Protocol Village: Proof of Play Adds ‘Boss’ as 2nd Arbitrum Orbit Chain, Lombard Launches LBTC
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The Protocol: The Impact of Telegram CEO’s Arrest on TON Blockchain
Blockchain analysts are reminding investors how closely the messaging app Telegram, whose just-arrested CEO Pavel Durov awaits a hearing in a French court, is intertwined with the fate of TON blockchain and its native cryptocurrency, toncoin. ALSO: What’s up with Vitalik’s DeFi diss?
Solving Fragmentation Is Next Blockchain Race as Layer 2s Multiply, ZKsync Developer Says
Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)
Maker, Now Rebranded to Sky, Draws Ire From DeFi Community on Controversial Stablecoin Change
MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen said the feature won’t be live when the USDS token goes live and the old DAI token will remain in circulation unchanged.
Sony, Electronics Pioneer Behind Walkman, Starts Own Blockchain ‘Soneium’
The new project, “Soneium” will be a layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain, using technology from Optimism’s OP Stack.
NEAR Blockchain Gets Major Upgrade to Add ‘Stateless Validation’
NEAR Protocol has deployed a major upgrade known as “Nightshade 2.0” on its main network, designed to improve the scalability and usability of the blockchain.
Protocol Village: Credbull Raises $5.2M, Aave Comes to ZKSync Era
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 22-28.
The Protocol: Now Everyone’s Putting a Wrapper on Bitcoin
In this week’s issue of CoinDesk’s newsletter on blockchain technology, we’re covering the drama surrounding “wrapped bitcoin” as Tron founder Justin Sun assumes a custody role, signs of upheaval in the Urbit ecosystem and the rise of dark pools on Ethereum.
DePIN Media Network PKT Starts Up on Coinbase’s Base to Bring Transparency to Making Movies
PKT has Hollywood talent behind it who are sick of the the black box that is the industry’s film production process.
‘Wartime CEO’: Urbit’s Founder Returns in Shakeup at Moonshot Software Project
“We’re here to fix this,” Curtis Yarvin says of the struggling endeavor to rebuild the entire internet computing stack from scratch.