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Protocol Village: UBS, SBI, DBS Complete 'World's First' in Blockchain-Based Cross-Border Repo

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 9-15, with live updates throughout.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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Protocol Village: Fidelity Acknowledges Risk of Bug in Bitcoin's Code

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 2-8, with live updates throughout.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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The Protocol: Kraken Awakens – as Ethereum L2 Candidate

In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we look into how Kraken is reportedly considering launching its own layer-2 blockchain, following Coinbase's recent launch of a similar network, amidst a broader trend of companies creating Ethereum-based transaction solutions.

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Protocol Village: Neon EVM (on Solana) Announces Integration With DeBridge's

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 26-Nov. 1, with live updates throughout.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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The Protocol: Celestia Airdrop Gets Crypto Users Asking About Starknet Despite No Similar Plans

In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain the mechanics (and roots) behind the "data availability" network Celestia, and its new TIA tokens, and turn our eyes to Starknet's STRK tokens, which aren't trading yet but are already being awarded to early contributors.

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Protocol Village: Clearpool, DeFi Credit Market, Expands to Optimism's OP Mainnet

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 16-25, with live updates throughout.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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All of a Sudden, It’s All About Bitcoin

Bitcoin's tech development is buzzing with innovations that could help it keep pace with Ethereum

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Cracks Appear as Ethereum Staking Demand Wanes

Earlier this year, Ethereum staking was popular, particularly with Lido Finance's rise to prominence in the DeFi space, but it is now facing challenges, suspicions, and resentment.

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Protocol Village: Binance Invests in Modular Rollup Network Initia

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 9-16, with live updates throughout.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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The Protocol: Bitcoin Might Get Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts Under ‘BitVM’ Plan

ZeroSync's Robin Linus has ignited excitement in the Bitcoin community by introducing the "BitVM" paper, proposing a straightforward method for incorporating smart contracts into the original blockchain, a feature predominantly associated with Ethereum and its numerous derivatives.

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