Today, the Bitcoin Students Network launches its "Layer Zero" program, which aims to empower youths globally to collaboratively and creatively build and strengthen Bitcoin's 'social layer' and ...

Botanix's shutdown has raised an uncomfortable question for Bitcoin builders: Does the market actually want programmable BTC, ...

Arkade, the first significant Bitcoin layer-2 solution, launched today. Bitcoin may be the world’s most secure digital asset, but for years its base layer has limited the kinds of financial ...

Bitcoin’s dominance in the global crypto market rose to 58.2% in H1 2026, while it remained the most-held digital asset ...

Botanix’s failure shows that Bitcoiners still favor wrapped BTC on Ethereum and custodial yield over experimental ...

Bitcoin Layer 2 foundations are building on Bitcoin. So, why aren’t they storing their treasuries in it? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately: Bitcoin Layer 2 foundations need to start holding ...

One of the oldest Bitcoin ecosystem projects is moving to the next stage of enabling developers to build layer-2 networks using its computational layer. "We are very close to having all the pieces ...

Bitcoin, often called digital gold, has primarily served as a store of value. But what if its potential goes beyond that? BeL2, a new project, seeks to push Bitcoin's boundaries and develop a new ...

What Are Bitcoin Layer-Two Solutions? Bitcoin layer-two solutions (Bitcoin L2s) are secondary protocols built on top of the main Bitcoin blockchain. Their purpose is to address scalability issues, ...

The Lightning Network is a routed network of payment channels originally proposed by Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon in 2015, with major implementations having been built by Blockstream (CLN), ...

Next Layer Capital has officially become a member of Bitcoin for Corporations (BFC), an initiative led by BTC Inc to accelerate corporate Bitcoin adoption. This strategic move aligns the firm with a ...

Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions sit on top of Bitcoin to boost speed, cut fees, and add smart contracts. Learn how they work, pros, cons, and current state.