‘DeFi on Bitcoin’ Gets a Boost as BOB L2 Integrates $6B BTC Staking Protocol Babylon
The integration allows BOB, a “hybrid L2,” to use Bitcoin as its anchor chain where transactions with assets from other chains can be irreversibly recorded.
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Avalanche Blockchain’s Largest-Ever Upgrade, ‘Avalanche9000,’ Is Live
The technical changes are designed to attract developers to the ecosystem and let them create their own customized blockchains, known as subnets.
Solana Was the Biggest Draw for New Crypto Developers in 2024: Electric Capital
Ethereum remained the blockchain with the most devs, and the overall population of software builders in crypto was flat, the VC firm said in its annual survey.
The Protocol: A Quantum Threat to Bitcoin?
Also: An Ethereum dev’s defection to Solana; Polygon’s big proving-system flex; crypto’s most influential
Shayne Coplan: He Took Prediction Markets Mainstream
In so doing, Polymarket’s founder demonstrated a real-world consumer use case for crypto, earning him a spot on CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2024 list.
Illia Polosukhin: A Crypto+AI Pioneer
The co-founder of NEAR is working to create a full ecosystem for decentralized AI.
Dev’s Defection Highlights Ethereum’s Growing Solana Problem
“There’s just so much more possibility and potential energy in Solana,” Max Resnick told CoinDesk after quitting his Consensys job for a job at Anza.
Bitcoin ‘Four Meggers’: OrdinalsBot Inscribes Largest-Ever File on the OG Blockchain
Inscriptions project OrdinalsBot minted what it says is the largest ever file on Bitcoin: The last in a collection of 1,500 “Pizza Ninjas.”
Radiant Capital Says North Korean Hackers Behind $50 Million Attack in October
Hackers gained access to a developer’s computer by posing as a former contractor.
Everyone Wants a Piece of the Bitcoin Pie, Now the AI Bots Are Coming for It Too
AI-focused Ethereum layer-2 Mode is the latest network to bridge to Bitcoin in an attempt to get access to deep wells of liquidity held in BTC.