News with the tag "Sidechain"

LayerZero, the bridging protocol that allows different crypto networks to communicate with each other, plans to connect to Bitcoin sidechain Rootstock in what would be its first integration with the world's original blockchain. Rootstock aims to end Bitcoin's "isolation" from other blockchains due t...

According to the latest data, the blockchain network Fractal Bitcoin continues to capture around 226 exahash per second (EH/s) of Bitcoin’s hashrate via merged mining. Additionally, Fractal Bitcoin’s native crypto asset, FB, achieved an all-time high (ATH) last week but has since dropped 61.9% below...

This year, Bitcoin layer two (L2) solutions and sidechains have gained incredible traction, with the top ten Bitcoin-based sidechains or L2 protocols now controlling a combined $1.31 billion in total value locked (TVL). The latest figures reveal that more than 56% of this total is held within two pr...

A look at different solutions to solving the issue of end users interactions with the Lightning network, i.e. the last mile problem.

Wormhole, a cross-chain communication protocol enabling the transfer of assets between blockchains, recently launched an airdrop campaign for its newly issued governance token, W. Early users were rewarded with 617 million W tokens, and the protocol also released a roadmap outlining its plans. Wormh...

The growing adoption of crypto's latest Layer 3 chain has minted millionaires and drawn in criticism from high-profile detractors.

Ripple, through its development arm RippleX, unveiled two significant technological advancements for the XRP Ledger (XRPL). These developments involve the roll-out of a new version for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) sidechain in the devnet and updates to the XRPL’s Automated Market Maker (AMM) f...

Sygnum tokenized Matter Labs' treasury reserves onto the zkSync Layer 2 in the form of Fidelity International's Institutional Liquidity Fund (ILF) security tokens.

Blob transactions, part of EIP-4844 (or protodanksharding), will be implemented on Ethereum with the Dencun upgrade tomorrow.

Eclipse Labs is developing an Ethereum Layer-2 solution using the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), aiming for scalability and composability.