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The Significance of User-Owned AI and NEAR Protocol's Emphasis on Practical Applications

NEAR’s co-founder Illia Polosukhin shares the need to shift from corporate-owned AI to models that benefit individuals and communities.


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Sui as a Global Coordination Layer for Intelligent Assets
Sui as a Global Coordination Layer for Intelligent Assets

The Major Narrative in the Blockchain Space | Interoperability
The Major Narrative in the Blockchain Space | Interoperability

High Stakes | Intense Competition Among Layer Two Solutions
High Stakes | Intense Competition Among Layer Two Solutions

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Runes |  A Degenerate Casino on the Bitcoin Blockchain Creative

Rootstock: Bringing the Ethereum Virtual Machine to Bitcoin
Rootstock: Bringing the Ethereum Virtual Machine to Bitcoin

Polygon | Building a Unified Environment for Value and Liquidity
Polygon | Building a Unified Environment for Value and Liquidity

Eigenlayer's Blueprint for a Decentralized Trust Network
Eigenlayer's Blueprint for a Decentralized Trust Network

Solana: Its Meme Coin Craze, Growth and Vision With CEO Anatoly Yakovenko
Solana: Its Meme Coin Craze, Growth and Vision With CEO Anatoly Yakovenko

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The Protocol: Vana Introduces Token Standard for Data-Backed Assets

Also: Manufacturers are building ASICs that look like servers.

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The Protocol: Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live

Also: Hyperliquid Eases Token Transfers for DeFi With Integration Between HyperCore and HyperEVM; Celo Migration to Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing in New Era for the Blockchain; Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

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The Protocol: Meet Hoodi, Ethereum’s New Testnet

Also: Microsoft Raises Alarm of Malware Targeting Crypto Wallets; Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol; Sam Altman's World and Razer Want to Defeat Gaming's Bot Problem.

Robot Couple

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes, Finally

Also: Starknet Settles to Bitcoin And Ethereum, Danny Ryan’s New Mission from Ethereum’s Engine Room to Wall Street, And Japanese Tech Giants Sony and LINE Join Forces

Rocket Ship Outer Space

The Protocol: The Second Buggy Test for Upcoming Ethereum Upgrade 'Pectra' Could Lead to a Delayed Mainnet Hard Fork

Also: Plus: EF gets new leadership; layer-2 BOB and Fireblocks integrate; new MetaMask roadmap.

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The Protocol: Ethereum’s Pectra Goes Live on Testnet

Also: Avalanche Visa card launched; EF executive director leaving; hackers using fake GitHub to steal bitcoin.

Hands Mosh

The Protocol: Story Protocol Launches Its IP-Focused Blockchain

Also: Ethereum developers release “Open Intents Framework,’ Monad & Orderly Join Forces, and Crypto’s Most Influential Investor?

Open Book

The Protocol: Can Based Rollups Solve Ethereum’s Layer-2 Problem?

Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain

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The Protocol: Ethereum’s Wall Street Cheerleader

Also: Arbitrum integrates Bitcoin; UBS tests ZKSync for gold

Wall Street street sign

The Protocol: Movement Labs Develops Dev Mainnet

Also: SSV DAO Unveils “SSV 2.0”; Cardano Hard Fork

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