BOB’s (Build on Bitcoin) recent launchpad for Hybrid ZK rollups, almost entirely powered by OP Kailua has been making waves. So the promise of combining the low-cost operation of optimistic rollups with the quick finality of ZK rollups is tempting. Let's not break out the bubbly quite yet. I'm seeing...
Is BOB here to render the rest of the Layer 2s irrelevant? Nah, probably not. But are they really forcing them to sweat more than a DeFi trader on a flash crash day? Absolutely. And it’s all due to this Hybrid ZK Rollup shindig. Forget your grandpa's blockchain – this...
This makes BOB the first Ethereum scaling solution’s Hybrid ZK Rollup to reach this important mark. Yet this creative approach is a very big step forward into the unknown. Eth2 addresses long-standing issues of security, scalability and decentralization of the Ethereum network. Anjali Mehra, a DeFi opinion columnist known for...
BOB has achieved one of its most important milestones! It is now the first blockchain to implement Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs as fraud proofs inside a hybrid rollup architecture. This gamechanging combo combines the efficiency and scalability of ZK rollups with the low cost and simplicity of optimistic rollups. Together, these...
Hodler’s Cocktail Party in Kuala Lumpur was a hive of activity. Produced by BlockNews, the event highlighted the incredible potential of BTCFi – Bitcoin Native Finance. Promised native yields and sustainable Web3 futures weighed thick in the Star Sky Lounge 69. And let’s be honest: what did this convening really...
BlockNews — one of the world’s leading blockchain media platforms, brought their wildly popular “Hodler’s Lounge” party. This dynamic and successful convening happened on July 20, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event, held at the Star Sky Lounge 69, a prominent high-altitude venue, brought together nearly 200 representatives from...
You’re overwhelmed every day with new crypto-snake-oil schemes, meme-coins going to the moon — not to mention NFT art of dubious artistic value. Behind the noise, a quiet revolution is underway, powered by a technology so crucial, so unsexy, that it's often overlooked: Chainlink. Put away the Lambo fantasies—this is...
So, Lightec launched a zkBTC bridge, huh? A third way to bridge your precious Bitcoin onto the wild, wild west that is Ethereum DeFi. Sounds great, right? Wrong. Maybe. It all just depends on how deep your Bitcoin convictions run. Do you have an investment in Bitcoin, or do you...
You're still on the sidelines, aren't you? Observing the crypto space from afar, possibly experimenting somewhat, but not all that engaged. You might see Bitcoin, you might see Ethereum, you might even see some Dogecoin memes. But you're missing the real revolution brewing beneath the surface: stablecoins. And frankly, you're...
So, Bitcoin's "winning," huh? Phoenix Group writes, using data from LunarCrush, that BTC continues to dominate the social media attention on Layer-1s. In only one day, it produced a staggering 358,000 posts and almost 138 million interactions on social media. Ethereum and Solana trail behind. Before we make Bitcoin the...
