Sidechains

Universal Basic Income

A Guide to Circles, the Project Bringing UBI and FOMO to Ethereum’s xDai Sidechain

Brady DaleOct 22, 2020

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.

Scaling

Matic Launches Mainnet Aiming to Bring More ‘Firepower’ to Ethereum

Danny NelsonJun 3, 2020

Matic, a sidechain scaling solution for Ethereum, has deployed the first 10 nodes of its mainnet after several years in development.

DeFi

DeFi on Bitcoin Gets a Boost as Sovryn Launches on RSK Sidechain

Colin HarperDec 15, 2020

Sovryn is launching a lending and derivatives market on the RSK Bitcoin sidechain in a bid to promote DeFi on Bitcoin.

Blockstream

BTSE Exchange Plans $50M Token Raise on Blockstream’s Ethereum Rival Liquid

Ian AllisonDec 9, 2019

If successful, the offering could help put bitcoin sidechains back on the map as an alternative to ethereum for launching assets.

Podcasts

Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money

Adam B. LevineNov 24, 2019

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.

Sidechains

Gold

CoinShares, Blockchain Launch Gold Token Network on a Bitcoin Sidechain

William Foxley

Two years in the making and already backed by some $20 million in digitized gold, CoinShares announced the DGLD token Tuesday.

Bitcoin

Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain

Alyssa Hertig

Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating a new security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network.

Bitcoin

RIF Launches ‘Layer 3’ Network to Scale Bitcoin-Based Smart Contracts, Tokens

Marc Hochstein

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.

Investment

Blockchain Startup Horizen Labs Doubles Target to Raise $4 Million

Yogita Khatri

Just-launched sidechains startup Horizen Labs has raised $4 million in a seed funding round – twice what it had initially planned.

Smart Contracts

Bitcoin Smart Contract Startup RSK Unveils New Infrastructure Project

Christine Kim

RSK Labs is operating under a new banner, with an emphasis on creating a range of open-source protocols for blockchain infrastructure.

Bitcoin

Liquid Goes Live: Blockstream’s First Bitcoin Sidechain Has Finally Arrived

Alyssa Hertig

Three years in the making, bitcoin's first sidechain "Liquid" is now live, but it's not as decentralized as you might think.

Smart Contracts

Sidechains Are Bringing ICOs to Bitcoin And That Might Change Crypto Funding

Christine Kim

By the end of the year, an initial coin offering will be launched on bitcoin. thanks to sidechains tech.