StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny and President Eli Ben-Sasson. (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)
StarkWare’s ‘Starknet Stacks’ Could Add to Growing Field of Blockchain-in-a-Box Offerings
The announcement is part of a growing trend in Ethereum’s layer-2 ecosystem, where developers can create application-specific chains using the blockchain’s native software sta...
StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny and President Eli Ben-Sasson. (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)

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Bitcoin Use Cases Are Seeing ‘Explosive Growth,' Trust Machines Says
"Bitcoin is fun again because there's a place to build again," said Muneeb Ali, CEO of Trust Machines and co-founder of Stacks, on StageX at Consensus 2023.
Muneeb Ali, CEO, Trust Machines, in conversation with CoinDesk reporter Frederick Munawa (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks' Token a Top Performer in March
STX has gained 23% for the month and is up 350% over the past year.
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Matrixport Researcher on STX Token's Rapid Growth Amid Ordinals Interest
Matrixport Researcher on STX Token's Rapid Growth Amid Ordinals Interest
Stacks' STX token is the top performer in the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) month-to-date and the third-best performer year-to-date. According to a recent Matrixport report, the...
Matrixport Researcher on STX Token's Rapid Growth Amid Ordinals Interest

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Open-Source Protocol Ren Token Surges 18% Amid Rising Interest in Multichain Projects
In November, following the protocol's loss of funding from Alameda, Ren accelerated its shift from Ren 1.0 to a more efficient, secure version.
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Crypto Update | Ethereum’s Regens Tend to Ethereum’s Public Goods
With bitcoin, ether and most other top traded tokens in the green, plus a look at Ethereum’s public good, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.
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Crypto Market February Roundup: Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocol Stacks, Ethereum Staking Derivative Tokens Surge
Stacks’ STX token was the biggest winner among 160 assets in the CoinDesk Market Index, soaring 216% during the month.
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Yuga Labs to Release New NFT Collection on Bitcoin Blockchain
Yuga Labs to Release New NFT Collection on Bitcoin Blockchain
Bored Ape Yacht Club parent Yuga Labs said the company is planning to release an NFT collection minted on the Bitcoin-based Ordinals protocol, which has steadily grown in popu...
Yuga Labs to Release New NFT Collection on Bitcoin Blockchain

Bitcoin Layer 2-Token Stacks Sees Interest Amid ‘Ordinals' Hype
Bitcoin Layer 2-Token Stacks Sees Interest Amid ‘Ordinals' Hype
The price of Stacks' native STX token has jumped in the last two weeks as prominent crypto investment funds turn to tokens of the so-called layer 2 companion chain for smart c...
Bitcoin Layer 2-Token Stacks Sees Interest Amid ‘Ordinals' Hype