Bitlayer, a Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure startup backed by Franklin Templeton, has launched its smart contract bridge on mainnet, aiming to make Bitcoin more interoperable ...

The new language uses Bitcoin’s UTXO model and allows contracts to be verified with math before they are executed. Today, Blockstream announced it has launched Simplicity, a new smart contract ...

Nexchain, and Bitcoin Hyper compare for 2026, covering private markets, AI blockchains, and Bitcoin Layer-2 growth.

Bitcoin has entered a quiet phase to start 2026. After the early-year push, BTC has spent the past several days moving ...

Public and private companies have been adding Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets. Software provider Strategy is the pioneer of the Bitcoin treasury model. Bitcoin treasury ...

Bitcoin whales accumulated over 32,000 BTC since January 10 while retail traders sold. Negative social sentiment may propel ...

Smart cards seem to have risen in popularity recently, with the announcement of the well-received Coin card earlier this month being one of the most recent to catch our interest. It’s not the only ...

As Bitcoin’s market cap sheds over $1 trillion, analysts say “smart money” is quietly buying the dip — even as The Economist questions crypto’s resilience. Despite institutional adoption, ETF ...

Babylon Labs says it has built a system using BitVM3 that allows native Bitcoin to be used as trustless collateral for borrowing on Ethereum, but its trustless design raises questions. A co-founder of ...