Lisk Chain to Shut Down Oct 31, Projects Can Migrate to Celo

The shutdown signals consolidation in the L1/L2 landscape, where smaller chains increasingly cede independence to larger ecosystems rather than compete. For projects on Lisk, the migration option to Celo mitigates immediate disruption but introduces dependency on Celo's roadmap and community. The move highlights a trend of chain rationalization, likely driven by resource constraints and the challenge of sustaining network effects. What matters next is the migration rate and whether Lisk's user base and liquidity transfer cleanly, or if fragmentation occurs, which would test the viability of such rollovers as a standard exit path.