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Updated April 16, 2026 · 12:45 PM UTC

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Technology

Bitcoin Taproot has so far failed to live up to expectation, is there more to come?

The Taproot upgrade is the first major upgrade in four years, but why did the market fail to react as expected?

4 years ago

NFTs

HBAR Foundation announces new support for NFTs on the growing Hedera Network

A Foundation grant will be used to cover fees for the near future so that all transactions will initially be free to incentivize growth.

4 years ago

Technology

Ethereum-based payroll tool Sablier expands to Polygon and Binance Smart Chain

Compared to Ethereum gas fees, the launch of Sablier on Polygon will reduce gas fees for users by an anticipated 676,750%, while the Sablier deployment on Binance Smart Chain will lower gas costs by more than 12,000%.

4 years ago

Technology

‘Social recovery’ now available on Zilliqa at a fraction of the cost of Ethereum

Tyron SSI introduces its social recovery wallet as an affordable solution in preventing lost or stolen funds.

4 years ago

Technology

Polygon launches EVM scaling solution Miden

Polygon has unveiled Miden, an Advanced zk-STARKs based scaling solution intended to address the issues of network congestion on the Ethereum blockchain.

4 years ago

Technology

Cardano (ADA) founder talks about what lies ahead in 2025 roadmap

Chalres Hoskinson gives a high level overview of the up-and-coming 2025 roadmap.

4 years ago

Technology

Scalability comes to Bitcoin as Taproot upgrade goes live

After years of waiting, Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade is now live and its implementation could bring DeFi to the blockchain at last.

4 years ago

Technology

Discord cancels its Ethereum plans days after ETH tease

While Discord appears to be backtracking on its plan to integrate crypto features, other social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit appears to have embraced it.

4 years ago

Investments

Polygon contributes $500,000 in MATIC to Ethereum prediction dApp SportX

SportX - growing at 1,600% in 2021 - deepens partnership with Polygon to drive the Ethereum scalability and transaction speed necessary to achieve its ambitions.

4 years ago