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In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we dive into the crypto industry's fundraising method du jour – it's all about the decentralization! PLUS: Polyhedra says its ZK prover is 2x faster than anyone else's.
The blockchain project's founders aren't even publicly named, but they've enjoyed remarkable success in fundraising, partly thanks to this increasingly popular fundraising method, where the longer you wait, the higher price you pay.
Polkadot developer Kian Paimani has proposed a flexible inflation upgrade for the network to address the issues tied to the blockchain’s inflation logic. According to the proposal’s GitHub document, the Polkadot relay chain’s current state presents various challenges, including high inflation rates. These stem from outdated infrastructure and parachain slots’ ineffective influence on inflation. Additionally, […]
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The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.
It's the first step on a more ambitious roadmap to transform how Ethereum's biggest wallet works under the hood.
The financial mogul’s commentary came during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting.
Paolo Ardoino, the Chief Executive Officer of Tether and co-founder of peer-to-peer platform Holepunch, recently hinted at plans to potentially develop a “Pear Phone” in the future. In an X post, Ardoino floated the idea of building an Android-compatible phone based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The device would come pre-installed with Holepunch’s […]
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Kusama, Polkadot’s canary network, recently marked a significant milestone by selling its inaugural batch of Agile Coretime. Reports revealed that three cores were sold for a total of 70 KSM, worth approximately $1,980—each core was sold at an average price of 23.4 KSM, roughly $660. Coretime allows developers to buy up to 4 weeks or […]
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Mirror and Paragraphs are rivals in the Web3 publishing space, and their deal allows Mirror's team to operate as an independent company focused exclusively on social media.
MicroStrategy’s chairman, Michael Saylor, revealed the firm’s ambitious plan to introduce a decentralized identity solution called MicroStrategy Orange on the Bitcoin network during his Bitcoin For Corporations talk on May 1. Saylor underlined the potential of establishing a universal standard with the distinctive orange checkmark, envisioning it as a global alternative to the commonly recognized […]
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Aave Labs has released its strategic roadmap for 2030 that introduces several key initiatives, including the launch of Aave V4, a new visual identity, and expanded DeFi functionalities. The “Temp Check” proposal aims to gather the Aave community’s feedback on the proposed enhancements to advance the Aave protocol. Aave V4 At the heart of the […]
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Much-hyped restaking project EigenLayer's 43-page whitepaper about its now-revealed EIGEN token has raised lots of questions. They may not matter initially, because much of the promised functionality won't be ready when the token launches.
Patterns of illicit activity involving groups of bitcoin nodes and chains of transactions are described in a research paper by Elliptic and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab.
According to the latest data from web analytics firm StatCounter, Google’s share of the North American search market has fallen to its lowest point since 2009, with Bing and Yahoo making notable gains. As of April 2024, Google’s share is 79.89%, while Bing and Yahoo have captured 11.86% and 6.33% of the market, respectively. The […]
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Some 45% of the EIGEN token supply will go towards the EigenLayer community, while investors will be allocated 29.5% of the token supply, and 25.5% will go towards early contributors.
Polkadot-related Peaq, a layer-1 blockchain network tailored for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure (DePIN) and Real-World Assets (RWAs), saw adoption from two major DePIN projects, MapMetrics and Natix Network, last week. MapMetrics migration On April 25, Web3 drive-to-earn platform MapMetrics revealed that it was migrating from the Solana blockchain to Peaq to enjoy the several features accessible […]
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Omnity protocol is launching an integration for trading of Rune tokens without gas or transaction fees.
The Akita Inu, a majestic breed hailing from Japan’s northern prefecture of Akita, has gained international acclaim in recent years. To combat rising concerns about pedigree forgery and lost documents, the Akita Inu Preservation Society is embracing the digital age. They’ve partnered with a tech firm to develop a secure system using blockchain technology, the […]
Polkadot’s governance is currently mulling over a proposal to activate SnowBridge, a cross-chain bridge designed to link the Polkadot blockchain with Ethereum. A cross-chain bridge essentially serves as a decentralized application (DApp), streamlining asset transfers between blockchains to enhance token utility by fostering cross-chain liquidity. Market observers have highlighted the significant role SnowBridge would play […]
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Bitcoin core developer Luke Dashjr has criticized the Runes protocol, suggesting it exploits a fundamental design flaw within the blockchain network. In an April 26 post on X (formerly Twitter), Dashjr delineated the disparity between Ordinal Inscriptions and the Runes protocol in how they interact with the network. He clarified that while Ordinals capitalize on […]
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Franklin Templeton has tokenized a $380 million treasuries fund on the Polygon and Stellar blockchains to enable peer-to-peer (P2P) transfers without intermediaries. The company has launched the Franklin OnChain United States Government Money Fund (FOBXX), offering shares as BENJI tokens. Each token represents a share of the FOBXX and is tradable on the public Polygon […]
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Several top Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) networks, such as Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, zkSync, and Starkware, are preparing to integrate Avail’s Data Availability (DA) solution, according to an April 25 statement shared with CryptoSlate. This integration will grant rollup builders access to Avail DA and its ecosystem, facilitating the development of scalable and efficient rollup architectures across […]
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Bitcoin Conversions will charge a flat 1% fee to automatically convert a portion of merchant revenues into BTC.
The reentrancy bug was discovered by Asymmetric Research, a core contributor to the Wormhole interoperability protocol.
US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said he wants to put the “entire US budget” on blockchain so Americans can inspect it anytime, The Hill reported on April 22. Kennedy said that putting data on a blockchain would make the budget available “24 hours a day.” Making budget data available on-chain could increase public […]
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Polkadot parachains briefly stopped producing blocks on April 21 after the network’s runtime upgrade went live on its mainnet. Moonbeam, an Ethereum-compatible smart contract parachain, confirmed the incident, stating that its platform stopped producing blocks for approximately 1 hour. It added: “Moonbeam resumed block production at approximately 11:36 am UTC. At this time, the network […]
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CLabs officially proposed using Optimism’s OP Stack for the transition. The proposal will be discussed on a couple of community calls and then go to a vote among holders of the project's CELO tokens, under the chain's governance rules.
The partnership aims to strengthen economic ties and ensure that AI deployment is safe, secure, transparent, and trustworthy.