Welcome to Superchain Sunday - our weekly newsletter! Every Sunday, we will provide you with the latest news and updates in the world of the Superchain.
The Superchain accounts for over 58.5% of all Layer 2 transactions and sees 21.2M daily transactions. The network boasts 830 Unique Apps, contributing to the Optimism Collective. It is estimated that 72.8 ETH will be contributed to the Optimism Collective in December. Data fetched from the Superchain Health Dashboard.
OKX has officially moved its XLayer network from Polygon CDK to the OP Stack, making one of the world’s largest exchanges the latest major operator to build on Optimism’s open, production-ready Layer 2 framework. With billions in daily trading volume, OKX’s decision signals how enterprises now view on chain infrastructure as critical financial rails that need reliability, transparency, and strong operational standards.
By rebuilding XLayer on the OP Stack, OKX gains full control over its network while joining an ecosystem powering most of today’s Ethereum L2 activity. The migration reflects a broader shift as global companies standardize on shared, battle-tested infrastructure to reduce complexity and ship products faster. Read the full announcement here.
Optimism has selected Ether.fi’s weETH as its liquid staking partner on OP Mainnet, marking a major step in building a safer, more institutionally aligned DeFi environment. After reviewing all proposals submitted to the Liquid Staking RFP, Ether.fi stood out for its liquidity depth, strong yields, ecosystem fit, and transparent architecture. The partnership sets weETH up as a core asset for OP Mainnet, supporting better integrations across DEXs, lending markets, custodial platforms, and other financial primitives.
This move strengthens OP Mainnet’s foundation for long-term growth while keeping the ecosystem open to multiple liquid staking protocols as demand expands. With weETH playing a key role, Optimism is pushing toward a more resilient, scalable, and trusted financial layer for builders and users across the Superchain. Read the full announcement here.
World is rolling out a new version of the World App that turns it into a kind of super app for verified humans, blending chat, payments, and mini apps in one place. Chat World lets people message with end to end encryption while seeing who is verified as a real human, then send money as easily as sending a text, split bills in groups, and use mini apps like games, savings tools, and prediction markets right inside the conversation. Underneath, World ID and Orb verification help create a network where people can trust who they are talking to without giving up their privacy.
On the finance side, the app now supports virtual accounts in dozens of countries, making it possible to receive salaries, move money from banks, hold stablecoins like USDC and EURC, and earn variable rewards through the new Earn feature, all from a single wallet. People can store, convert, and spend more than a hundred assets, use QR payments at merchants, and soon tap to pay with the World Card. Together, these updates push the World App closer to its goal of giving anyone a simple way to prove they are human, move money globally, and use everyday mini apps on the same rails. Read the full update here.
OP Succinct Lite is now live on Celo Mainnet, marking one of the biggest technical milestones in the network’s move toward a faster, more secure Ethereum Layer 2. With the Jello Hardfork activated, Celo now runs on a ZK powered fault proof system, a fully auditable EigenDA bridge, and a new challenger set that monitors proposer behavior in real time. This brings stronger security guarantees, better data availability, and a much more resilient foundation for the payments and mobile first use cases that define Celo’s mission.
This upgrade has been nearly a year in the making, shaped through deep collaboration between cLabs, Succinct, and EigenDA. It also sets the stage for even higher throughput, improved interoperability with Ethereum, and a clear path toward Stage 2 readiness. It is a major step forward for making global, low cost onchain payments work at scale. Read the full announcement here.
Surf, the AI platform built specifically for crypto, has raised 15 million dollars in a round led by Pantera Capital, with support from Coinbase Ventures and DCG. The team created Surf after seeing how often general AI models hallucinate when answering crypto questions, which can lead to real financial risk. Instead, Surf is trained entirely on crypto native data so it can answer everything from beginner questions to deep technical queries with far higher accuracy. Since launching publicly in September, the platform has already grown to more than 300,000 users and generated over a million search results.
The company is now preparing to launch Surf 2.0 in early 2026, aiming to push model quality even further for developers, traders, and institutions. With revenue already in the millions and demand from both retail users and crypto companies, Surf is positioning itself as the go to AI assistant for the industry. Read the full announcement here.
The Superchain has grown to 34 different OP Chains, each with its flourishing Ecosystem.
