ZKsync Lite to Shut Down in 2026 as Matter Labs Moves On

Tech Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email ZKsync Lite to Shut Down in 2026 as Matter Labs Moves On The company framed the move, happening in early 2026, as a planned sunset. By Margaux Nijkerk | Edited by Jamie Crawley Dec 8, 2025, 2:21 p.m. Matter Labs plans to deprecate ZKsync Lite, the first iteration of its Ethereum layer-2 network. (Ricky Mejia, Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk) What to know : Matter Labs plans to deprecate ZKsync Lite, the first iteration of its Ethereum layer-2 network, the team said in a post on X over the weekend. The company framed the move, happening in early 2026, as a planned sunset for an early proof-of-concept that helped validate their zero-knowledge rollup design choices before newer systems went live. Matter Labs plans to deprecate ZKsync Lite, the first iteration of its Ethereum layer-2 network, the team said in a post on X over the weekend. The company framed the move, happening in early 2026, as a planned sunset for an early proof-of-concept that helped validate their zero-knowledge rollup design choices before newer systems went live. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don't miss another story. Subscribe to the The Protocol Newsletter today . See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . ZKsync Lite, which debuted in 2020, was built for basic token transfers, but took a back seat after developers released ZKsync Era in March 2023, a more advanced zkEVM rollup, which now anchors the project’s broader ZK Stack roadmap. The Lite network will continue operating for now, with funds remaining safe and withdrawals to Ethereum mainnet still available, the team said. A detailed migration plan and timetable for the shutdown will be published next year. “ZKsync Lite was a ground breaking proof-of-concept and validated critical ideas related to building production ZK systems. It did its job: prove what’s possible and pave the way for the next generation,” the team wrote on X. Read more: Matter Labs Opens zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum Zksync era Matter Labs layer 2 Ethereum News More For You Protocol Research: GoPlus Security By CoinDesk Research Nov 14, 2025 Commissioned by GoPlus What to know : As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M. GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month. Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B. View Full Report More For You Solana’s Drift Launches v3, With 10x Faster Trades By Margaux Nijkerk , AI Boost | Edited by Nikhilesh De Dec 4, 2025 With v3, the team says that about 85% of market orders will fill in under half a second, and liquidity will deepen enough to bring slippage on larger trades down to around 0.02%. What to know : Drift, one of the largest perpetuals trading platforms on Solana, has launched Drift v3, a major upgrade meant to make on-chain trading feel as fast and smooth as using a centralized exchange. The new version will deliver 10-times faster trade execution thanks to a rebuilt backend, marking the largest performance jump the project has made so far. Read full story Latest Crypto News CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Gains 3.3% as All Constituents Trade Higher 8 minutes ago BlackRock Files for Staked Ethereum ETF 28 minutes ago ONDO Token Gains as SEC Ends Investigation Into RWA Tokenization Platform 36 minutes ago Wall Street Saw Ripple as 90% XRP — Offered $500M, but With Safety Net: Bloomberg 49 minutes ago U.S. Spot XRP ETFs Hit 15-Day Inflow Streak, Near $1B Milestone 1 hour ago Strategy Bought Nearly $1B in Bitcoin Last Week as Saylor's Company Returns to Big Purchases 1 hour ago Top Stories Perky, With Bearish Overtones: Crypto Daybook Americas 2 hours ago Binance Wins Full ADGM Approval for Exchange, Clearing, and Brokerage Operations 9 hours ago Here's How Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Solana May Trade Today 9 hours ago Every Major Bitcoin Conference Has Seen Prices Fall in 2025, Will Abu Dhabi Be Different? 2 hours ago Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Reclaims $92K as Fed Rate-Cut Expectations Lift Sentiment 2 hours ago BTC Holds Steady as Fed Rate Cut Looms, Rising Treasury Yields Suggest Caution: Analysts 3 hours ago