Arkham Intelligence, a leading crypto analytics and exchange platform, has made the decision to stop supporting the Linea blockchain on its intelligence platform starting January 11.
The choice to discontinue support for Linea follows a routine evaluation carried out by Arkham to assess the relevance of a blockchain based on factors such as user demand and its significance in the crypto industry.
Arkham’s recent cuts this year have been focused on L2s
Arkham announced its decision to end support for Linea on January 9 through its official X page, stating that Linea, an Ethereum layer-2 network developed by Consensys, did not meet their criteria.
Although the X post did not specify the exact criteria that were not met, speculation in the comments section suggested that it could be due to insufficient activity or lack of interest from users to justify maintenance costs.
In addition to Linea, Arkham has also planned to remove support for the Manta blockchain and the Blast network on January 11, as announced on their X page. These are the only three chains announced so far, all within a short timeframe at the beginning of the new year.
Unlike last year, when no chains were dropped by Arkham, this trend indicates a shift towards optimizing their platform by removing less relevant or utilized chains as part of their routine operations.
Reactions to the removal have been mixed, with users expressing concerns about the reduced visibility for Linea and Manta, making it harder to track token movements or dumps without Arkham’s assistance.
Does Arkham still support any L2?
According to data from Arkham’s platform, the remaining Ethereum Layer 2 networks that have survived the recent cuts include Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, Optimism, and Polygon, specifically Polygon zkEVM.
These networks are well-known Ethereum scaling solutions, benefiting from the Dencun upgrade in 2024, which delegated transaction execution to L2s, reducing their dependency on Ethereum’s Layer 1.
The Dencun upgrade introduced protodanksharding, utilizing blobs for dedicated L2 data storage that does not interfere with standard Ethereum transactions.
Subsequent upgrades like Pectra and Fusaka in 2025 built on the Dencun update, with the upcoming Glasterdam upgrade in the first half of 2026 expected to enhance Ethereum’s blob capacity, thereby boosting L2 capabilities.