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Layer-1 settlement rails

Every position in this market settles on a base layer. Layer-1 networks are the settlement counterparty underneath every token, bridge and protocol built on them. This hub indexes the layer-1 chains on record, their validator and staking relations, and the incidents that have tested their settlement guarantees.

Fig. 1 — The sector on record Computed from the entity graph · 2026.08.30
Counterparties indexed95
Typed relations (total degree)3,138
Wire mentions958
With a desk overview95
Ethereum20Bitcoin294Ethereum1,261Solana524Avalanche164Cardano19Cardano (ADA)3
Source: entity graph, wire feed, relations ledger — linked on every row. Bars are the 8 most-connected counterparties, by typed relations.
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