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The Protocol: Bitcoin Censorship, or Just 'Spam Filtering?'

In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we're highlight blockchain developers named in CoinDesk's Most Influential list just out, including Blockstream's Lisa Neigut, Polygon's Jordi Baylina, Base's Jesse Pollak and Optimism's Karl Floersch.

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Technologies

Protocol Village: ARPA's Random Number Generator Launches on Base

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 23-29, with live updates throughout.

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

Technologies

The Protocol: It's Crypto Spring, as Smart Contract Platform Index Jumps Most in 10 Months

The CoinDesk Smart-Contract Platform Index (SMT) saw a significant 19% increase in November, led by surges in Sei's SEI and Axelar's AXL tokens.

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Technologies

The Protocol: CZ's out, Altman's in, and Kraken's Sued

CZ is out at Binance, Altman is back in at OpenAI, Kraken is Sued and HTX is Hacked in a whirlwind week for crypto and tech.

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Technologies

Protocol Village: Serenity Shield Launches 'StrongBox' for Data Storage, Inheritance Transfers

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 16-22, with live updates throughout.

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

Technologies

The Protocol: Ethereum Layer-2s Keep Coming as OKX Apes In

In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we look at a few growing trends, including blockchain development marked by the expansion of Ethereum's layer-2 networks, the increased use of zero-knowledge cryptography and the Bitcoin blockchain's new support for tokens, smart contracts and file hosting.

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Technologies

Protocol Village: UBS, SBI, DBS Complete 'World's First' in Blockchain-Based Cross-Border Repo

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 9-15, with live updates throughout.

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

Technologies

Protocol Village: Fidelity Acknowledges Risk of Bug in Bitcoin's Code

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 2-8, with live updates throughout.

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

Technologies

The Protocol: Kraken Awakens – as Ethereum L2 Candidate

In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we look into how Kraken is reportedly considering launching its own layer-2 blockchain, following Coinbase's recent launch of a similar network, amidst a broader trend of companies creating Ethereum-based transaction solutions.

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Technologies

Protocol Village: Neon EVM (on Solana) Announces Integration With DeBridge's

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 26-Nov. 1, with live updates throughout.

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