Institutional digital asset desks are shifting liquidity toward layer-2 scaling protocols to mitigate high execution fees on primary blockchain networks. Weekly settlement volume on top rollup solutions has surpassed legacy layer-1 benchmarks.
Structural Cost Efficiency
By batching transactions off-chain, financial institutions achieve sub-second finality while cutting settlement expenditures by an estimated 84 percent. Regulated custodians are now standardizing layer-2 API integration for cross-border treasury management.