Protocol Village: KuCoin Labs Invests in ISSP for Sui-Based Inscription Protocol
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 21-Jan. 3. (EDITOR'S NOTE: We will be taking much-needed time off around the end of the year, so updates will be less frequent. Happy holidays!)

EigenLabs CEO on Jump in User Deposits
EigenLabs founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan joins CoinDesk TV to discuss EigenLayer recording an increase in user deposits which recently reached around $1 billion. EigenLabs is the organization behind EigenLayer, a blockchain protocol considered a pioneer in the Ethereum ecosystem known for restaking and cross-chain security.

EigenLabs CEO on Building Decentralized Trust Network
EigenLabs founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan joins CoinDesk TV to discuss decentralized trust. Plus, insights on "native restaking," which is a method that allows protocols without native tokens to build new services within the existing Ethereum network.

Protocol Village: Lyra V2 Builds Custom Chain on Optimism's OP Stack
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 14-Dec. 20, with live updates throughout.

The Protocol: Blockchain Tech Predictions for 2024, Er… Best Guesses
Why not try? At least? Check out The Protocol's FIRST ANNUAL list of blockchain tech predictions for the coming year. ALSO: Ledger hack sows DeFi discord while Ordinals "NFTs on Bitcoin" activity produces Bitcoin fee spike and a lucrative surprise at Sotheby's.

Blockchain Tech Predictions for 2024, From Experts at Ripple, Coinbase, a16z, Starknet
We assembled 10 new year's predictions for blockchain tech trends and developments, from the experts. They might be right.

Lido Tests of 'Distributed Validator Technology' Portend 2024 Decentralization Push
A big selling point of blockchain networks is that they are "decentralized." But just a few validators, including those run by Lido, have gradually amassed a lion's share of the power over the dominant smat-contracts blockchain, Ethereum. One idea is to decentralize the validators themselves.

Metis, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Creates $100M Fund as Decentralized Sequencer Launch Nears
The distribution of funds is planned for the first quarter of 2024, and supposed to occur a week after Metis' decentralized sequencer will go live.

Polygon Stops Work on 'Edge,' Used to Build Dogechain, as Focus Turns to ZK
Polygon Labs, a developer of scaling networks for Ethereum, has shifted toward "Polygon CDK," a blockchain-development kit powered by zero-knowledge cryptography. The older "Polygon Edge" was used by Dogechain, in an unofficial effort to build a Dogecoin-oriented smart-contracts network.

Arbitrum Throws Hat In Ring for Celo's Migration to Layer-2 Blockchain
Celo originally planned to build its Ethereum layer-2 network with Optimism's OP Stack. Then Polygon and Matter Labs pitched their stacks. Now, Arbitrum, the biggest layer-2, wants in on the bake-off.
