Tag: Protocols
Which Crypto Protocols Will Airdrop Next?
Eigenlayer has captured the biggest mindshare, however. Over $55,000 is betting on whether the platform will release a token before June 30 on the gen [...]
The Protocol: Using the Money Printer
If you have the money printer – as is the case for many of the blockchain projects with the power to create their own digital tokens – why wouldn't yo [...]
Pioneering the Protocol Economy for Digital Ownership and Decentralized Growth
Most investors are familiar with the business model of the entrenched platform economy, in which a set of powerful tech companies rely on the network [...]
Bitcoin’s Next Halving ETA Advances Amid Mining Frenzy and Launch Hype, Setting Stage for Historic Block 840,000
HALVE TIME: The expected date of the next Bitcoin halving keeps creeping forward – thanks to miners upgrading to faster, more powerful machines and po [...]
Bitcoin ETFs Surge to Record Highs with Billions in Inflows, Spotlighting Mainstream Crypto Adoption Amid Governance Queries
GOING DEEP IN ON DEPIN: Speeds are improving and fees are reducing across blockchains, but we're 15 years into the crypto "revolution" and few use cas [...]
Bitcoin ETFs Surge to Record Highs with Billions in Inflows, Spotlighting Mainstream Crypto Adoption Amid Governance Queries
ETHEREUM'S BIG TENT: Ethereum conferences aren't just for Ethereans anymore, CoinDesk's Sam Kessler reports. Last week's ETHDenver conference in Color [...]
Exclusive Interview with Stacks Co-creator Muneeb Ali
TERRA-FI-ING? If it seems too good to be true, it sometimes is. But hope springs eternal that the crypto project Ethena's new USDe token might prove s [...]
The Protocol: Restaking Tokens Are Exploding, and Restaking Isn't Even Live
In this week's issue of our weekly blockchain tech newsletter, Sam Kessler explores how "liquid restaking tokens" or LRTs are remaking decentralized f [...]
Bitcoin’s OP_CAT, Fake Ethereum Tokens, Starknet’s Airdrop
FILES NOT FOUND: Ethereum has a standardized process for adding new token standards, including the well-known ERC-20, for fungible tokens, and ERC-721 [...]
Solana’s Missed Moment, Exclusive Farcaster Q&A, Bullish Year of Dragon
SOL CRUSHING. It was supposed to be a cause for celebration: On Feb. 25, the Solana blockchain would complete a full 365 days without an outage – seen [...]
The Protocol: Bitcoin NFT Debacle, Vitalik's 30th, Farcaster Frames, 'Private Mempools'
In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, our Sam Kessler writes about the "private mempools" that Ethereum users are increasingly relying on t [...]
As Blockchains Push Toward Decentralization, These People Serve as Ultimate Guardians
The goal of these "protocol councils,” sometimes called “security councils,” is to nudge the nascent networks toward increasing decentralization, by g [...]
Q&A With Ripple’s David Schwartz on XRPL Roadmap
ETHEREUM'S DIVERSITY PROBLEM. In the blockchain tech context, "client diversity" refers to the goal of having multiple software programs – known as "c [...]
MetaMask’s Secret Weapon and Ethereum’s Dencun Debacle
MOORE IS MORE. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the de facto high priest of the world's largest smart-contracts blockchain, tossed out last week o [...]
Spotlight on Potential $100 Billion Influx and Bitcoin ETF Approval Amid Governance Debates
GITHUB REJECTION! While crypto traders, tradfi investors, financial institutions and probably lots of normies and newbies were engaging in the grippin [...]