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Polygon's New ZK Proving System, 'Plonky3,' Comes as Open-Source Toolkit
16.7.2024
Proving systems are a crucial component at the heart of blockchain ecosystems, allowing secondary "rollup" networks to confirm transactions on a base chain like Ethereum. Polygon's prior version, Plonky2, was released in 2022
Founder's Gambling 'Struggles' Spur Crippling Loss at Crypto Casino Backed by Galaxy
15.7.2024
Galaxy is one of several investors who have accused Richard Kim of misappropriating at least $3.67 million of company funds belonging to Zero Edge, his crypto casino
Exponential.fi Wants to Make It Easier to Invest in DeFi
11.7.2024
The platform aims to make it easy to identify opportunities, bridge fiat, assess risk, and invest in crypto all-in-one
Compound Finance, Celer Site Compromised in Phishing Attack
11.7.2024
The website leads to a phishing page that could drain user funds, but the actual protocol remains unaffected
Protocol Village: SKALE's 'Pacifica V3' Upgrade to Double Transaction Throughput
11.7.2024
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
10.7.2024
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
Starknet, Layer-2 Chain on Ethereum, to Open Staking By End of Year
10.7.2024
Vitalik Buterin Reflects On Strengths, Weaknesses of Ethereum, 'Hardening' the Blockchain
10.7.2024
The co-founder and intellectual leader of the largest smart-contracts blockchain ecosystem addressed a packed room at the EthCC conference in Brussels
Top Crypto VC Says Ex-General Partner Made Undisclosed Side Deal With Portfolio Company
9.7.2024
Polychain says Niraj Pant broke the fund's policies by secretly accepting "adviser" tokens from Eclipse
TON Blockchain Will Release New Layer-2 Based On Polygon’s Technology
9.7.2024
The new protocol, called the TON Applications Chain (TAC), will make use of Polygon’s Chain Development Kit (CDK), as well as their AggLayer
World Chain, Sam Altman’s Layer-2 Project, Opens to Developers
9.7.2024
This means that select developers can apply to build, test, and give feedback to Tools For Humanity, the developer firm behind Worldcoin, according to a press release shared with CoinDesk
Blockchain Startup Rome Raises $9M to Serve Ethereum Layer-2s Through Solana
9.7.2024
Shared sequencers and data availability (DA) are services that Rome could provide, as blockchain builders increasingly rely on "modular" networks to handle Ethereum's myriad components and functions
MetaMask Developer Consensys Releases New Toolkit for 'Seamless Onboarding'
9.7.2024
The Delegation Toolkit will allow for instant user onboarding without needing to interact with a traditional wallet, in addition to eliminating “user friction completely,” meaning no pop-ups or confirmations when switching between a decentralized application and wallet
Protocol Village: Valora Introduces 'Mobile Stack' to Simplify Web3 Apps on iOS, Android
5.7.2024
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
3.7.2024
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
Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology
3.7.2024
As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing field of "distributed validator technology," or DVT
Bittensor’s TAO Slides 15% After $8M Wallet Drain Attack
3.7.2024
The blockchain was paused early Wednesday to contain the exploit, with security researchers suspecting a private key leakage
Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Considering Going Nuclear
2.7.2024
Massive demand for energy from high performance computing and artificial intelligence firms is changing the landscape in terms of power stability, the company’s CTO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk
Bitcoin Could Get Ethereum-Style Restaking as Startup Lombard Raises $16M
2.7.2024
Lombard is partnering with staking startup Babylon to let users earn interest for "restaking" with Bitcoin – using the asset to secure other crypto networks
Pi Squared, Building 'Universal ZK Circuit', Raises $12.5M
2.7.2024
The startup, led by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign computer science professor, uses zero-knowledge technology to enable “trustless remote computing" along with other blockchain use cases including AI