GetBlock is a premium RPC node provider and Web3 infrastructure platform. Launched in Q4 2019, GetBlock is one of the largest blockchain infrastructure vendors, offering RPC nodes for 75+ blockchain networks including Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, and Layer 2 networks such as Base, Optimism, and Arbitrum. With GetBlock, teams of crypto applications don’t need to run their own blockchain nodes: instead, they can get connected to blockchains via ready-made API endpoints.
4 Feb 2022 2 minute read 2 comments GetBlock
Wormhole, a bridge mechanism for value transfer between different blockchains, is drained for $320 million. Surpassed only by the infamous Poly Network $616M white-hat hack, the Wormhole attack will be remembered as one of the most dramatic attack...
26 Jan 2022 1 minute read 2 comments GetBlock
SHIB leads the crypto recovery after the bloodiest carnage in months on metaverse announcement Shina Inu Coin (SHIB), the second-largest memetic coin, adds 35% in almost no time on this announcement. Shiba Inu coin breaks into metaverses race The...
25 Jan 2022 2 minute read 1 comment GetBlock
Coined by a sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson in 1992, a ‘metaverse’ team is one of the red-hot topics for Web3 right now. But isn’t it overhyped? In its new article, the GetBlock team is going to explain the basics of metaverses and answer whether th...
21 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
Are cryptocurrencies on borrowed time in Russia? And why might things not be that bad? Russia’s major banking watchdog Central Bank releases alarming presentation for ‘discussions’: cryptocurrencies minting and mining might be restricted; accepting c...
18 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
Mainstream NFT creator and investor Animoca Brands are at the halfway point to decacorn’s status. While some countries are accelerating their anti-crypto crackdowns, major blockchain firms are strengthening their positions in the classical banking...
15 Jan 2022 1 minute read 1 comment GetBlock
Analysts of Fidelity Investments indicated crucial support for flagship cryptocurrency as it re-claims $44,000 level. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, briefly tumbles below $40,000 for the first time since Sept.22, 2021. However, some indicato...
14 Jan 2022 2 minute read 1 comment GetBlock
GetBlock recaps what is going on in the Binance Smart Chain ecosystem. Which projects are in the top league right now? Binance Smart Chain, a mainstream EVM-compatible smart contracts network, was in the spotlight in 2021. It cemented itself as a go-...
12 Jan 2022 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
We’re back to work, and the moment has come to observe the most promising segments (and tokens!) in crypto for 2022. The GetBlock team releases the final chapter of its series of articles about the most significant milestones, personalities, and t...
2 Jan 2022 2 minute read 1 comment GetBlock
With all of its ups and downs, 2021 is the most successful year for crypto so far. Here is what it will be remembered for. In 2021, net crypto capitalization spiked to historic highs, NFT commissioners made ten-digit fortunes, GameFi tokens and ID...
25 Dec 2021 3 minute read 2 comments GetBlock
CZ, SBF, OpenSea CEO and Axie Infinity co-founder: Key figureheads of 2021 as seen by GetBlock’s editorial team. The year of 2021 in crypto will be remembered for the regulatory crackdown in China, NFT and ‘Play-to-Earn’ manias, new Bitcoin ATH, Ethe...
