You may have come across the term “blockchain” on social media or online news covering cryptocurrency or during a conversation on the future of technology. In a nutshell, blockchain serves as a shared ...

Why are app-chains critical for DeFi? Learn how application-specific blockchains solve congestion, lower latency, and enable high-frequency trading for advanced protocols.

Blockchains can stop working for a while, sometimes for hours. On June 1, TON stopped producing blocks for 40 minutes, and a few nodes required updates. It recovered quickly. Among the recent outages ...

The next Science Café Cleveland discussion will focus on cryptocurrencies and blockchains. Vincenzo Liberatore, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Case Western Reserve ...

Visa expands stablecoin settlements across Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, and Avalanche, and blockchain adoption by traditional finance in 2026.

General-purpose blockchains are designed to cater to a wide user base, which limits their ability to meet specific business needs. Tools such as no-code customization platforms and rollapps, as well ...

Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs, believes blockchain is more than just a financial tool — it’s a way to make life more engaging and empowering. Speaking on TheStreet Roundtable, Boiron discussed how ...

The world of blockchain is hitting a major wall. Developers today face a difficult choice between two paths. They can choose the popular Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) because everyone uses it, or ...

General-purpose blockchains can’t solve industry disputes over construction changes or equipment usage. Specialized layer 1s are optimized for stateless audit trails and regulatory compliance.

Data from DeFiLlama supports this view. Over the past 30 days, the top 17 fee-generating crypto entities were all applications or protocols, not base-layer blockchains. Stablecoin issuer Tether ranked ...

Circle’s USDC integration on Aleo highlights how privacy-focused blockchains are adapting to a crypto economy increasingly ...