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Tech

BUIDLing Among the Chaos: What Devs Discussed at ETHDenver

High school students, Web 2 converts and crypto founders spent a week building the future of finance in a jam-packed venue. What comes next?

People at work in the developer area of the main venue of ETHDenver 2022. (Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Pocket Network Raises $10M

Republic Capital, RockTree Capital and Arrington Capital helped lead the round.

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Tech

Solana Validators, Engineers Grapple With Blockchain Slowdown on Public Call

After a bout of Thursday morning congestion, members of the high-speed blockchain’s validator community voiced concerns about the network’s reliability.

Solana's Breakpoint came at the market's previous zenith (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Finance

Blockchain Development Platform QuickNode Raises $35M

The Series A follows a $5.3 million seed round earlier this year and includes participation from Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano.

QuickNode co-founders (left to right) Dmitry Shklovsky, Manuel Kreutz, Auston Bunsen and Alex Nabutovsky pose for a photo in Miami. (QuickNode)

Tech

Alchemy Expands Free Tier in Bid to Attract More Blockchain Developers to Platform

The blockchain infrastructure startup says easy access to developer services helps projects "unfold at a higher velocity."

Alchemy staffers pose for a team photo.

Tech

Bitcoin Development Boost: FTX Is Donating $450K to Brink

Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange is committing to a three-year sponsorship of the coding nonprofit.

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Finance

Biconomy Raises $9M to Make Building Dapps Easier for Developers

Coinbase Ventures and Huobi Innovation Labs were among the investors.

Biconomy staffers pose for a photo.

Tech

Coinbase’s Bison Trails Adds Developer Tool for Solana Blockchain

The network is now among the 20 or so supported by Bison Trails’ “Query & Transact” product.

Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz.

Tech

Okcoin Awards $100K Grant to Bitcoin Development Non-Profit Brink

The grants allow more developers to maintain and support Bitcoin’s codebase.

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Tech

BitMEX, Human Rights Foundation Award Bitcoin Developer Grants Worth $150K

South Korea-based Calvin Kim works primarily on the bitcoin scaling project Utreexo.

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