2024 came in with optimism we might be pulling out of a bear market, and it’s going out with excited visions of bulls strapping on rockets bound for the moon or another galaxy.

Congratulations to the European and Latin American winners of the Crypto Holiday Challenge! We love what’s coming in from you about your experiences using MetaMask Card!

Linea’s Dev Cook-Off has been simmering for several months now and some spicy creations are ready to serve.

Layer 2 (L2) solutions like Linea help Ethereum scale to meet the demands of a maturing blockchain industry without sacrificing on security. Linea and its zkEVM (zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine)-based solution are on a mission to optimize transaction execution and roll up compressed data to the Ethereum mainnet. A key milestone on this journey is the decentralization of the sequencer, which is responsible for ordering, building, and executing transactions within the network.

Zug, Switzerland, December 17th - Today, ENS Labs, the organization behind the open-source blockchain naming protocol, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), and the Linea Association, which powers the growth, development, and governance of Linea’s open-source technology and ecosystem, announced a joint engineering partnership to build Namechain.

December marks a new milestone for DeFi on Linea as DapDap brings the third iteration of its DapDap Tales campaign series. Marsh Madness reimagines how users interact onchain with Linea's core DeFi protocols through a unique collaboration with EFrogs, Across, and Lynex.

Blockchain and web3 have changed the way we think about our digital assets and the way we transfer value. One revolutionary primitive is the digital token, a programmable asset that can represent anything from physical assets to  voting rights. Tokens enable complex interactions  and a rich roster of functions through decentralized applications (dapps)  built on networks like Ethereum and Linea.

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Editor’s Note: The MetaMask Card pilot is now available in the EU, UK, Switzerland, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.