KyberSwap Expands to Layer-2 Scaling Solution, Arbitrum

Kyber’s team stated that expensive gas fees and the network congestion on Ethereum left users, creating a need to solve it through Layer-2 scaling solutions such as Arbitrum.

The main objective behind the multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) and aggregation platform – KyberSwap announcing its launch on the scaling solution – Arbitrum network – is to enable users to conduct faster and cheaper trades.

KyberSwap on Arbitrum

According to the official blog post, Arbitrum is the seventh scaling solution to have deployed KyberSwap. Previously, the DEX aggregator had gone live across – Ethereum (ETH), Polygon (MATIC), Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Avalanche (AVAX), Fantom (FTM), and Cronos (CRONOS) networks.

While Ethereum is still heralded as the DeFi leader, the network has been pushed to its absolute limit thanks to the dramatic rise in adoption. In recent times, the transactions fees have gone through the roof and triggered uncontrolled congestion.

Victor Tran, CEO, and Co-Founder, Kyber Network, also highlighted the challenges in terms of scaling and solving for congestion, gas fees, and slippage that arise in decentralized infrastructures and went on to add,

“This partnership between KyberSwap and Arbitrum is a big step forward towards creating the most user-friendly experience for users, as well as robust and highly extensible trading API for partners.”

Increased Activity on KyberSwap & Arbitrum

The latest statistics on DappRadar demonstrated that users on KyberSwap have reached an ATH of roughy 20k as of March 6. Transaction levels on the platform also spiked throughout the weekend and reached a new high of 21k, while the volume has been mostly consistent at over $800k.

Despite the on-chain activity of prominent Layer-2s being on a sluggish trend over the past few months, Arbitrum’s TVL has been consistent and even noted an uptick to almost $3 billion following the integration. As per the data by analytics platform L2beat, it continues to be a leader among other Layer 2 networks with a market share of 54%

Since its inception in August 2021, Arbitrum has seen significant adoption. It was launched to address some of the shortcomings of Ethereum-based smart contracts. In addition to KyberSwap, it integrated four decentralized exchange protocols.

The latest integration comes less than a month after DeFi protocol Yearn Finance announced launching on the Ethereum Layer-2 solution. Prominent DEX aggregator 1inch Network also recently revealed its expansion plans to Abritrum to reduce transaction fees.