Linea is the Layer 2 network built to be the best chain for ETH capital. This week’s announcement that SharpLink Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBET) is planning to deploy $200 million in ETH from its corporate treasury onto Linea helps validate this case.
SharpLink is one of the world’s largest corporate holders of ETH, pioneering a new model for Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) innovation. This landmark commitment is expected to establish SharpLink as the first DAT to supply ETH on an L2 and the first publicly-traded company to leverage Linea’s institutional-grade infrastructure to unlock scalable, secure and composable ways to optimize onchain yield in a risk-managed, multi-year commitment.
Institutions require the security, neutrality, and reliability of Ethereum, paired with the necessary scalability of L2s, all without compromising on compliance. Linea is designed not as an alternative to Ethereum, but as an extension of it, mirroring its values and amplifying its security.
This anticipated deployment demonstrates what we mean when we say that Linea is Ethereum.
The institutional era of Ethereum demands infrastructure that is as secure and regulated as traditional finance. Linea meets this demand as a 100% proven zkEVM rollup committed to full
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Incubated by Consensys, Linea also benefits from years of experience supporting institutions and is trusted by global finance leaders, including Mastercard and JP Morgan.
“Linea was built to ensure that ETH is not just used, but made more productive with every deployment,” explained Joseph Lubin, Founder and CEO of Consensys, Co-Founder of Ethereum, and Chairman of SharpLink. “It’s a model we believe other institutions will adopt as they look for risk-managed, efficient ways to operate onchain.”
The SharpLink story on Linea is expected to be a milestone, but it is also a single chapter in an epic Ethereum saga we continue to draft together.
Beyond specific deployments like SharpLink’s, Linea is designed to make ETH the most important and productive asset in the world, with mechanics that directly drive value back to Ethereum (L1) while simultaneously creating the most fertile ecosystem for growing ETH capital.
Soon, when users bridge ETH to Linea, it will be natively staked, with rewards going directly to liquidity providers — generating the best risk-adjusted returns on ETH capital. Linea’s Native Yield converts bridge flows into real, ETH-denominated returns and maximizes ETH capital efficiency.
Linea will also soon initiate a pioneering burn mechanism designed to reduce both ETH and LINEA token supply. Linea will use 20 percent of all net income from gas fees to burn ETH. This reinforces ETH’s long-term value and bolsters its position as a digital commodity without being dependent on token subsidies. The remaining 80 percent of net gas income will be used to buy and burn LINEA, making it a deflationary asset that supplies long-term value for both token holders and the largest ecosystem fund in the space.
This burn mechanism and native yield proposition are central to Linea’s design, where ETH is not just gas; it’s also yield-generating. Better yields mean more liquidity, deeper markets and better execution, which attracts traders, grows the ecosystem and creates more fees for LPs and higher yield in an ongoing, virtuous cycle.
Linea also employs a robust stack to ensure institutional readiness and many more chapters yet to come:
Custody: Seamless integration with Anchorage, Fireblocks and Fortify (with more coming soon).
Compliance: Partnerships with Chainalysis, Elliptic, Merkle Science and Lukka.
Strong security: Around-the-clock vigilance with the help of BlockAid, Hexagate, Hypernative, Cyvers, Phylax and more.
DeFi leaders: Top DeFi protocols thrive on Linea, exemplified by Aave’s v3 deployment seeing over a billion dollars in lending, a first for an L2.
Institutional offerings: Maple Finance offers the first institutional-grade ETH-backed loan on the network, with Morpho vaults coming soon.
DeFi innovation: Etherex provides a new DEX experience where all incentives are fully aligned.
Together, as an ecosystem, we will pioneer new models for onchain capital deployment and tokenized equity strategies, shaping a paradigm where assets are continuously productive, interoperable, and globally accessible.
Linea is the best chain for ETH capital.
Linea is where Ethereum wins.
Believe in somETHing. Believe in Linea.
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