Optimism Lands Massive $5M+ Ronin Partnership for Cutting-Edge L2 Technology
Layer-2 heavyweight Optimism just inked a game-changing deal with Ronin—worth over $5 million—to supercharge their blockchain infrastructure.
The Tech Behind the Move
Optimism's rollup technology will turbocharge Ronin's transaction throughput while slashing gas fees to near-zero. This isn't just an upgrade—it's a complete architecture overhaul.
Why It Matters for Gaming
Ronin, home to Axie Infinity and other NFT-powered games, needs bulletproof scalability. Optimism delivers exactly that: instant finality, seamless interoperability, and developer-friendly tools.
The Fine Print
Five million dollars buys serious tech muscle—but in crypto terms, that's just loose change found between sofa cushions after last bull run's casino profits. Still, it signals Ronin's dead-serious bet on Ethereum's Layer-2 future.
Bottom line: When gaming meets DeFi, infrastructure becomes everything. Optimism's stack just became Ronin's secret weapon.
In Q1 and Q2 this year, 73% of Optimism Collective’s fee split revenue has come from Base.
Unichain, Ink, and Worldchain make up a much, much smaller percentage of that pie — and currently resemble small blips on the fee revenue chart.
We don’t yet know how much Optimism will stand to make from Ronin, but the gaming chain is far smaller than Base (Ronin has about $54M in TVL while Base has over $4.7B in TVL, per DeFi Llama).
Ronin could certainly benefit from a closer proximity to Base’s ecosystem, though. And while crypto gaming currently feels quiet right now, Optimism does stand to benefit from having the team behind one of the most successful blockchain games of all time among its ranks.
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