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Celo
A mobile payments and stablecoin town that migrated from its own L1 to an Ethereum L2 in 2025. 1-second blocks.
Celo started in 2020 as its own L1 focused on mobile payments. In March 2025 it converted the whole chain into an Ethereum L2.
It uses the OP Stack but keeps its data on EigenDA — an optimium — with 1-second blocks. Fees can also be paid in stablecoins, and it has the CELO token.
Celo has long stood out for mobile-first usability, including phone-number address mapping and protocol-level fee abstraction that lets users pay gas directly in stablecoins like USDT, USDC, or cUSD without holding native CELO.
After migrating from an independent L1 to an Ethereum L2 in 2025 using the OP Stack and EigenDA, Celo integrated OP Succinct zero-knowledge proofs—combining its fast 1-second blocks and mobile payment rails with Ethereum-settled security.
| Type | Optimium (external DA) |
|---|---|
| Technology | OP Stack + EigenDA |
| Fees are paid in | CELO |
| District weather follows | the market-cap-weighted change of this district’s tokens (CELO) |
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Main tokens on this chain
- 🏦 USDCUSD CoinBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDTTetherBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 cUSDCelo DollarBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 cEURCelo EuroBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDGLOGlo DollarBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USATUSATBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 BRLABRLA Digital BRLABanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 MIMATICMAIBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 VCHFVNX Swiss FrancBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 WBRLBrazilian realBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 IDRXIDRXBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 MCUSDMoola Celo DollarsBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 WMXNMexican PesoBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 WCOPColombian PesoBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
A selection of the 37 tokens in the site’s registry for this chain.
Related essays
- Rollups, Validiums, and Optimiums: Where Does the Transaction Data Actually Live?Comparing Ethereum blobs against external data availability layers like EigenDA and committees
- Inside Optimism’s Superchain: Why Coinbase, Uniswap, Kraken, and Sony All Built on the OP StackHow open-source modularity and shared governance created Ethereum City’s largest western quarter
- Account Abstraction (ERC-4337 & EIP-7702): Smart Wallets Without 12-Word Seed PhrasesHow passkeys, gas fee coverage, and batch transactions make on-chain apps feel like the everyday web
- How Stablecoins (USDT, USDC, USDS, USDe) Became the Lifeblood of Ethereum CityComparing fiat-backed reserves, overcollateralized vaults, and delta-neutral synthetic dollars
- Liquid Staking (Lido & Rocket Pool) and Restaking (EigenLayer): Putting Staked ETH to WorkHow stETH, rETH, and EigenDA unlock capital efficiency and shared cryptographic security
- Blockchains as Everyday Money: How Celo, Gnosis, Lisk, and Plasma Power Real-World PaymentsFrom mobile phone-number remittances in emerging markets to Visa debit cards and zero-fee USDT transfers
- Modular vs. Monolithic Blockchains: Comparing Ethereum’s Mainland Rollups with High-Speed L1 IslandsHow separating execution, settlement, and data availability compares against doing everything on one layer
- What Is ‘Economic Security’? Why Blockchain Safety Is Measured in the Cost to AttackFrom Proof-of-Stake slashing bonds to how L2 rollups and EigenDA rent downtown Ethereum’s multi-billion-dollar shield
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