A protocol and framework for creating Layer 2 blockchains and sidechains, both of which run parallel to and interact with the Ethereum network. Introduced in 2017 as the Matic network, which was a ...

The securitisation market is already very familiar with the ability to convert illiquid assets into more tradeable products. Blockchain and tokenisation have the potential to disrupt familiar ...

The Trump administration did not mention cryptocurrency or blockchain in its latest national security strategy, despite the ...

About three months ago, one of our reporters, Theo Normanton, set out to examine Digital Asset Holdings—its past, present, and future. The thinking was this: The blockchain revolution that was ...

Aptos Labs, the blockchain startup founded by former Meta Platforms Inc. employees behind the defunct Diem blockchain, today announced that it has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to “explore innovative ...

Blockchain faces an identity crisis that risks reducing it to being plumbing for traditional finance, says Aztec Labs’ Zac ...

With regard to blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum (until September 2022) that use a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism, validators are computers dedicated to maintaining a blockchain's ...

The Cardano blockchain was designed by former members of the Ethereum team. Cardano launched support for smart contracts in September 2021. The Ouroboros Hydra consensus protocol will boost the ...