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Crypto Exchange OKX's Polygon-Powered Layer 2, 'X Layer,' Hits Public Mainnet
OKX's comes as other major cryptocurrency exchanges, like Coinbase and Kraken, have also pursued their own layer 2 networks over the last year.
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OG Bitcoin L2 Stacks Is Getting a Major Overhaul
The Nakamoto update will decouple block production from Bitcoin itself, solving the problem of network congestion Stacks has had since it launched its mainnet in 2021.
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Protocol Village: Internet Computer Aims for 'Bitcoin Layer Zero' With New Threshold-Schnorr Integration
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17.
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Solana DEX Drift to Airdrop 100M Tokens in Weeks
Some surprise winners in Drift's road to decentralization include MetaDAO.
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Bitcoin Halving Has Crypto Miners Racing for 'Epic Sat' Potentially Worth Millions
Bitcoin's once-every-four-years "halving" this week may be very different from those of earlier epochs, typically ho-hum affairs. Now, an intense competition is underway to mi...
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Stacks Creator Ali Calls Bitcoin 'Apex Predator' as Development Flourishes on OG Blockchain
Muneeb Ali, the co-creator of Stacks and Princeton-educated computer scientist who's now CEO of the Bitcoin-focused development firm Trust Machines, spoke with CoinDesk's Jenn...
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Apr 15, 2024
Core Scientific CEO, Adam Sullivan, weighs in on the general sentiment towards crypto after the hype in 2021 and contagion in 2022.
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