article aims to share our perspective on the relationship between L1 and L2, elucidate the role of each layer, and how we (as an ecosystem) can leverage the strengths of L1 and L2 to build the most attractive platform for all users.

# Ethereum Foundation Points Out That L2's Goal Shifts Towards Providing Differentiated Features and Market Strategies, While L1 Continues as a Permissionless Settlement Hub. The Article Emphasizes That L2 Should Achieve Interoperability and Secure Exits, and States It Will Expand L1 Capacity and Research Rollup Technology to Enhance Platform Experience and Liquidity.