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CarnationFM: A Decentralized Radio Playing Songs With Encrypted Hidden Messages

CarnationFM emerged from EthBerlin 2024 and won the award for Best Social Impact.

16:9 A mix of volunteers and hackers at EthBerlin playing music. 
Image Courtesy: Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk Date: May 2024

Technologies

Protocol Village: Tezos-Focused Trilitech Building Prototype of 'Jstz' as JavaScript-Based L2

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 5-10.

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)

Marchés

Staked Ether Close to All-Time High as ETF Approval Nears

Polymarket bettors give a 90% chance that ether ETFs will be approved by July 26.

Ethereum (ethereum.org)

Technologies

Top Crypto VC Says Ex-General Partner Made Undisclosed Side Deal With Portfolio Company

Polychain says Niraj Pant broke the fund's policies by secretly accepting "adviser" tokens from Eclipse.

Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant (Ritual)

Technologies

Sam Altman’s Layer-2 Blockchain Project, World Chain, Opens to Developers

This means that select developers can apply to build, test, and give feedback to Tools For Humanity, the developer firm behind Worldcoin, according to a press release shared with CoinDesk.

Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)

Technologies

Blockchain Startup Rome Raises $9M to Serve Ethereum Layer-2s Through Solana

Shared sequencers and data availability (DA) are services that Rome could provide, as blockchain builders increasingly rely on "modular" networks to handle Ethereum's myriad components and functions.

Rome co-founders Anil Kumar and Sattvik Kansal (Rome)

Marchés

Ethereum ICO-Era Stalwart Golem Sent $100M Ether to Exchanges in the Past Month

The protocol was one of the first ICOs on Ethereum, raising $8.6 million worth of ether in 29 minutes and setting the precedent for thousands of other ICOs in the years since.

Ledn's Mauricio Di Bartolomeo argues that the crypto lending industry can rebuild trust following a disastrous 2022. (Mathieu Stern/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

CoinDesk 20 Down 7%, Bitcoin Sinks by 5% as Asia Trading Week Begins

Nearly $175 million in long liquidations as broader market contracts

(CoinDesk Indices)

Technologies

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.

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)