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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
RedStone, Blockchain Oracle Project Pushing Into Restaking, Raises $15M
2.7.2024
The fresh round of capital will go towards hiring new team members, according to a press release
MegaLabs, Behind the 'Real-Time' Blockchain, Raises $20M, Led By Dragonfly
27.6.2024
The fresh round of capital will go towards building out the MegaETH protocol, with the aim of having a testnet go live in the next few months
Protocol Village: Crypto Losses From Hacks, Rug Pulls Doubled to $572M in Q2: Immunefi Report
27.6.2024
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 27-July 3
Tezos, Smart-Contract Blockchain of ICO Fame, Reveals Roadmap to Rejuvenate
27.6.2024
The decade-old blockchain's development plan, which goes out through 2026, calls for splitting off transaction execution into a separate "canonical rollup" that would support multiple programming languages
The Protocol: Blast's $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin's Mt. Gox Moment
26.6.2024
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
Ora, Aiming to 'Unlock Design Space for AI Dapps,' Raises $20M
26.6.2024
The project, founded in 2022, says it aims to incorporate AI into decentralized applications with its "on-chain AI oracle."
Cardano Unfazed By Failed DDoS Attack Targeting Staked ADA
26.6.2024
No downtime was observed as a Cardano developer managed to attack the attacker and take back some funds
Solana Adds 'Blinks' and 'Actions' So Users Can Trade Crypto On Their Favorite Social Apps
25.6.2024
The epicenter of the latest "meme coin" hype, Solana is introducing new tools designed to make crypto trading more accessible
ZKsync Developer's New 'Elastic Chain' Could Compete With Polygon's AggLayer
25.6.2024
This Elastic Chain is composed of multiple chains in the ZKsync ecosystem, but users will feel like they are using a single chain
Tether to Stop Minting Stablecoin USDT on Algorand and EOS
24.6.2024
The circulating supply of the dollar-linked stablecoin on the two blockchains represents roughly 0.1% of the total USDT supply
Cosmos DAO Osmosis to Adopt Fee-Free Bitcoin Bridge
21.6.2024
Osmosis is achieving this through a revenue-share proposal with Bitcoin bridge Nomic
Protocol Village: Farworld, Building Gaming on Farcaster, Raises $1.75M
20.6.2024
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26
The Protocol
19.6.2024
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
Marathon's Layer-2 Chain, Anduro, Plugs In 'Portal to Bitcoin' for Atomic Swaps
19.6.2024
The publicly-traded bitcoin miner Marathon began incubating Anduro in February as a "platform built on the Bitcoin network that allows for the creation of multiple sidechains."
Sonic, Gaming-Focused Layer-2 Chain on Solana, Raises $12M
18.6.2024
Renzo Capitalizes on Restaking Frenzy to Raise $17M From Galaxy, Brevan Howard
18.6.2024
Funds will be used towards expanding the project's restaking services, including adding support for ERC-20 tokens