Protocol Village: IoTeX ‘DePIN Infrastructure Modules’ to Reduce Development Time
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 18-24.
The Protocol
The Protocol: Polymarket Feeds Political Junkies, With Nate Silver
In this week’s issue of CoinDesk’s blockchain tech newsletter, we look at the “alternative news source” that Polymarket’s prediction-betting site has become.
Protocol Village: SKALE’s ‘Pacifica V3’ Upgrade to Double Transaction Throughput
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 18-24.
The Protocol: Side-Dealing Accusations Put Crypto VC Funding in Spotlight
In this week’s blockchain tech newsletter, we’re highlighting the firm Polychain’s accusation against a former general partner over an alleged ethics breach, along with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s speech in Brussels and Bitcoin’s Saxony problem.
Protocol Village: Valora Introduces ‘Mobile Stack’ to Simplify Web3 Apps on iOS, Android
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 5-10.
The Protocol: ‘Private Jet Brandization’ Is One Way Polkadot Burnt Cash
Crypto twitterati showed no mercy as Polkadot published a transparency report detailing spending on $87 million of DOT tokens – a lot of it on marketing. PLUS blockchain tech news and project highlights from the past week.
Protocol Village: Crypto Losses From Hacks, Rug Pulls Doubled to $572M in Q2: Immunefi Report
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 27-July 3.
The Protocol: Blast’s $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin’s Mt. Gox Moment
In this week’s issue of CoinDesk’s weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we’re covering $100 million of fundraisings, project updates from Solana and other teams, complaints over LayerZero’s “pay-to-claim” airdrop and nervousness surrounding the Mt. Gox bitcoin distribution.
Protocol Village: Farworld, Building Gaming on Farcaster, Raises $1.75M
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.
The Protocol
In this week’s abbreviated issue of The Protocol, we’re chronicling the apparent doxing of ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli as the driver behind the recently-but-no-longer mooning $DJT token, plus the SEC’s apparent retreat on probing the Ethereum developer Consensys.