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Polygon Raises $450 Million From Sequoia Capital India, Softbank, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’leary
7.2.2022
The blockchain project Polygon announced it has raised $450 million on Monday in a fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from more than 40 venture capital firms. Polygon says that the money will allow the team to help scale Ethereum and bolster the mass adoption of Web3...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Discusses Proposal to Alleviate Network’s Congestion, High Fees
6.2.2022
Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, and developer Tim Beiko have been discussing a proposed solution to the data transfer gas problem and current scaling issues. Buterin talked about adding a feature like “blob-carrying transactions” in a “near-future hard...
Video Game Retailer Gamestop Partners With L2 Startup Immutable X, Launches $100 Million NFT Fund
3.2.2022
Last May it was discovered that the video game retail giant Gamestop was stepping into the world of non-fungible token (NFT) technology. Nine months later, Gamestop has revealed it is partnering with the layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling project, Immutable X. The two teams have also established...
Cardano Introduces Pipelining: a New Consensus Layer Scaling Solution
2.2.2022
Cardano recently upgraded its plumbing method with the latest consensus layer scaling solution, pipelining. It will be a major part of Cardano’s scaling plan in 2022 to assist the ever-growing Cardano ecosystem. With Cardano entering the Basho development phase, the network is focusing on meeting...
BitDAO launches $200M zkDAO to advance Ethereum scaling via zkSync
27.1.2022
As outlined by its creators, zkDAO will be community-driven and is currently seeking contributors
Top Crypto Trends to Watch in 2022, According to Pantera’s Paul Veradittakit
18.1.2022
With 2022 already underway and the crypto market still sliding lower, it's an excellent time to take a look at what expectations industry insiders have for the crypto landscape in the year before us.
To help you get some insight into what to expect for the year, we took a look at the main...
Zero-knowledge scaling tech Plonky goes live on Polygon
11.1.2022
The move comes after Polygon allocated $1 billion to the advancement of zero knowledge technology
JPMorgan Report States Ethereum Might Lose Defi Dominance Due to Scaling Issues
8.1.2022
A note from JPMorgan states that Ethereum might be at risk of losing defi dominance as a result of its inability to produce effective scaling solutions fast. The note, written by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, managing director of global markets strategy at the firm, further stated that other new smart...
Polygon (MATIC): the Scaling Solution Token Could Hit New ATH
5.1.2022
Polygon, formerly known as Matic, is a popular framework and layer-2 scaling platform. It offers great features by enhancing the interoperability of the Ethereum blockchain and other compatible networks. Indeed, the price is stable and less volatile, so it gained lots of traffic this year. It...
Coinbase exec says major Ethereum scaling improvements coming soon
4.1.2022
The Chief Product Officer at Coinbase foresees that there will be more advances in layer 1 to layer 2 bridges and rollup technologies
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Talks Argentina, BCH, Stablecoins, Scaling in Tweetstorm
3.1.2022
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, has reacted to some of his earlier beliefs in a new year’s tweetstorm. The developer touched on some subjects including the rise of cryptocurrency in Argentina and how stablecoins are thriving...
Speed, scaling, regulation to play key role for crypto in 2022: FTX CEO
28.12.2021
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says stablecoins could be the most straightforward route to crypto industry regulation in revealing tweets
Opera to integrate with Polygon, opening dApp ecosystem to 80M users
22.12.2021
Browser-crypto integrations have become a major theme as blockchain developers look prioritize ease of use in onboarding new participants
ShibaSwap Developer Hints at Shiba Inu Layer 2 Scaling Solution Release
20.12.2021
Shiba Inu makes headlines again with Eric M hints at its Layer 2 scaling solution. The ShibaSwap developer briefly discussed the subject in a discord server primarily focused on SHIB. When asked by a user about Shiba Inu’s Layer 2 solution, Eric responded “soon” without presenting a specific time....
Consensys Launches Rollups Scaling Solution With Mastercard’s Support
18.12.2021
Consensys, an Ethereum software company, announced yesterday the launch of a new scaling solution for Ethereum, called “Consensys Rollups.” The company enlisted Mastercard programmers to design the solution, which aims to allow the network to reach a throughput of 10,000...
Consistent, Fluidly Scaling Type and Spacing
16.12.2021
When Chris first sent me this prompt, I was thinking about writing about progressive enhancement, but that subject is so wide-reaching to be one thing and all too predictable, especially for those already familiar with my writing. Saying that, what …
Polygon Acquires Mir Protocol in $400M Deal in Order to Bolster ‘Groundbreaking ZK Rollup Tech’
12.12.2021
On December 9, Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic announced that the project has acquired the Ethereum scaling startup Mir in a $400 million deal. The Mir team of cryptographers and engineers are joining Polygon in order to create a “highly-scalable, Ethereum-compatible ZK rollup”...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Publishes ‘Plausible Roadmap’ Addressing Scalability
11.12.2021
In recent times the Ethereum network has received a lot of criticism about the protocol’s data transfer fees and scalability. In a blog post called “Endgame,” published on December 6, the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin discussed plans to improve scaling, the upcoming...
Assembly announces $100M capital raise, receives praise from IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener
10.12.2021
“Assembly addresses the limitations of current scaling solutions by using the feeless base layer of IOTA as an immutable trust anchor and as a trustless bridge for feeless interoperability of smart contracts,” said Schiener
Polygon Makes USD 400M Bet On Ethereum Scaling, Pepsi Goes NFT + More News
9.12.2021
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