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The Protocol: Polymarket Bets Pay Off as Memecoin Memorializes 'Dwebate'

[Sep 11 6:00 PM] Crypto wasn't even mentioned during Tuesday's U.S. presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. But there was a parallel universe of often-ridiculous trading around the faceoff – taking place on…

Ford, Toyota double down on blockchain as driverless car tech stagnates

[Sep 11 5:37 PM] The automakers led the field in blockchain technology patent filings for Q2 2024.

Osmosis Launches Cross-Chain Token Portal 'Polaris,' Expanding Beyond Cosmos Roots

[Sep 11 1:00 PM] Polaris is described as a "token portal" aimed at solving one of decentralized finance's biggest challenges: fragmented user experience.

PayPal, Venmo to Accept ENS's Human-Readable Blockchain Names

[Sep 10 4:00 PM] The news could signal a renewed interest from traditional payment platforms in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.

Polygon to Buy $5M of Servers With Computer Chips Devoted to Zero-Knowledge Cryptography

[Sep 10 1:00 PM] The purchase is part of a deal with hardware maker Fabric, that is also producing custom zero-knowledge chips for Polygon's AggLayer.

Coinbase Layer-2 Success Shows Power of Marketing Over Cutting-Edge Tech

[Sep 10 6:00 AM]

Ether.Fi to Launch Visa 'Cash' Card on Scroll Network

[Sep 9 1:02 PM] The credit card from Ether.fi will reward 3% cash-back and let users borrow money against their crypto collateral.

Snapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop Starknet

[Sep 9 9:30 AM] Snapshot X, the new governance protocol, makes use of storage proofs – a cryptographic feature that StarkWare, the primary developer of Starknet, has helped innovate and embraced.

Elon Musk: ‘first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years’ 

[Sep 8 6:00 PM] He says crewed missions will begin within 4-6 years depending on whether certain economic and technological challenges can be overcome.

Ethereum Foundation's Main Wallet Down to About $650M, Top Official Says

[Sep 6 4:31 PM]

Blockchain experiment results in swarm of decentralized learning robots 

[Sep 5 9:04 PM] The research focused on securing the machines against physical and cyber-attack while maintaining their decentralized learning capabilities.

Protocol Village: Livepeer Powered Burning Man Webcast, Euler Returns After $200M+ Exploit

[Sep 5 5:13 PM]

Stop giving your DNA data away for free to 23andMe, says Genomes.io CEO

[Sep 5 11:00 AM] Genomes.io CEO Aldo de Pape tells The Agenda podcast that customers should be wary about giving away their DNA data for free, as its true value is astronomical.

The Protocol: The Secret Code Behind Trump Family Crypto Project

[Sep 4 6:50 PM] In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly newsletter on blockchain tech, we've got the secret details underpinning the former president's plan for World Liberty Financial, as well as the rankings of which tokens performed the least-poorly in ugly…

Polygon Begins Token Swap, in Move to Allow More Issuance

[Sep 4 8:00 AM] The migration from POL to MATIC will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2%.

Polygon to Start Much-Awaited Swap of POL Token for Longstanding MATIC

[Sep 3 9:08 PM] The migration from POL to MATIC will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2%.

DeFi Protocol Penpie Exploited for $27M of Crypto Assets; PNP Token Craters 40%

[Sep 3 8:43 PM] Crypto users lost some $2 billion due to hacks, scams and exploits throughout 2023, one report said.

Report Disputes EIP-1559’s Role in Ethereum’s ‘Ultrasound Money’ Narrative

[Sep 3 3:30 PM] Mark Odayan, head of research at 2077 Research, asserts that Ethereum’s EIP-1559 should not be equated with the concept of “Ultrasound Money.” Odayan’s insights aim to clarify the transaction fee mechanism introduced by EIP-1559…

Ripple Will Soon Add Ethereum Compatible Smart Contracts to XRP Ledger

[Sep 3 12:01 PM] The contracts will exist on a sidechain built on XRPL, developers said in a Tuesday post.

Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Goes Live, Introducing On-Chain Governance

[Sep 1 9:45 PM] The highly anticipated upgrade markes the ecosystem's long-planned shift towards decentralized governance.

Windows previews ‘Intelligent Media Search’ that transcribes videos and audio

[Sep 1 9:17 PM] The feature could be very useful, but privacy analysts have raised concerns over its reach. 

Area 51 for AI? US gov secures early access to cutting edge models

[Sep 1 5:13 PM] It’s unclear whether the government would be required to inform the general public in the event an AI model becomes sentient.

Anthropic CEO says future of AI is a hive-mind with a corporate structure

[Aug 31 6:47 PM] Even artificial workers can’t escape the bureaucracy.

Physics for fintech: How quantum AI can make humans better crypto traders

[Aug 31 5:26 PM] Scientists are using quantum algorithms to uncover new insights into how our brains learn and apply information.

OpenAI to expand ‘capped for-profit’ status to woo whale investors — report

[Aug 30 9:06 PM] The change comes amid reports the firm plans to hold an investment round at a valuation of more than $100 billion. 

Hate speech and deepfakes threaten democracy and peace — UN secretary general

[Aug 30 7:36 PM] The United Nations says the focus is on artificial intelligence for 2024’s “Day of Democracy.”

ChatGPT may already have more monthly users than Netflix

[Aug 29 8:43 PM] OpenAI says the chatbot has doubled its user count over the last year to more than 200 million per week.

Blockchain Developer Alchemy Buys BWare, Pushing Into Europe, Adding About 25% to Staff

[Aug 29 3:00 PM] Company officials told CoinDesk this was its biggest acquisition to date, bringing on 42 developers and engineers from the Bware team and increasing Alchemy's headcount to 210.

Bitcoin Layer-2 Network Stacks Begins Nakamoto Upgrade

[Aug 28 9:44 PM]

Nvidia Q2 revenue beats expectations in record-setting boost to AI sector

[Aug 28 9:20 PM]  The company expects next quarter to be even better with improvement projected across nearly every vertical.