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Big Tech produced more carbon since 2019 than all Bitcoin mining ever

[Jul 3 10:24 AM] U.S. tech firms made huge commitments to “net zero” carbon emissions — but that was before ChatGPT hit the scene.

Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology

[Jul 3 7:00 AM] As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing field of "distributed validator technology," or DVT.

Bittensor’s TAO Slides 15% After $8M Wallet Drain Attack

[Jul 2 11:56 PM] The blockchain was paused early Wednesday to contain the exploit, with security researchers suspecting a private key leakage.

Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Considering Going Nuclear

[Jul 2 9:27 AM] Massive demand for energy from high performance computing and artificial intelligence firms is changing the landscape in terms of power stability, the company’s CTO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

Bitcoin Could Get Ethereum-Style Restaking as Startup Lombard Raises $16M

[Jul 2 8:00 AM] Lombard is partnering with staking startup Babylon to let users earn interest for "restaking" with Bitcoin – using the asset to secure other crypto networks.

Pi Squared, Building 'Universal ZK Circuit', Raises $12.5M

[Jul 2 8:00 AM] The startup, led by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign computer science professor, uses zero-knowledge technology to enable “trustless remote computing" along with other blockchain use cases including AI.

RedStone, Blockchain Oracle Project Pushing Into Restaking, Raises $15M

[Jul 2 8:00 AM] The fresh round of capital will go towards hiring new team members, according to a press release.

South Korea’s 2nd largest chipmaker to invest $75B in AI through 2028

[Jun 30 2:30 PM] The investment comes after a March commitment to spend $90 billion on a chip fabrication facility near Seoul.

Zambia Working on Establishing an AI Framework, Says Minister

[Jun 30 1:39 AM] Zambia has reportedly initiated a process to establish an artificial intelligence framework and is collaborating with the Tony Blair Institute to formulate an artificial intelligence strategy. Sarah Luyele Njamu said Zambia can leverage AI for…

OpenAI inks deal with Time while facing added lawsuit from news nonprofit

[Jun 27 2:33 PM] The nonprofit suing OpenAI produces the Mother Jones and Reveal news websites.

Protocol Village: Crypto Losses From Hacks, Rug Pulls Doubled to $572M in Q2: Immunefi Report

[Jun 27 11:23 AM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 27-July 3.

MegaLabs, Behind the 'Real-Time' Blockchain, Raises $20M, Led By Dragonfly

[Jun 27 10:00 AM] The fresh round of capital will go towards building out the MegaETH protocol, with the aim of having a testnet go live in the next few months.

Corporate AI could undermine Web3 and decentralization — Industry observers

[Jun 27 7:17 AM] Artificial intelligence could deliver a fatal blow to the dream of Web3.

Tezos, Smart-Contract Blockchain of ICO Fame, Reveals Roadmap to Rejuvenate

[Jun 27 5:00 AM] The decade-old blockchain's development plan, which goes out through 2026, calls for splitting off transaction execution into a separate "canonical rollup" that would support multiple programming languages.

The Protocol: Blast's $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin's Mt. Gox Moment

[Jun 26 12:50 PM] In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we're covering $100 million of fundraisings, project updates from Solana and other teams, complaints over LayerZero's "pay-to-claim" airdrop and nervousness surrounding the Mt…

ORA raises $20M in funding for tokenizing AI models

[Jun 26 11:45 AM] ORA plans to use the funds to expand its ecosystem, focusing on research and development of oracles and blockchain infrastructure.

Ora, Aiming to 'Unlock Design Space for AI Dapps,' Raises $20M

[Jun 26 9:00 AM] The project, founded in 2022, says it aims to incorporate AI into decentralized applications with its "on-chain AI oracle."

Cardano Unfazed by Failed DDoS Attack Targeting Staked ADA

[Jun 26 12:17 AM] No downtime was observed as a Cardano developer managed to attack the attacker and take back some funds.

Solana Adds 'Blinks' and 'Actions' So Users Can Trade Crypto On Their Favorite Social Apps

[Jun 25 11:16 AM] The epicenter of the latest "meme coin" hype, Solana is introducing new tools designed to make crypto trading more accessible.

ZKsync Developer's New 'Elastic Chain' Could Compete With Polygon's AggLayer

[Jun 25 1:00 AM] This Elastic Chain is composed of multiple chains in the ZKsync ecosystem, but users will feel like they are using a single chain.

Tether to Stop Minting Stablecoin USDT on Algorand and EOS

[Jun 24 8:20 AM] The circulating supply of the dollar-linked stablecoin on the two blockchains represents roughly 0.1% of the total USDT supply.

Cosmos DAO Osmosis to Adopt Fee-Free Bitcoin Bridge

[Jun 21 7:00 AM] Osmosis is achieving this through a revenue-share proposal with Bitcoin bridge Nomic.

Protocol Village: Farworld, Building Gaming on Farcaster, Raises $1.75M

[Jun 20 11:56 AM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.

The Protocol

[Jun 19 11:56 AM] In this week's abbreviated issue of The Protocol, we're chronicling the apparent doxing of 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli as the driver behind the recently-but-no-longer mooning $DJT token, plus the SEC's apparent retreat on probing the Ethereum…

Marathon's Layer-2 Chain, Anduro, Plugs In 'Portal to Bitcoin' for Atomic Swaps

[Jun 19 7:00 AM] The publicly-traded bitcoin miner Marathon began incubating Anduro in February as a "platform built on the Bitcoin network that allows for the creation of multiple sidechains."

Sonic, Gaming-Focused Layer-2 Chain on Solana, Raises $12M

[Jun 18 7:00 AM]

Renzo Capitalizes on Restaking Frenzy to Raise $17M From Galaxy, Brevan Howard

[Jun 18 6:00 AM] Funds will be used towards expanding the project's restaking services, including adding support for ERC-20 tokens.

Wasabi Wallet Lead Developer: ‘Bitcoin Developers Are Failing El Salvador’

[Jun 17 7:52 PM] Adam Ficsor, the lead developer of Wasabi Wallet, a privacy-centric Bitcoin wallet, has revealed his position regarding the slow adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador. In a recent interview, Ficsor stated that Bitcoin developers have failed El…

ZKsync Airdrop of 'ZK' Token Puts Initial Market Cap Near $900M

[Jun 17 10:24 AM] The layer-2 blockchain ZKsync, has kicked off its highly anticipated airdrop of its ZK token, with 45% of the tokens already claimed.

Bitcoin bank proposal gains momentum in El Salvador

[Jun 14 6:45 PM] The Bank for Private Investment will “diversify the financing options” available to investors in both Dollars and Bitcoin.