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.
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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.
Protocol Village: Blast, Envisioned as Layer-2 With Yield, Now Hiring
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 30-Dec. 6, with live updates throughout.
The Protocol: It’s Crypto Spring, as Smart Contract Platform Index Jumps Most in 10 Months
Digital-asset markets are heating up, especially for blockchain tokens. In this week’s Protocol issue, we highlight November’s 19% jump in the CoinDesk Smart Contract Platforms Index (SMT), the biggest gain in 10 months.
Protocol Village: Movement Labs Says ‘Move Virtual Machine’ to Use Celestia, Snowman
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 23-29, with live updates throughout.
The Protocol: CZ’s out, Altman’s in, and Kraken’s Sued
In this week’s edition of The Protocol newsletter, we share a few trends stand out to close 2023: the proliferation of Ethereum layer-2 networks, the ascendancy of zero-knowledge cryptography and the appearance of tokens, smart contracts and now file hosting on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Protocol Village: Kinetix Gets Strategic Investment to Build on Gnosis
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 16-22, with live updates throughout.
The Protocol: Kraken Awakens – as Ethereum L2 Candidate
In this week’s edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain how Kraken is reportedly considering launching its own layer-2 blockchain, following Coinbase’s recent launch of a similar network, amidst a broader trend of companies creating Ethereum-based transaction solutions.
The Protocol: Celestia Airdrop Gets Crypto Users Asking About Starknet Despite No Similar Plans
In this week’s edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain the mechanics (and roots) behind the “data availability” network Celestia, and its new TIA tokens, and turn our eyes to Starknet’s STRK tokens, which aren’t trading yet but are already being awarded to early contributors.
Protocol Village: New DYdX Chain to Use DYDX for Staking, Pay Out Fees in USDC
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 16-22, with live updates throughout.