Blockchain


Opinion

Crypto for Advisors: AI + Blockchain + Crypto

Blockchain is the key to unlocking a scalable, ethical, and user-focused AI economy, addressing critical barriers like resource demands, ethical concerns, and proof of humanhood.

AI agent tokens has garnered significant mindshare among crypto traders, growing into a multibillion dollar asset class. (Getty Images/Unsplash)

Tech

The Protocol: Bitcoin Gets a DEX, Union Labs Gets $12M

Also: Justin Drake on Ethereum's Beam Chain … and Solana

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Markets

Institutions Go All In on Crypto: Sygnum Survey Reveals 57% Respondents Plan to Boost Allocations

A notable 65% of the survey respondents are bullish long-term, with 63% mulling more allocation to digital assets in the next three to six months.

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Tech

Protocol Village: Pulse, Web3 Health Tech Startup, Closes $1.8M Pre-Seed Round

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 7-13.

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Tech

The Protocol: Reinvent Ethererum, and Just Don't Break Bitcoin

In founding editor Bradley Keoun's last issue of The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain technology, we're covering Trump's DOGE whistle and the slew of announcements from the big Ethereum conference Devcon in Bangkok.

Will Foxley opens OP_NEXT (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin Developers Working With StarkWare, Blockstream Claim Breakthrough on New Features

The prestigious team of developers say that the new method for adding "covenants," while still in need of refinement, could bring greater programmability to the Bitcoin blockchain without requiring a notoriously difficult-to-pass upgrade known as a soft fork.

Figure from the just-published paper (Heilman, Kolobov, Levy, Poelstra)

Tech

The Protocol: Elections, Schmections. Blockchain's Got Work to Do

The blockchain industry might get a boost as former U.S. President Donald Trump wins a second term, promising to keep his promises, including a long list of Bitcoin- and crypto-related pledges.

Hubert Rachwalski

Tech

Protocol Village: MultiversX Reports That Tech Enthusiast Set Up Testnet Node on Smartphone

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 31-Nov. 6.

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Markets

Long Bitcoin Short Solana Preferred Tactical Trade Heading Into U.S. Election: 10X Research

Daily transaction fees on Solana have cooled significantly from record highs reached last month, providing bearish cues to the SOL token.

A person looking at multiple trading screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Tech

Protocol Village: Starknet Claims to Shatter Transaction Speed Record Among Ethereum Layer-2 Networks

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 24-30.

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