News for Optimism Crypto (OP)

Optimism Team Lays Off 20 Employees Amid Ethereum Scaling Shifts, Base Migration Plans

Decrypt • 03/12/26

Ethereum layer-2 developer OP Labs cuts roles to 'narrow focus'

Coindesk • 03/12/26

Optimism's OP Labs cuts 20% of staff to ‘do fewer things well'

The Block • 03/12/26

Ether.fi shifts non-custodial crypto card product to OP Mainnet from Scroll

The Block • 02/18/26

Coinbase-incubated Base network to ditch Optimism for ‘unified solution'

The Block • 02/18/26

Coinbase's Base moves away from Optimism's 'OP stack' in major tech shift

Coindesk • 02/18/26

OP token holders approve buyback plan redirecting 50% of Optimism protocol revenue to OTC swaps

The Block • 01/29/26

Optimism governance approves OP token buyback plan tied to superchain revenue

Coindesk • 01/28/26

Optimism community begins vote on OP token buybacks

Coindesk • 01/22/26

Optimism Foundation proposes monthly OP token buybacks

The Block • 01/08/26

Optimism proposes OP token buybacks using 50% of superchain revenue

Coindesk • 01/08/26

Ripple taps Wormhole to expand RLUSD to Layer 2 chains like Base and Optimism

The Block • 12/15/25

Following Coinbase and Kraken, crypto exchange Gate taps OP Stack for its new Layer 2

The Block • 09/25/25

Optimism Schedules Superchain 16a Upgrade; Dev-Friendly Toggles, No User Impact Expected

Bitcoin • 09/19/25

Optimism Taps Flashbots to Supercharge OP Stack Sequencing

Coindesk • 08/21/25

Altcoins AVAX, OP, and WLD Climb As BNB Sets New All-time High

Decrypt • 07/28/25

Uniswap's UNI Slides 8% Despite Upgrade Optimism

Coindesk • 05/30/25

Chatting Optimism with OP Labs co-founder Mark Tyneway

The Block • 04/23/25

WisdomTree Expands Institutional Tokenized Fund Platform to Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base and Optimism

Coindesk • 04/03/25

Tether plots expansion of new USDT0 stablecoin across Optimism's Superchain

The Block • 03/27/25

The Emergence of Layer-Two Solutions – How They're Transforming Blockchain Scalability and Ushering In a New Era of Crypto Innovation

The Daily Hodl • 03/08/25

Market Madness: Bitcoin Dips, Most Meme Coins Tank, but Fartcoin Moonshots

Bitcoin • 12/21/24

Crypto Giant Grayscale Rolls Out New Trusts for Lido DAO (LDO) and Optimism (OP)

The Daily Hodl • 12/13/24

Grayscale launches Lido DAO and Optimism Trusts to expand Ethereum investment offerings

The Block • 12/12/24

Optimism's Jing Wang and the Widely Adopted OP Stack

Coindesk • 12/10/24