Latest from Bradley Keoun
Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin and Lending
Bitcoin’s emergence in collateral structures has the potential to revolutionize the lending landscape. Its ability to mitigate credit risk amid escalating uncertainties highlights its transformative power.
Coinbase-Backed Vega Gets Into Prediction-Market Race, Chasing Polymarket
A major upgrade to Vega's blockchain and decentralized perpetuals exchange will allow users to bet on the outcomes of future events.
The Protocol: Death Cross, Dip Buying and Developer Nerves
Bitcoin swooned, and crypto markets followed. Should blockchain-project founders and developers be worried? PLUS: We break down Ronin Network's $12 million run-in with white-hat hackers.
Protocol Village: Metis Decentralized Sequencer Onboards Hashkey, EVM Explorer Blockscout Raises $3M
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 1-7.
WiFi Provider Andrena Raises $18M to Offer Decentralized Broadband
The fundraising for the DePIN-based project – destined for launch on the Solana blockchain – was led by Dragonfly, with participation from CMT Digital, Castle Island Ventures and Wintermute Ventures
Crypto for Advisors: Crypto and Politics in the U.S.
The combination of political support, institutional adoption and favorable economic policies sets the stage for a potentially significant upward trajectory.
The Protocol: Bitcoin Gets Political as U.S. Government Ponders Airdrops
In this week's issue of CoinDesk's newsletter on blockchain tech, we examine U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis's call for a national "Bitcoin Strategic Reserve." We've also got photos from the Bitcoin Nashville conference, where it seemed like nearly everyone was talking about staple-gunning layer-2 networks onto the original blockchain.
It's a Different Sort of Olympics as Cryptographers Face Off in Polyhedra's 'Proof Arena'
This team of cryptographers claimed their "prover" – a key component of many blockchain systems – was faster than anyone else's. Now they've built a platform they say will provide transparent benchmarking for anyone who wants to compare the various options out there.
Protocol Village: Radix Launches 'RadQuest,' Eclipse Mainnet Opens to Builders
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 25-31.
U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to Be Funded Partly by Revaluing Fed's Gold, Draft Bill Shows
The office of Senator Cynthia Lummis, who proposed the strategic reserve at the Bitcoin Nashville conference on Saturday, shared a draft of the legislation with CoinDesk.
