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The Protocol
Every Wednesday
Exploring the tech behind crypto one block at a time.
The Protocol: Polymarket Feeds Political Junkies, With Nate Silver
In this week's issue of CoinDesk's blockchain tech newsletter, we look at the "alternative news source" that Polymarket's prediction-betting site has become.

Protocol Village: Arthur Hayes-Backed Maelstrom Pledges Grants for Open-Source Bitcoin Devs
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 11-17.

Protocol Village: Tezos-Focused Trilitech Building Prototype of 'Jstz' as JavaScript-Based L2
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 5-10.

The Protocol: Side-Dealing Accusations Put Crypto VC Funding in Spotlight
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.

Protocol Village: DWF Launches $20M Fund for Web3 Projects in Chinese-Speaking Regions
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 27-July 3.

The Protocol: 'Private Jet Brandization' Is One Way Polkadot Burnt Cash
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.

The Protocol: Blast's $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin's Mt. Gox Moment
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.

Protocol Village: Algorand Foundation Positions New 'LiquidAuth' as Decentralized WalletConnect
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.

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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.

Protocol Village: Arcana Announces 'Chain Abstraction Protocol' to Remove 'Complexities of Bridging'
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 13-19.
