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Is Terra Luna Classic Going to Zero? LUNC Price Drops 3.5% as New Mining Protocol Secures $5 Million
8.12.2023
The LUNC price has dropped by 3.5% today, slipping to $0.00020204 as the cryptocurrency market as a whole gains by 1% in the past 24 hours. Despite this fallback, LUNC remains up by an impressive 74% in the past week and by 200% in the last 30 days, amid rising optimism surrounding Terra Luna...
Solana Protocol Kamino Eyes Airdrop Following Jito Token Launch
7.12.2023
Solana's SOL token has more than tripled since mid-October as DeFi traders return to the ecosystem's on-chain trading, borrowing, lending and yield-generating projects, most notably Kamino
Versatus Labs Raises $2.3 Million To Launch Stateless Rollup
7.12.2023
Versatus Labs raises $2.3 million in seed round funding, bringing its valuation to $50 million. The funding aims to develop the Verastus LASR, a Stateless Rollup. Image: Versatus Labs In an announcement this Wednesday, Verastus Labs, a peer-to-peer web service protocol aiming to enhance...
Bitcoin Project Babylon Raises $18M to Bolster Development of Staking Protocol
7.12.2023
The fundraise was led by Polychain Capital and Hack VC and included contributions from Framework Ventures, Polygon Ventures, Castle Island Ventures and OKX Ventures
Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool Refuses To Process Ordinals Transactions – What’s Going On?
7.12.2023
Jack Dorsey. Source: a video screenshot OCEAN – a newly launched Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool backed by Jack Dorsey – has updated its mining software to exclude Bitcoin ordinals transactions from the blocks that it generates. Ordinals is a protocol for issuing NFTs and alternative tokens on...
Protocol Village: Beam to Launch on Immutable zkEVM, Gaming-Focused L2 With Polygon Tech
7.12.2023
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 7-Dec. 13, with live updates throughout
The Protocol: Bitcoin Censorship, or Just 'Spam Filtering?'
6.12.2023
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
Mantle launches liquid staking protocol on Ethereum Mainnet
6.12.2023
A revolutionary way in which Ethereum lovers relate with the PoS (proof-of-stake) validator network via the mantel LSP (Liquid Staking). It is a new protocol that provides an opportunity for people to deposit their ETH and get paid with mETH. This new approach offers greater flexibility...
Is Pyth Network Going to Zero? PYTH Price Falls 6.9% and New Bitcoin Mining Protocol Reaches $4.8 Million
5.12.2023
Latest airdrop gainer Pyth Network is battling downside movements as PYTH price tumbles -6.9%, leaving some anxious bag-holders asking ‘Is Pyth Network Going to Zero?’. However, market sentiment remains bullish, with traders identifying the ongoing bounce out of the moving average...
Envision Joins Hands With HBAR Foundation in Latest Move to Digitize Carbon Markets
4.12.2023
Source: Pexels Web3 development protocol Envision Blockchain Solutions has partnered with the HBAR Foundation to create a blockchain-centric system for handling the carbon markets. The collaboration, announced in a press release on December 4, aligns with Envision Blockchain’s commitment...
Osmosis and UX Chain Announce Merger, Set to Jointly Launch Cosmos-based DeFi Hub
4.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Osmosis and UX Chain are preparing to merge in a move that seeks to create a comprehensive DeFi hub. Subject to approval, the merger would result in the fusion of lending protocol UX Chain’s lending logic and algorithms with Osmosis’ decentralized exchange, the largest DEX...
Stani Kulechov Defied Crypto Winter
4.12.2023
With upgrades to the Aave lending/borrowing protocol and Lens, an open-source social media protocol, the Estonian native kept BUIDLing in a down-market
The Year of Decentralized Social Media
4.12.2023
Farcaster, Friend.tech and Lens showed how much can change in a year — but is Web3 networking ready for primetime?
Mantle Launches Non-Custodial Liquid Staking Protocol on Ethereum
4.12.2023
Source: Adobe Ethereum layer-2 project Mantle has announced the launch of its new liquid-staking protocol, Mantle LSP. In a Monday post on X (formerly Twitter), the proejct said Mantle LSP will allow users to deposit ETH and participate in network staking through validator nodes. ???? Interact with...
Mantle Releases Liquid Staking Protocol, Expanding Beyond Layer-2 Operator
4.12.2023
The release will be the second core product in the Mantle ecosystem, and comes just six months after the Mantle Network, a layer-2 network atop Ethereum, went live
French Court Acquits Hackers Accused of Targeting Avalanche Stablecoin Project Platypus
4.12.2023
Image Source: Pixabay A French court has acquitted the individuals accused of orchestrating the $8.5 million hack on Platypus Finance, an automated market maker (AMM) protocol on the Avalanche blockchain. According to a report by Le Monde, the defendants, identified as Mohammed and Benamar M., were...
Lido Achieves 9 Million Ethereum Milestone as Rocket Pool Surpasses 1 Million in Defi’s Booming Staking Sector
3.12.2023
Recent data reveals that Lido, the leading liquid staking protocol (LSP), now holds over 9 million ethereum within its system. This figure represents a significant 77.81% of the total ethereum value locked in current LSPs, underscoring Lido’s dominant position in the market. Lido and Rocket...
L2 Crypto Project Blast Achieves $660M TVL Amid Mockery for Key Developer Recruitment
2.12.2023
Recent data reveals that Blast, the new layer two (L2) blockchain platform, has amassed a significant $660 million in value within its decentralized finance (defi) protocol. Concurrently, while accumulating a variety of crypto assets, the initiative has commenced a search for experienced senior...
KyberSwap Announces Grants from Protocol Treasury to Aid Victims of Recent Exploit
2.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Roman Samokhin The team behind KyberSwap announced that it would offer grants from the protocol’s treasury to victims of the recent exploit, aiming to provide monetary relief. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the team behind KyberSwap reiterates its unwavering...
Talos and Uniswap Forge Landmark Deal to Boost DeFi Access for Institutions – Adoption on the Rise?
1.12.2023
Talos – a digital trading infrastructure provider – has teamed up with Uniswap and Fireblocks to connect institutional traders to the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Per a press release from Uniswap on Thursday, Talos’s clients will be able to use the protocol’s trading APIs to access...