JPMorgan Is Cautious About Crypto Markets Into 2024
Ether is expected to outperform bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies next year due to the Ethereum blockchain’s EIP-4844 upgrade, the report said.
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Protocol Village: Immutable zkEVM Will Allow Developers to ‘Abstract’ Transaction Fees
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 14-Dec. 20, with live updates throughout.
Ethereum’s Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation’s executive board, once pushed “layer-2” networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he’s got ideas for “enshrining” some of those functions on the main chain.
The Protocol: Crypto Spring Is Airdrop Season With Tokens From Starknet, LayerZero
In this week’s issue of The Protocol newsletter, we’re covering Worldcoin’s latest update, airdrop season, the new Bitcoin wallet from Jack Dorsey’s company and the “data availability” network Celestia’s market-moving plan to plug into Polygon’s blockchain development kit.
Bitcoin, Ether, and Major Altcoins in Deep Red
Bitcoin and Ether lead in liquidation heatmap with over $335 million in rekt positions in the last 12 hours.
Protocol Village: Beam to Launch on Immutable zkEVM, Gaming-Focused L2 With Polygon Tech
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 7-Dec. 13, with live updates throughout.
The Protocol: Bitcoin Censorship, or Just ‘Spam Filtering?’
In this week’s issue of The Protocol newsletter, we’re highlight blockchain developers named in CoinDesk’s Most Influential list just out, including Blockstream’s Lisa Neigut, Polygon’s Jordi Baylina, Base’s Jesse Pollak and Optimism’s Karl Floersch.
DeFi Market Rebounds to $50B as Speculators Hunt for Yield
The total amount of capital locked or staked across all decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols reached $50 billion on Tuesday, the most in six months.
LOGIK: Tieshun ‘Pacman’ Roquerre ‘Knows His S–t’
The artist made an NFT of the Blur and Blast founder for our Most Influential package.
Bitcoin Sails Past $41K as Crypto Market Recovers to Pre-Terra Levels
The price of bitcoin hit $40,000 on Sunday for the first time in 18 months, while ether rose past $2,200.