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The Protocol
Every Wednesday
Exploring the tech behind crypto one block at a time.
Protocol Village: DWF Launches $20M Fund for Web3 Projects in Chinese-Speaking Regions
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 27-July 3.

The Protocol: 'Private Jet Brandization' Is One Way Polkadot Burnt Cash
Crypto twitterati showed no mercy as Polkadot published a transparency report detailing spending on $87 million of DOT tokens – a lot of it on marketing. PLUS blockchain tech news and project highlights from the past week.

The Protocol: Blast's $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin's Mt. Gox Moment
In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we're covering $100 million of fundraisings, project updates from Solana and other teams, complaints over LayerZero's "pay-to-claim" airdrop and nervousness surrounding the Mt. Gox bitcoin distribution.

Protocol Village: Algorand Foundation Positions New 'LiquidAuth' as Decentralized WalletConnect
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.

The Protocol
In this week's abbreviated issue of The Protocol, we're chronicling the apparent doxing of 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli as the driver behind the recently-but-no-longer mooning $DJT token, plus the SEC's apparent retreat on probing the Ethereum developer Consensys.

Protocol Village: Arcana Announces 'Chain Abstraction Protocol' to Remove 'Complexities of Bridging'
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 13-19.

Protocol Village: Aethir, for Sourcing GPUs, Launches Decentralized Cloud on Ethereum
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For June 10 - June 12.

The Protocol: How Optimism Filled in Its Missing Tooth
In this week's newsletter, we delve into the Ethereum layer-2 network Optimism's delivery of "fault proofs," a piece of functionality that was glaringly missing even though it was at the heart of the project's security setup.

The Protocol: Another Episode in the Layer-2 Teams Drama
We take a look at what unfolded after Matter Labs’ planned to trademark the term “ZK.”

Protocol Village: Coinbase Launches Passkey-Based 'Smart Wallet,' Alchemy Unveils 'Rollups,' Fleek Releases Testnet
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For May 28- June 7.
