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The Protocol
Every Wednesday
Exploring the tech behind crypto one block at a time.
Protocol Village: Chainlink CCIP to Power New 'FIX-Native Blockchain Adapter' With Rapid Addition
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.

The Protocol: Analyzing Runes Impact as Bitcoin Fee Bonanza Fades
Last week's Bitcoin halving came and went – just as Satoshi Nakamoto programmed it. But the big surprise was the fast uptake of Casey Rodarmor's new Runes protocol, his second big hit on the original blockchain in two years.

Protocol Village: Alchemy Launches 'Pipelines' to Streamline How Blockchain Engineers Extract Data
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 18-24.

The Protocol: Bitcoin Halving Spectacular, With Runes, 'Epic Sat,' Stacks Nakamoto
Unlike the last Bitcoin halving, a ho-hum affair where Covid-locked-down gawkers had little choice but to tune into livestreamed watch parties, the upcoming Bitcoin halving comes with project launches, competitions and IRL celebrations in Denver and Costa Rica.

Protocol Village: Lido Launches 'Simple DVT Module' With Distributed Validator Technology
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17.

The Protocol: How to Engineer Harder Money, or Just Make Your Own
Bitcoin's supply growth is set to automatically drop by 50% when next week's "halving" arrives, Ethereum is pondering a cut in ETH issuance, and meme coin issuers are just no-holds-barred spinning up new ones. Blockchain tech is enabling all sorts of monetary strategies.

Protocol Village: Nomic Unveils Bitcoin Liquid Staking Token 'stBTC' Using Babylon Technology
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 4-10.

Protocol Village: Cosmos-Based Picasso Network Claims to Enable First IBC-Ethereum Connection
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3.

The Protocol: Using the Money Printer
If you have the money printer – as is the case for many of the blockchain projects with the power to create their own digital tokens – why wouldn't you use it? PLUS: Vitalik Buterin riffs on meme coin and Ethereum's new "blob market."

The Protocol: Meme Coins (and Pepe's Best Friend) Swarm Coinbase Layer 2 Chain
The meme coin frenzy that drove up activity – and failed transactions – on Solana appears to have quickly migrated to Base, Coinbase's six-month-old layer-2 blockchain. Who is the blue-faced creature behind the $BRETT token?
