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Mercury Wallet is pitching itself as Bitcoin’s answer to scalability, privacy
Developer Nicholas Gregory thinks Mercury Wallet could be the answer to personal privacy during a time of governmental overreach.
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Optimism price slides 9% after $450M worth of OP tokens transferred from multisig
The crypto community has lashed out at Optimism's team for not making an announcement about the transfer beforehand.
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Bitcoin Lightning Network at regulatory risk after Tornado Cash saga
Patrick Hansen fears the heavy-handed approach against Tornado Cash may spill over to the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
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Dogecoin team warns Dogechain is ‘another knockoff token’
Dogechain will offer DOGE holders access to DeFi, NFTs, and gaming, but Dogecoin warn not to risk your DOGE.
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Crypto investments fund founder says Polygon is ‘highly insecure & centralized’
Justin Bons recommended that Polygon should become decentralized, by following its State of governance report.
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The Layer-2 Wars could be the next big trend in crypto leading up to The Merge
DeFi analyst Dynamo DeFi presented the case for The Layer-2 Wars following last week's surge in L2 crypto prices
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Polygon launches Nightfall to provide enterprise solutions via ZKP tech
Polygon's Head of Enterprise Antoni Martin introduced Nightfall, Polygon's new scalability solution with enhanced privacy.
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Is Zero-Knowledge Proof the next big thing in crypto?
Mina Foundation's recent report shows that privacy and scalability offered via Zero-Knowledge Proof make cryptocurrencies more attractive.
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Why dYdX is leaving Ethereum and StarkWare for a native chain on Cosmos
dYdX is moving to a native chain on the Cosmos ecosystem. But why is the DEX ditching Ethereum, the world's most popular Turing complete blockchain?
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