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Protocol Village: Stripchain, Intent-Based Interoperability Protocol, Raises $10M

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 16-22.

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

Tech

The Protocol: EIGEN Riches Tempt Ethereum Devs, Even as ETF Approval Nears

There's been tension among members of the Ethereum developer community – even though the ETH price is mooning due to growing anticipation that U.S. regulators might give the green light to spot ether ETFs.

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Consensus Magazine

What to Expect at Consensus 2024: Spotlight on Blockchain Tech

The three-day conference (May 29-31) features a host of big-name speakers from the realm of blockchain tech, including Sergey Nazarov, Casey Rodarmor, Joe Lubin, Emin Gün Sirer and Rune Christensen. Here is a preview of everything on offer.

Cosmos co-founder and Informal Systems CEO Ethan Buchman is scheduled to speak on the "bitcoinization of Cosmos" at Consensus 2024. (Bradley Keoun)

Tech

The Protocol: Lido Backers vs EigenLayer

In this week's issue, we've got the scoop on a new possible rival to restaking pioneer EigenLayer. PLUS Are meme coins an investable asset class? With the latest Runes data and $70M of project fundraisings.

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Tech

Protocol Village: Cyber, Formerly CyberConnect, Unveils Social-Focused Layer 2 on OP Stack

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 9-15.

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

Tech

Protocol Village: Omni Launches Open-Source EVM Framework 'Octane' With Sub-Second Finality

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.

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

Tech

The Protocol: From 'Node Sales' to 'Address Poisoning,' the Money's in Crypto

In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we dive into the crypto industry's fundraising method du jour – it's all about the decentralization! PLUS: Polyhedra says its ZK prover is 2x faster than anyone else's.

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