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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.

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Finance

Bitcoin Ordinals Wallet Oyl Raises $3M With Arthur Hayes, BRC-20 Creator Domo Among Investors

Multiple Ethereum NFT funds were also among the backers, marking their first investment in a Bitcoin-focused company

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Markets

Bitcoin Inscriptions Divide BTC Community Amid Network Congestion, but Are 'Unstoppable'

As unconfirmed transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain rise, Luke Dashjr, a prominent developer pledges that Ordinal Inscriptions are a 'bug' that will be fixed.

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Finance

Bitcoin-Focused Ordinals Project Taproot Wizards Raises $7.5M in Seed Round

Taproot Wizards, which describes itself as "magic internet JPEGs", offers a collection of Microsoft Paint images of wizards harking back to a 2013 bitcoin meme: "magic internet money."

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Tech

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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Tech

3 Greenshoot Sectors in the Blockchain Space

From “AI x blockchain” and zero-knowledge proofs to Bitcoin ordinal projects, there are plenty of bright spots in the Web3 ecosystem, despite the market volatility and regulatory problems of the last few months, says Paul Veradittakit, managing partner at Pantera Capital.

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Web3

Nike Trips Up .SWOOSH Launch While Bitcoin NFTs Soar

Nike’s .SWOOSH NFT drop was filled with missteps, while a Bitcoin NFT collection topped the charts and NFT lending is gaining momentum.

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Michael Saylor Looking at Bitcoin Ordinals for App Development: Decrypt

MicroStrategy co-founder and crypto proponent Michael Saylor said his software company is interested in Bitcoin Ordinals and examining the potential of the protocol for application development, according to Decrypt. "The Hash" panel discusses Saylor's latest Bitcoin bet.

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Former Bitcoin Core Developer Jeff Garzik on Future of Web3 and Entertainment

NextCypher Productions founder and Bloq co-founder Jeff Garzik discusses his expectations for NFT NYC 2023 and his outlook for the future of Web3 in the entertainment space. Garzik, who was also a Bitcoin core developer, shares his insights on the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization breaking above $30,000 and his take on Bitcoin Ordinals.

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Bitcoin Ordinals Explained: How To Make Your First Bitcoin NFT

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are widely known as Ethereum-based tokens. But now, there’s a new way to create NFTs on the Bitcoin mainnet. Metagood CEO Danny Yang, who inscribed one of the first collections of 10,000 NFTs on Bitcoin, explains how Ordinal NFTs work and what’s next for this innovation.

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