In this week’s edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain how Kraken is reportedly considering launching its own layer-2 blockchain, following Coinbase’s recent launch of a similar network, amidst a broader trend of companies creating Ethereum-based transaction solutions.
The Protocol: Celestia Airdrop Gets Crypto Users Asking About Starknet Despite No Similar Plans
In this week’s edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain the mechanics (and roots) behind the “data availability” network Celestia, and its new TIA tokens, and turn our eyes to Starknet’s STRK tokens, which aren’t trading yet but are already being awarded to early contributors.
Protocol Village: IoTeX Blockchain to Integrate With Solana for ‘IoT-Connected Projects’
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 16-22, with live updates throughout.
All of a Sudden, It’s All About Bitcoin
There’s a lot of activity happening in Bitcoin tech development – with innovations that might help the original and oldest blockchain to catch up with the boom of projects building in the Ethereum ecosystem.
Cracks Appear as Ethereum Staking Demand Wanes
Earlier this year, Ethereum staking was popular, particularly with Lido Finance’s rise to prominence in the DeFi space, but it is now facing challenges, suspicions, and resentment.
Protocol Village: ARPA Network’s Random Number Generator ‘Randcast’ Live on Optimism
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 16-22, with live updates throughout.
The Protocol: Bitcoin Might Get Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts Under ‘BitVM’ Plan
ZeroSync’s Robin Linus has ignited excitement in the Bitcoin community by introducing the “BitVM” paper, proposing a straightforward method for incorporating smart contracts into the original blockchain, a feature predominantly associated with Ethereum and its numerous derivatives.
Protocol Village: VitaDAO, a ‘DeSci DAO,’ Launches Matrix Biosciences
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 9-15, with live updates throughout.
The Protocol: Which Ethereum Layer-2 Project ISN’T Competing to Land Celo?
In this week’s issue of The Protocol, we highlight layoffs hitting key firms as well, and how blockchain projects are competing for new mandates – specifically big Ethereum layer-2 developers like OP Labs, Polygon and Matter Labs vying to provide the technology for the Celo blockchain’s new network
Protocol Village: Babylon Unveils Bitcoin Staking Protocol for Cosmos Ecosystem
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 2-8, with live updates throughout.
The Protocol: Google Pushes Deeper into Blockchain
Google’s cloud-computing division is increasingly involved in blockchain, with plans to add 11 networks including Polygon, Optimism, and Polkadot to its ‘BigQuery’ program for public datasets.
The Protocol: Ethereum Struggles With Sprawl as Optimism Airdrops $27M
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of Ethereum’s historic “Merge” – the shift to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake network. But in some ways the largest smart-contract blockchain has become a victim of its own success: Staking is so popular that the number of network validators is mushrooming toward 1 million, introducing new concerns related to the sprawl. We discuss how Ethereum developers are addressing the issue with the EIP-7514 proposal.
The Protocol: The CFTC Is Cracking Down on Crypto
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission placed a trio of decentralized crypto platforms into its crosshairs last week. An aggressive set of charges from the CFTC – which zeroed in on how the trading platforms handle certain kinds of third-party token swaps – contrasted with the regulator’s more lenient image.
Hello Holesky, Ethereum’s Newest Testnet
The new network comes after years of growth for Ethereum’s developer community, and will replace the Goerli testnet.
The Protocol: Ethereum Learns of Potential Defector as ‘Supreme Court’ Mooted
What is a blockchain “sequencer?” Here’s why you need to know
The Protocol: Friend.tech Fades as Crypto Craze, but Ethereum Is Scaling
This week in blockchain tech: Polygon’s new “chain development kit,” Farcaster’s move to Optimism, Shibarium’s return and Interlay’s new Bitcoin layer-2 network, and Pancake Swap expands to Consensys’s Linea.
Protocol Village: Binance Labs Invests in Delphinus, a Bet on Zero-Knowledge WebAssembly
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades and announcements.
The Protocol: Coinbase Blockchain’s Viral Use Case Puts Focus on Optimism’s Tech
The week in blockchain tech: Crypto-fueled social marketplace Friend.tech goes viral on Coinbase’s new Base blockchain, Shiba Inu community’s “Shibarium” network aims for fresh start, and Ethereum experts handicap the competition between leading technologies for layer-2 networks.
The Protocol: Blockchains Keep Launching, From Sei to Shibarium
In this week’s issue, we cover Coinbase’s launch of “Base,” a layer-2 network atop Ethereum, along with the crypto community’s reaction to PayPal’s new stablecoin and the brouhaha over Matter Labs’ use of Polygon-crafted open-source software. The Protocol is CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain and crypto technology.
The Protocol: Coinbase Launches Own Blockchain as Sleuths Scour PayPal’s Stablecoin Software
In this week’s issue, we cover Coinbase’s launch of “Base,” a layer-2 network atop Ethereum, along with the crypto community’s reaction to PayPal’s new stablecoin and the brouhaha over Matter Labs’ use of Polygon-crafted open-source software. The Protocol is CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain and crypto technology.
