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Circles of trust
Tech
Ethereum
A Guide to Circles, the Project Bringing UBI and FOMO to Ethereum's xDai Sidechain
Circles has had its glitches in the early going. Here's what you need to know to get into the newest crypto-powered universal basic income (UBI) project.
Circles of trust
By Brady Dale
Oct 22, 2020 at 8:15 p.m. UTC
Oct 22, 2020
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The Polygon team
Tech
India
Matic Launches Mainnet Aiming to Bring More 'Firepower' to Ethereum
Matic, a sidechain scaling solution for Ethereum, has deployed the first 10 nodes of its mainnet after several years in development.
The Polygon team
By Danny Nelson
Jun 3, 2020 at 12:16 p.m. UTC
Jun 3, 2020
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Stickers, T-Shirts and Tokens, Oh My! Blockstream's Liquid Voucher Giveaway and an Intro to Sidechains
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Stickers, T-Shirts and Tokens, Oh My! Blockstream’s Liquid Voucher Giveaway and an Intro to Sidechains
While 10 minutes might not seem like a long time when you’re waiting for your delivery in quarantine, for exchanges and traders, waiting that long for a bitcoin transaction to...
Stickers, T-Shirts and Tokens, Oh My! Blockstream's Liquid Voucher Giveaway and an Intro to Sidechains
By CoinDesk Staff
May 13, 2020 at 4:06 p.m. UTC
May 13, 2020
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Markets
Blockstream
BTSE Exchange Plans $50M Token Raise on Blockstream's Ethereum Rival Liquid
If successful, the offering could help put bitcoin sidechains back on the map as an alternative to ethereum for launching assets.
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By Ian Allison
Dec 9, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. UTC
Dec 9, 2019
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From left: Jonathan Mohan, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Adam B. Levine
Markets
Sidechains
Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money
CoinDesk's Nolan Bauerle and Thiel Capital's Eric Weinstein talk Magical Internet Money; the Let’s Talk Bitcoin! host and Somsen Ruben discuss statechains.
From left: Jonathan Mohan, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Adam B. Levine
By Adam B. Levine
Nov 24, 2019 at 1:05 p.m. UTC
Nov 24, 2019
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Markets
Gold
CoinShares, Blockchain Launch Gold Token Network on a Bitcoin Sidechain
Two years in the making and already backed by some $20 million in digitized gold, CoinShares announced the DGLD token Tuesday.
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By William Foxley
Oct 15, 2019 at 8:01 a.m. UTC
Oct 15, 2019
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Markets
Bitcoin
Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain
Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating a new security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network.
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By Alyssa Hertig
May 15, 2019 at 2:20 p.m. UTC
May 15, 2019
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Markets
Bitcoin
RIF Launches 'Layer 3' Network to Scale Bitcoin-Based Smart Contracts, Tokens
RIF Labs, which built the RSK sidechain for tokens and smart contracts on top of bitcoin, has launched a "third layer" to help scale this technology.
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By Marc Hochstein
May 14, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
May 14, 2019
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piggy banks
Markets
Investment
Blockchain Startup Horizen Labs Doubles Target to Raise $4 Million
Just-launched sidechains startup Horizen Labs has raised $4 million in a seed funding round – twice what it had initially planned.
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By Yogita Khatri
Apr 12, 2019 at 8:22 a.m. UTC
Apr 12, 2019
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rsk, contracts
Markets
Smart contracts
Bitcoin Smart Contract Startup RSK Unveils New Infrastructure Project
RSK Labs is operating under a new banner, with an emphasis on creating a range of open-source protocols for blockchain infrastructure.
rsk, contracts
By Christine Kim
Nov 20, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Nov 20, 2018
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