L2BEAT rebrands as ETHBEAT, widening scope beyond L2s

L2BEAT, the Ethereum layer-2 data and risk-assessment platform, has been renamed ETHBEAT, according to an announcement amplified by the Ethereum account on X. The team said its work had clearly outgrown the "L2" label, and the new name reflects a mission that now spans the broader Ethereum ecosystem.

ETHBEAT frames disintermediation as one of the core ideas behind its mandate — arguing that intermediaries concentrate power and make it easier to abuse — and lays out that mandate on its site at ethbeat.org.

• Research scope now extends beyond layer 2 to privacy, interoperability, staking, tokens, and ZK, while L2 monitoring continues
• The rebrand was rolled out across the project's codebase and channels, per the team
• ETHBEAT stays focused on accountability and transparency, the role L2BEAT played for over five years