The key to Bitcoin lies in the keys — and scaling based upon the understanding of current shortcomings and where improvements are needed.

Quick Take

• The Block Research reviews social media metrics for the three biggest hype cycles of 2021
• We researched Twitter, Reddit, and Wikipedia to assess the degree of engagement around major Layer-1 blockchains, NFTs, and meme coins

Apifiny intends to bolster its blockchain technology tool offerings and regulatory transparency through the merger, expected to close in Q3.

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Lobbying in the US continued to heat up at the tail end of 2021, particularly among major crypto exchanges seeking to comply with local regulations.

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Around the Block from Coinbase Ventures sheds light on key trends in crypto. Written by Connor Dempsey, Ryan Yi & Justin Mart.2021 was...

There are three things you can be sure of in life: death, taxes – and new CVEs. For organizations that rely on CentOS 8, the inevitable has now happened, and it didn’t take long. Just two weeks after reaching the official end of life, something broke spectacularly, leaving CentOS 8 users at major risk of a severe attack – and with no support from CentOS. You’d think that this issue no longer

Crypto unicorn MoonPay has announced a new checkout tool that will give people a way to buy NFTs without using cryptocurrency.

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Gemini Galactic, an affiliate of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to operate a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and is now a FINRA member. 

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While not released yet, Coinbase is poised to make a splash amongst NFT marketplaces when its upcoming platform does finally launch.

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By being detail oriented and preserving the critical properties of Bitcoin, Lightning enables rapid expansion of the network's usage.

The emergence of Lightning Hubs might suggest that Bitcoin’s leading Layer 2 protocol is centralized. So let’s compare it to fiat’s structure.

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