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Tech

Snapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop Starknet

Snapshot X, the new governance protocol, makes use of storage proofs – a cryptographic feature that StarkWare, the primary developer of Starknet, has helped innovate and embraced.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Videos

Fed Chair Powell on Elevated Inflation; Could Trump's Crypto Enthusiasm Help Win Votes?

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that elevated inflation is not the only risk faced by the economy. Plus, layer-2 network Starknet will open staking on its ecosystem by the end of 2024, and will former President Donald Trump's recent embrace of crypto win him more votes?

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Tech

Starknet, Layer-2 Chain on Ethereum, to Open Staking By End of Year

If approved by the community, staking could come to the mainnet by the end of 2024.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Markets

Uniswap, Starknet, BNB Lead Altcoin Gains as Bitcoin Hits $71K

Seventeen of the twenty assets in the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) booked gains, underscoring the uptrend in the broader crypto market.

Uniswap (UNI) price on June 4 (CoinDesk)

Tech

Layer-2 Network Starknet Gets Ethereum Virtual Machine With Zero-Knowledge Proofs

The zkEVM, called Kakarot, already in testing, will be available via the Starknet Stack.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, speaking at ETHDenver on Thursday. (Danny Nelson)

Tech

Avail Data Availability Integrated by Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, ZkSync

The chains' users will be able to opt in or out to use Avail for data availability, to stash the reams of data produced for all their transactions taking place.

Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)

Tech

Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans 'Parallel Execution' to Mimic Solana's Speed Feature

The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project road map for the second quarter, released Wednesday.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, speaking at ETHDenver on Thursday. (Danny Nelson)

Tech

Debating Dencun: Will Ethereum's Big Update Help or Harm the Network?

While Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap could help the ecosystem reach new levels of scale, some developers think relying on third parties to improve access to Ethereum could backfire.

Ethereum Foundation's Tim Beiko joined The Protocol podcast to discuss the implications of the Dencun upgrade. (CoinDesk, modified using PhotoMosh)

Tech

Ethereum Fees Set to Drop for Arbitrum, Polygon, Starknet, Base. But How Much?

Leading figures behind layer-2 teams told CoinDesk how Ethereum's upcoming Dencun upgrade will affect their networks – and costs.

Steven Goldfeder, CEO of Offchain Labs, the primary developer behind Arbitrum, speaks Thursday at ETHDenver. (Danny Nelson)

Tech

StarkWare Unveils New 'Stwo' Cryptographic Prover That's 'Blazingly Fast'

The upgraded prover should lead to faster and cheaper transactions, according to StarkWare. The news comes just a week after StarkWare and Polygon announced Circle STARKS, a new type of cryptographic proof.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, speaking at ETHDenver on Thursday. (Danny Nelson)