Welcome to Superchain Sunday - our weekly newsletter!
The OP Stack accounts for over 72.7% of all Layer 2 transactions. The Superchain sees 14.3 M daily transactions, 66.5% of all Layer 2 transactions. The network boasts over 1064 revenue-generating deployers, contributing to the Optimism Collective. It is estimated that 281.4 ETH will be contributed to the Optimism Collective in January—Data Fetched from the Superchain Health Dashboard.
2024 was a huge year for Optimism and the growth of the Superchain. The network expanded to over 30 OP Chains, with big names like Kraken (Ink), Sony (Soneium), and Uniswap (Unichain) joining. The ecosystem saw a 1600% increase in daily transactions, reaching 11.1 million per day, and total value locked grew to $4.8 billion by the end of the year.
Key milestones included launching permissionless fault proofs, improving interoperability across chains, and releasing tools like the Dev Console to help developers build faster.The focus for 2025 is interoperability, making the Superchain a seamless platform for users and developers. Read the full year in review here.
Superseed’s Supersale has officially concluded, raising an impressive $4.47 million from 1,148 unique contributors — with no VCs involved. This was a 100% community-driven sale, reflecting Superseed’s mission to build a decentralized ecosystem powered by its users.
As a thank you for participating, everyone who joined the Supersale will receive a 20% bonus on their token allocation. This bonus will be automatically included when token claims go live on mainnet. Community comes first. Always. Read the full details here.
The Ethernity RWA Market is a new marketplace offering exclusive digital assets, real-world collectibles, and goods through mystery boxes and auctions. Starting in January 2025, users can claim mystery boxes filled with authenticated NFTs and real-world items like collectibles, electronics, and gift cards. Auctions will feature rare digital and physical items, including iconic memorabilia and cutting-edge gadgets. Weekly auctions and mystery boxes will continue throughout January, offering unique rewards for participants. Read the full details here.
Derive's 2025 Roadmap focuses on scaling its platform with three key products for traders, yield farmers, and liquidity providers. The launch of Derive Pro in Q1 will introduce AI-powered trading, simplifying research, execution, and portfolio management with intelligent agents. Additionally, the platform will offer dUSD, a delta-neutral yield asset, and advanced market-making tools for better liquidity and tighter spreads.
With these innovations, Derive aims to grow its user base, liquidity, and trading volume by 100x, setting a new standard for onchain finance across spot, perps, and options markets. Read the full roadmap here.
Mode Network is building a Full Stack DeFAI (DeFi + AI) platform to create a fully autonomous onchain economy. Since its launch, Mode has evolved from a DeFi ecosystem with over $700M bridged in 2024 to becoming a leader in AI-driven financial tools. Their focus for 2025 is the DeFAI Stack, which consists of three key layers: Interface, Data, and Infrastructure.
The Interface Layer includes the Mode AI Terminal, an AI-powered trading assistant that simplifies DeFi actions like swapping and staking.The Data Layer is powered by Synth, a Bittensor subnet providing high-quality synthetic data for financial forecasting, helping agents make better decisions. Lastly, the Infrastructure Layer will feature upgrades like an AI-secured sequencer and Superchain interoperability, enhancing security and cross-chain interactions. Read the full blog here.
The Optimism Governance Season 7 elections have wrapped up the nomination phase, and it's now time to vote! Delegates can cast their votes to fill key roles across the Security Council (Cohort B), Milestones and Metrics Council, Grants Council, and Developer Advisory Board. Voting will run until January 15th. This marks an important step in shaping the future of the Optimism Collective. Read the full details here.
The Superchain has grown to 43 different OP Chains, each with its flourishing Ecosystem. These are some extra stories to make your Sunday that much more Super.
~ Disclaimer: This newsletter is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice
