Category: News

Rootstock has established itself as the first and longest-lasting Bitcoin sidechains — and now, innovators building on Rootstock will actively take part in the Rootstock economy and value creation via RootstockCollective. RootstockCollective, a DAO built on top of Rootstock, has been established to ensure the community has…

A new upgrade to the USDRIF stablecoin is now live on mainnet.  The upgrade, entitled USDRIF V2.0, was approved by the community on June 4th, 2024, and launched on mainnet. This version introduces several improvements aimed at enhancing usability, reducing costs, and increasing accessibility within the Bitcoin L2…

For a sense of how global the economy is, it’s worth taking a look at remittances. Data from the World Bank reveals foreign workers sent $647 billion to their loved ones back home in 2022 — a figure that’s expected to rise to $656 billion…

IOV Labs Launches $2.5 Million Grant Program for Everyday DeFi Development on Rootstock IOV Labs, supporting the Rootstock blockchain network, has announced the launch of a $2.5 million grant program to support the development of DeFi applications on Rootstock. Rootstock, on which the RIF…

A step-by-step guide to managing and securing RIF and Rootstock native tokens on Ledger Live RIF has arrived on Ledger Live! Ledger — an industry-leading crypto hardware wallet company — has integrated native Rootstock support within their Ledger Live app. The integration means you can…

Welcome to Fint3ch Frontrunners, a series of interviews with the leading lights in the future of finance. Learn how they got started and read where they see the world of DeFi, Web3 and crypto going next. Up this week is Dmitry Machikhin, Founder and CEO of BitOK, a portfolio tracker with tax and AML tools for crypto which recently added support for $RIF and the other tokens in the Rootstock ecosystem.

In February, Rootstock co-founder Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar (DGZ) and IOV Labs VP of product, Tim Paymans (TP) came together for a Twitter Space discussing the future of building on Bitcoin, RIF, and Rootstock. Read on for a part two of a summary…

The RIF roadmap for 2023 was revealed on February 7th featuring some key milestones for the year ahead like new products, a new website and appearances at some exciting events. Rootstock and RIF co-founder, Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar (DGZ), and IOVLabs VP of product,…

The RIF Flyover protocol is now live — delivering a fast, secure, and fully decentralized pathway for Bitcoin users to enter the Rootstock ecosystem (and vice versa).

We are pleased to announce the official release of RIF Identity’s Self Sovereign Identity solution! Developers can now access RIF Identity’s developer library and repos to integrate our Self Sovereign Identity solution into their projects.