Protocol Village: XProtocol Unveils ‘World’s First Node-Operated DePIN Smartphone’
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The Protocol: When Trump Bought Red-Meat Bitcoin Burgers, He Called It ‘Crypto’
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump won chits from the Bitcoin community for reportedly purchasing smash burgers at a Bitcoin-friendly New York pub. But in a way, the whole episode was about damage control.
Ethereum’s Changing Landscape
For investors, ETH’s future depends on how Ethereum balances innovation with maintaining healthy economic policy, says Matthew Kimmel, digital asset analyst, CoinShares.
Sky Reconsiders Plan to Offboard Wrapped Bitcoin, After Chat With BitGo CEO
An influential adviser to DeFi lender Sky, formerly known as MakerDAO, now says their concerns have been adequately addressed regarding Tron founder Justin Sun’s involvement in the custody of bitcoin backing the WBTC token.
Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Deploys BitVM-Based Bridge ‘Clementine’ on Testnet
Clementine (Fotozeit/Pixabay)
DeFi Protocol Cega Debuts ‘Vault Token Market’ to Facilitate Seamless Investing
The offering solves the liquidity issues faced by investors due to the 27-day deposit lock-up period.
Jump’s ‘Frankendancer’ Validator Client Is Live on Solana Mainnet
The ramshackle validator client is a prelude to Jump’s highly anticipated Firedancer software.
Crypto Exchange BingX Hacked, Onchain Data Shows Over $43M Drained
Hacker have moved the stolen assets to decentralized exchanges.
Ethereum Developers Confirm Plan to Split ‘Pectra’ Upgrade In Two
The decision to split up the upgrade wasn’t unexpected. Developers had been discussing previously that Pectra was becoming too ambitious to ship all at once, and expressed desires to split it in order to minimize the risk of finding bugs in the code.
Protocol Village: Civic to Verify Driver IDs for Web3 Car-Rental Platform Rentality, on Base Chain
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