Layer‑2 and DeFi tokens drive broad crypto rally as post‑Fed‑rate‑hike anxiety eases
The cryptocurrency market experienced a noticeable upswing this week, sparked primarily by strong performances from two prominent layer‑2 scaling solutions and a handful of decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens. Starknet, an emerging zk‑rollup built on Ethereum, and Arbitrum, a widely adopted optimistic rollup, each posted gains exceeding 17 percent. Their rally helped lift the broader digital‑asse…
Sept. 18, 2026, 10:33 a.m.