Protocols


Finance

DeFi Protocol Synapse Responds to Selling Pressure With 17% Bounce

Synapse's SYN token recovered its losses after 9 million were sold by a liquidity provider identified as Nima Capital by the protocol.

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Tech

‘Distributed Validator Technology’ Marks Last Key Milestone in Ethereum’s Current Era

The technology known as DVT involves splitting a validator's private key across several node operators. The goal is to increase the network's resilience – while also protect the individual validators – by reducing single points of failure.

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Finance

Blockchain-Based, AI Compute Protocol Gensyn Closes $43M Series A Funding Round Led by a16z

The capital infusion comes as interest in AI surges. Gensyn said it would use the money to accelerate the start of the protocol and expand its workforce.

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Markets

Crypto’s Path to Wall Street Could Get Easier With New Plumbing

The FIX Protocol has added support for the Digital Token Identifier (DTI) to simplify and standardize communication for trading digital assets.

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Finance

DeFi Protocol Balancer Cuts Budget, Slashes Headcount Ahead of Strategy Pivot

The protocol’s service providers have let go of two front-end engineers as they focus on overhauling the platform’s brand. 

Ratings company S&P Global has started ranking stablecoins' ability to hold their pegs. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)

Finance

Let’s Talk About Crypto Protocol Layers and Why Investors Must Examine Them

They’re the overflow rooms for the bustling Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems.

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Finance

Superchain Network Raises $4M to Build Decentralized Data Indexing Protocol

The $4 million combined seed and pre-seed round included participation from Blockchain Capital, Maven 11 and other investors.

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Tech

Bitcoin's Lightning Network Could Be Getting a Privacy Upgrade

One new standard being developed by Blockstream is already running on the company’s Core Lightning implementation.

Soluciones como BOLT 12 podrían poner más privacidad en manos de los usuarios de la red Lightning. (Adrian Tudor/500px/Getty Images)

Opinion

Which Web 3 Protocols Are Most Likely to Succeed? A VC Suggests a Common Thread

The protocols most likely to become valuable are popular but also have features that cannot be replicated.

A venture capitalist pinpoints common characteristics of successful Web 3 protocols. (David Bruyndonck/Unsplash)

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