Pudgy Penguins-backed Ethereum L2 Abstract to shut down after losing ‘tens of millions’
Abstract, the Ethereum layer 2 tied to Pudgy Penguins parent Igloo Inc., will shut down on Dec. 15. Users are being told to bridge assets off the network before then, or their funds will no longer be accessible after that date. Igloo said it funded the chain for months to years and did not find a workable consumer-crypto business model, and one report says the team chose not to launch a token.
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What it means
People using Abstract are the group that will notice this first, because the chain is being set to shut down on Dec. 15 and funds left there after that date become inaccessible. That affects anyone still holding assets on the network, as well as the roughly $48 million sitting on the chain shortly before the announcement.
In practice, the network’s bridge-out deadline changes what users can do with assets on Abstract before Dec. 15. What remains the same is that the chain had already supported more than 400,000 users and over 144 apps, even as the shutdown notice tells users to move funds off the network.
What is still open is how much activity remains on the chain before the deadline and how much value will still be there at shutdown. One detail that would settle that is the final state of bridged-out versus stranded assets when the network closes. (per theblock.co)
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|---|---|---|
| 34 days ago | Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September, but applications fall event | 1 actors in common · 4 news media |
| 34 days ago | Ethereum Layer 2 Network Blast to Shut Down After Revenue Collapse - news.bitcoin.com event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 35 days ago | Ethereum Network Blast Is Shutting Down: Who Controls Users' Last $51 Million? event | 1 actors in common · 6 news media |
| 35 days ago | Paradigm-backed Layer 2 Blast to wind down network as costs exceed revenue event | 1 actors in common · 8 news media |
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