Lyft Taps Solana’s Hivemapper for Real-Time, Crowdsourced Mapping Upgrade
The move underscores the growing role of crowdsourced geospatial intelligence in the transportation industry.
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Bitcoin DeFi Security Improves as Rootstock Boosts Hashrate Share
Rootstock is one of numerous projects looking to bring greater utility to Bitcoin by expanding the provision for DeFi with smart contracts.
Lido Proposes a Bold Governance Model to Give stETH Holders a Say in Protocol Decisions
Proposal comes as ETH surges 30% on Pectra upgrade, boosting attention on Ethereum-native protocols.
The Protocol: Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Finally Goes Live
Also: Bitcoin Devs Debate OP_RETURN, World Network Launches in U.S., and Aztec Testnet Launches
The Protocol: Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal
Also: ETH Gas Limit Ceiling Proposal, Bitcoin Data Limits Debate, and Base Becomes a Stage 1 Rollup
AI-Powered Court System Is Coming to Crypto With GenLayer
YeagerAI is building a protocol that uses AI models as judges, with the goal of providing reliable, neutral, third-party arbitration in record time.
Polygon Spin-Off Miden Secures $25M to Bring Speed, Privacy to Institutional Giants
The funding round was led by a16z crypto, 1kx and Hack VC.
The Protocol: Will ETH Developers Swap Out the EVM for RISC-V?
Also: Matter Labs Sued; Scroll’s Euclid Upgrade; EigenLayer Adds ‘Slashing’ Feature
The Protocol: Nvidia To Manufacture AI Supercomputers in U.S., New Opportunities for Crypto Miners
Plus: Ethereum developers privacy debate reignites, Optimum raises funds in seed round, Noble’s new ‘AppLayer’
Can Ethereum Be Truly Private? Developers Push for Encrypted Mempool, Default Privacy
Ethereum developers have begun kicking around a series of ideas that could make the Ethereum network private at its core.