Soneium partners with Japanese messaging app LINE, bringing mini apps to 200M users
Optimism Weekly Overview - March 18, 2025
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Superchain Ecosystem Numbers
DeFi total value locked (TVL) across Superchain: $3.8B (+5.56%)
Assets onchain: $16.3B (-1.21%)
Daily average transaction volume: 11.2M (-0.88%)
Base: 7.5M (-2.6%)
Soneium: 1.2M (+23.18%)
OP Mainnet: 857.5K (-7.93%)
World: 651.8K (-2.20%)
Unichain: 226.6K (-5.23%)
Zora: 120 (+6.19%)
OP Mainnet: 1201 (+0.92%)
Superchain transaction fee total savings vs L1s:
OP Mainnet: 2,424 ETH
Base: 12,870 ETH
Zora: 23 ETH
Compared to Ethereum, L2 Superchain users saved a total of 15.32K ETH, or $29M on txn fees this week.
The percentages and metrics are pulled from the Superchain Health Dashboard and are calculated from its change over a 7-day time frame, unless noted otherwise.
Spotlight on Optimism’s Superchain
Highlighting some of the biggest updates on Optimism’s Superchain this week.
🔴What’s happening: Soneium, Sony’s layer-2 on the Superchain, partnered with LINE to bring mini-apps onchain.
🔴Why it matters: This partnership gives mini applications access to LINE's users without complex web3 onboarding. LINE is one of Japan's primary messaging applications and is used nationwide, with 200 million users. In the coming months, games like Sleepagotchi LITE, Farm Frens, Moonveil's Puffy Match and Pocket Mob will be introduced to the messaging app.
This selection of gaming applications strategically introduces web3 apps that have already seen success. For example, the sleep-tracking rewards app Sleepagotchi LITE reached one million users in just one month on Telegram. By introducing these types of consumer dApps to LINE, Soneium can expand its capabilities beyond just web3 enthusiasts by giving applications practical utility that can connect with regular users.
Through this partnership, users can access blockchain applications while interacting with familiar interfaces. This can lower the barrier to entry by providing web3 access directly to consumers without requiring them to manage wallets, private keys, gas fees and other complex processes that have deterred users. This looks to improve user experience and can open the door to broader web3 gaming adoption by enhancing accessibility through LINE.
Soneium could also provide developers with technical infrastructure, community-building resources and marketing support so builders can focus on creating applications. These apps can potentially achieve immediate scaling that most blockchain projects struggle to build organically, supported by Sony's audience and industry expertise in gaming and entertainment, alongside LINE's large user base.
Additionally, this collaboration could provide IP support through Sony's entertainment division, creating opportunities for developers to build compelling applications with potential promotions that bridge traditional entertainment IP and web3.
🔴What it means for the broader ecosystem: Sony's growing involvement in web3 and blockchain can signal a shift in the broader corporate interest in the technology. This also potentially shows a confidence in blockchain's ability to enhance existing products and businesses beyond just DeFi purposes. For developers, Soneium is giving support and a blueprint for bringing existing apps onchain without disrupting user experience.
This partnership with LINE also represents a convergence between traditional digital platforms and blockchain, with the goal of improving existing digital experiences.
With LINE's significant presence across Asian markets, particularly in Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan, this collaboration connects blockchain technology to one of the world's largest digital user bases.
What’s poppin’ on the Superchain
Total number of weekly active addresses by chain:
Base: 938.32K
Soneium: 101.91K
Ink: 92.17K
OP Mainnet: 65.74K
World Chain: 37.03K
Unichain integrated with Wormhole and Mayan Finance to offer 10 second cross-chain swaps
Learn about Echo, an onchain private investment platform with Base Ecosystem Group
Check out BOB's Hybrid L2 Technical Blueprint that details their Phase 2 roadmap to create an ETH rollup with Bitcoin finality for the Superchain ecosystem
Read about World’s expansion to Thailand, bringing proof-of-human verification to combat AI
World released Razer ID, a proof-of-human verification service in collaboration with Razer
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