World Liberty, Crypto Project Helmed by Donald Trump's Family, Will Release on Sept. 16
World Liberty Finance is helmed by Trump’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr, and the 18-year-old Barron Trump is the project's "DeFi visionary.”

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Amps Up Pressure on Layer-2 Networks to Decentralize Further
In 2022, Buterin proposed a set of stages for rollups, to classify them in their pursuit of decentralization. The criteria is meant to showcase that rollups tend to rely on “training wheels” and deploy their protocols to users before it's ready to fully decentralize.

Protocol Village: Oracle Platform DIA Introduces 'Lumina,' HashKey Cloud Helps Decentralize Metis Sequencer
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 5-11.

Are Ethereum Staking Yields Too High?
As staking grows in popularity through liquid staking derivatives, there is a need to better quantify staking returns for different platforms and how they change over time, says Marcin Kazmierczak, co-founder and coo, RedStone.

Ethereum Foundation's Main Wallet Down to About $650M, Top Official Says
As recently as March 2022 – when the price of Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), was higher – the foundation's treasury held about $1.3 billion of ETH.

Protocol Village: Food DePIN Bistroo Moves to Peaq, ApeChain Releases 'The Blueprint'
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 29-Sept. 4.

Switzerland’s Fourth-Biggest Bank ZKB Offers Retail Customers Bitcoin and Ether
ZKB’s new service also allows other Swiss banks to offer customers the trading and custody of cryptocurrencies, with Thurgauer Kantonalbank being the first partner bank to use the service.

Solving Fragmentation Is Next Blockchain Race as Layer 2s Multiply, ZKsync Developer Says
Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski told CoinDesk in an interview that fragmentation among layer-2 networks is the next big challenge the blockchain space needs to tackle.

Protocol Village: Sony-Backed Soneium Blockchain Launches Testnet, Peaq Powers Drone Network
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 22-28.

BlackRock Lists Ethereum ETF on Brazilian Stock Exchange
The company earlier this year listed its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF in the South American country.
