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Insights, product updates, and announcements from the HighTower team.
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Citrea Bitcoin L2 Mainnet Campaign: Dashboard, Bridge, ctUSD & Metrics
An in-depth look at Citrea’s Bitcoin L2 mainnet launch: on-chain campaign metrics, ctUSD stablecoin design, BitVM bridge architecture, and early network performance.
Lightning Nodes Are More Profitable Now — But Not How You Think
Why Lightning node profitability is becoming real for some operators — and why capital concentration, automation, and liquidity management now matter more than uptime alone.
From Genesis Validator to Ecosystem Infrastructure: Building Somnia.info
How running a genesis validator and building Somnia.info turned HighTower into a trusted infrastructure partner within the Somnia ecosystem.
What Is a Blockchain RPC Node and How It Works
A deep dive into how blockchain RPC nodes work, why they are critical infrastructure for Web3, and what happens when they become a bottleneck at scale.
Polymarket: How Prediction Markets Moved From Crypto Experiment to Financial Signal
"Polymarket is a blockchain-based prediction market built on Polygon, where users trade yes-or-no outcomes on real-world events using USDC.
VAULT: Building a Gasless Stablecoin Wallet
How HighTower and AdSkill built VAULT — a self-custodial stablecoin wallet with gas abstraction, designed for real-world payments.
Circle’s xReserve: Stablecoin Infrastructure, Not a Bridge
Why Circle’s xReserve is redefining stablecoin interoperability as real financial infrastructure rather than a temporary bridge solution.
Midl × HighTower: Supporting Bitcoin Abstraction Infrastructure
Midl is a Bitcoin-native abstraction layer designed to enable smart contract execution directly on Bitcoin without wrapped assets or external bridges.
HighTower × BOB: A Case Study in Strategic Community Partnership
BOB (Build on Bitcoin) is an EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer-2 designed to unlock native Bitcoin DeFi by enabling smart contracts secured by BTC.
Launching and Powering Infrastructure at Concero and Lanca: Logic & Verified Data
Next-generation modular cross-chain messaging protocol designed to unite blockchains through a single, decentralized data transmission layer.
BitBoard: Bringing Clarity to Bitcoin’s Layer-2 Ecosystem
How HighTower transformed internal Bitcoin L2 research into BitBoard — a comprehensive analytics platform tracking Bitcoin’s expanding Layer-2 ecosystem.
Asset Flow: From Capital to Consumption
BOB (Build on Bitcoin) is an EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer-2 designed to unlock native Bitcoin DeFi by enabling smart contracts secured by BTC.