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The Inevitable Convergence: How Ethereum Became The Settlement Layer For All Altcoins

In the race to build faster, cheaper, and more scalable blockchains, every major altcoin ecosystem has traced back to ￰0￱ began as a single programmable blockchain has evolved into the base layer of liquidity, infrastructure, and innovation for the broader crypto ￰1￱ High-profile Chains That Chose Integration Over Isolation A new compelling argument has emerged, which redefines the future of Layer 1 (L1) blockchains, particularly those compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). According to the Head of the Ecosystem at Ethereum Foundation, James_gaps, Celo and Ronin have proved why every altcoin’s L1 might eventually become an ETH ￰2￱ Reading: Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade Set To Redefine ETH Performance — Here’s What to Expect Celo has shut down 110 validators and cut security costs by 99.8%, from $6.9 million per year to just $13,200.

Meanwhile, Ronin, another significant gaming-focused L1, has paid out $35 million in staking rewards since 2023 to maintain its L1. Currently, they’re redirecting that capital to developers who actually drive ￰3￱ the shift, they remain vibrant and are processing 350,000 daily active addresses across 1000 live games, with transaction activity surpassing even the peak of Axie Infinity’s 2.8 million-user era back in ￰4￱ the impending Fusaka upgrade, blob capacity is increasing eightfold, further enhancing their scalability. However, James_gaps explained that the founder of Ronin put it best, and in all EVM L1s are future ￰5￱ you can outsource security to ETH for pennies on the dollar instead of millions, while still retaining your user base and maintaining sovereignty, the economic rationale for becoming an L2 becomes ￰6￱ The Base For The Next Leg Higher Ethereum is demonstrating strength in terms of blockchain performance and ￰7￱ Luca has noted that the ETH price has continued to consolidate around the higher timeframe support range marked in green, which previously acted as a strong resistance throughout 2024, capping multiple local ￰8￱ flip from resistance to support now aligns with the Weekly Bull Market Support Band, a zone that has served as a reliable support over the past few ￰9￱ Reading: Here’s What Happens To The Ethereum Price If Bullish Momentum Holds Luca believes that as long as ETH holds above these levels, the mid-term outlook remains ￰10￱ the coming days, the key test will become the resistance range marked in purple on the lower timeframes, which aligns with the golden pocket between the 0.2 and 0.618 Fibonacci Point of interest (POIs).

A decisive break above this zone would confirm bullish continuation. Furthermore, if the price fails to hold the Weekly Bull Market Support Band near the $3,790, and makes a decisive daily close below it, the expert is set to hedge part of my spot holdings to mitigate short-term downside ￰11￱ that breakdown actually occurs, the mid-term structure will remain ￰12￱ the current consolidation appears to be a healthy base before the next move ￰13￱ image from Getty Images, chart from ￰14￱

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