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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Consensus EasyA Hackathon Winners: AI Agents, Gaming, Trading, Payments, NFT Platforms

Hackathon for Consensus Hong Kong brought out some of the most innovative the early stage projects that could drive the Web3 world forward.

Consensus HK EasyA Hackathon (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Markets

Berachain to Roll Out Its Mainnet This Week

The blockchain is humorously set to launch in "Q5,” a non-existent quarter beyond Q4.

Markets are forming a bottom according to Tom Lee (Shutterstock)

Tech

Ethereum L2s Are About to Hit a Brick Wall: Polynomial Protocol Founder

Sustained demand for Layer 2s could quickly deplete the available blob capacity. The impending Pectra upgrade only kicks the can down the road, Polynomial's co-founder said.

Brick wall. (Michael_Laut/Pixabay)

Tech

The Protocol: Bitcoin Bridged Trustlessly to L2; Ethereum's Blob Mob

Also: Avalanche's big upgrade; rollups welcome Beam Chain

Network solutions - blue

Tech

Protocol Village: Pulse, Web3 Health Tech Startup, Closes $1.8M Pre-Seed Round

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 7-13.

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Tech

Protocol Village: MultiversX Reports That Tech Enthusiast Set Up Testnet Node on Smartphone

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 31-Nov. 6.

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Tech

The Protocol: Crypto Fundraising, Job Losses, Juicy Payouts, Grants for Devs

In this week's issue of The Protocol, our newsletter on blockchain tech, we're covering the Optimism's $42.5M token pledge to Kraken, crypto VC funding, grants for Bitcoin open-source developers, and Polymarket's (negligible) impact on Polygon's bottom line.

Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov presents at SmartCon in Hong Kong on Wednesday. (Chainlink)

Tech

Protocol Village: Starknet Claims to Shatter Transaction Speed Record Among Ethereum Layer-2 Networks

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 24-30.

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Tech

Protocol Village: Blockchain Key Manager Cubist, Led by Carnegie Mellon Prof, Launches Bridge-Security System 'Bascule'

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 17-23.

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Tech

Protocol Village: Team Behind Mento, EVM for Stable Assets on Celo, Raises $10M, Publishes Roadmap

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 10-16.

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