Cryptopedia - Ankr

## What Is Ankr (ANKR)? Ankr is one of the most important infrastructure providers and facilitators of the crypto space, long trusted by industry giants like Microsoft, Binance, Tencent, Polygon, Optimism, and Avalanche for high-performance node operations and engineering services. Ankr’s global network of nodes spans over 75 blockchains, enabling them to offer a range of development services that leverage this infrastructure, including their Web3 API/RPC platform, staking services, blockchain creation service, and more. In short, Ankr keeps Web3 running by ensuring that all dApps, developers, projects, and users have reliable, high-speed access to on-chain data, which is a prerequisite for interacting with smart contracts or performing any Web3 task.