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Jack Dorsey's Block Begins Shipping Bitkey Bitcoin Wallets

[Mar 13, 2024 9:13 AM] Block unveiled Bitkey for pre-order in 95 countries last December having commenced beta testing during the summer.

Blast Blockchain Locks Up Amid Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade

[Mar 13, 2024 8:59 AM]

Ethereum Finalizes 'Dencun' Upgrade, in Landmark Move to Reduce Data Fees

[Mar 13, 2024 7:58 AM] A key element of the upgrade is to enable a new place for storing data on the blockchain – referred to as "proto-danksharding," which gives room for a dedicated space that is separate from regular transactions, and at a lower cost.

PancakeSwap Decentralized Exchange Unveils Version 4 to Make Trading More Efficient

[Mar 13, 2024 7:00 AM] The platform is adding four features designed to make trading faster, cheaper and more customized.

Coinbase Gets Another Upgrade, This Time at Raymond James, as Bears Capitulate

[Mar 12, 2024 3:03 PM] The brokerage firm lifted its rating on the crypto exchange’s shares to market perform from underperform.

Solana NFT Marketplace Tensor to Issue TNSR Governance Token

[Mar 12, 2024 1:34 PM] Solana-based NFT trading platform Tensor said Tuesday it will issue a token, $TNSR, whose holders will govern the protocol.

Ether.Fi to Introduce ETHFI Token on Binance Launchpool Next Week

[Mar 12, 2024 10:13 AM] Ether.Fi has shot to the top of the list of crypto's hottest projects as the biggest liquid-restaking protocol by total value locked, or TVL.

Ethereum Blockchain Counts Down to 'Dencun' Upgrade, Set to Reduce Fees

[Mar 12, 2024 9:11 AM] The upgrade is designed to usher in a new era of cheaper fees for the growing array of layer-2 networks that operate on top of Ethereum.

BRC-20 Creator Domo Addresses Thorny Governance Issues With New 'Lead Maintainer' Appointments

[Mar 11, 2024 10:15 AM] Governance on BRC-20 and on Bitcoin general is often a thorny subject, as highlighted at the start of this year when Ordinals marketplace UniSat and Domo came into a potential conflict.

Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Could Mean Near-Zero Fees for Layer-2 Blockchains: Fidelity Digital Assets

[Mar 7, 2024 5:08 AM] The upgrade is the first step toward enabling the network’s rollup-centric roadmap, the report said.

Protocol Village: Burnt Banksy Launches XION Blockchain, With USDC as Primary Currency

[Mar 6, 2024 5:10 PM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 7-March 13.

The Protocol: Bitcoin Cry for Help Heard

[Mar 6, 2024 2:00 PM] It may seem perplexing to the corporate mindset that bitcoin's price surged this week to a new all-time high above the old record around $69,000, even as the dominant Bitcoin Core software used to run the blockchain remains dependent on a group of…

Liquid Restaking Tokens: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?

[Mar 6, 2024 12:55 PM] LRTs repurpose staked ether to support external systems like rollups and oracles with an economic security layer, explains Marcin Kazmierczak, Co-Founder of RedStone & Warp.cc.

Ethereum Fees Set to Drop for Arbitrum, Polygon, Starknet, Base. But How Much?

[Mar 6, 2024 8:48 AM] Leading figures behind layer-2 teams told CoinDesk how Ethereum's upcoming Dencun upgrade will affect their networks.

Polygon Lands Astar Network as First User of New 'AggLayer'

[Mar 5, 2024 6:00 PM] By plugging into the AggLayer, Astar users will have access to the liquidity in the Polygon ecosystem, allowing cross-chain transactions between Astar and Polygon zkEVM, making the experience feel like a single chain.

Jupiter’s Perpetual Crypto Trading Falters as Bitcoin Hits Record

[Mar 5, 2024 11:39 AM] The Solana-based trading platform was experiencing issues with its price feed infrastructure.

USC Professor's Crypto Startup 'Sahara' Raises $6M to Reward AI Trainers

[Mar 5, 2024 11:01 AM] Sahara co-founder Sean Ren, a computer science professor at the University of Southern California, says his tech can help workers and businesses get compensated for their knowledge, data and expertise in the age of AI.

Bitcoiners, Solana Acolytes Crash Ethereum Conference in Denver – for a Reason

[Mar 5, 2024 8:35 AM] Last week's ETHDenver conference drew a significant presence from developers and reps of blockchain ecosystems beyond Ethereum, taken as a sign of just how influential the second-largest distributed network has become.

Taiko, an 'Ethereum-Equivalent ZK Rollup,' Raises $15M

[Mar 2, 2024 10:00 AM] The Taiko project, distinguished for its "based sequencing" architecture, is one of several competing for relevance among a deep field of Ethereum layer-2 networks.

StarkWare Unveils New 'Stwo' Cryptographic Prover That's 'Blazingly Fast'

[Feb 29, 2024 5:35 PM] The upgraded prover should lead to faster and cheaper transactions, according to StarkWare. The news comes just a week after StarkWare and Polygon announced Circle STARKS, a new type of cryptographic proof.

Trading Platform Robinhood, Layer-2 Arbitrum Team Up To Offer Swaps To Users

[Feb 29, 2024 12:40 PM] Users of Robinhood’s self-custody wallet will have access to Arbitrum swaps in the next coming months.

Coinbase Adds 'Smart Wallet' Feature, So Lengthy Seed Phrases Aren't Needed

[Feb 29, 2024 9:00 AM] The smart wallet will be an addition to Coinbase Wallet SDK, and the embedded wallets feature will be powered by "wallet as a service."

Digital Asset Manager Onramp Invest Integrates CoinDesk 20 Index for RIAs

[Feb 29, 2024 8:00 AM] Onramp is the first U.S.-based firm to allow for investible access via the CoinDesk 20 Index.

Protocol Village: Bitcoin Miner Marathon, Plans 'Anduro,' a Multi-Chain Layer-2

[Feb 28, 2024 5:32 PM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 29-March 6.

The Protocol: Bitcoin's Call for Volunteers, Ethena's USDe, Blast's Blast-Off

[Feb 28, 2024 2:35 PM] In this week's issue of CoinDesk's newsletter on blockchain technology, we've got an exclusive interview with Stacks co-creator Muneeb Ali. PLUS: More than $200 million of blockchain project fundraisings.

U.S. Government Crypto Wallets Transfer Nearly $1B of Bitcoin Seized From Bitfinex Hacker

[Feb 28, 2024 2:31 PM] Wallets containing bitcoin seized by the U.S. government in the notorious Bitfinex hack – later leading to guilty pleas for Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan – have suddenly become active.

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade

[Feb 28, 2024 12:10 PM] The beginning of "The Surge" era in Ethereum's roadmap sees a range of enhancements to scalability, efficiency and security. Here’s a breakdown.

Coinbase Adds 2 Software Programs for Ethereum Staking, to Reduce Concentration Risks

[Feb 28, 2024 11:54 AM] The publicly traded U.S. crypto exchange said it would add support for the additional Ethereum "clients" – computer programs used to access and run the distributed network – to help reduce dependence on the dominant Geth software.

Finance Protocol Usual Introduces Stablecoin Backed by Real-World Assets

[Feb 28, 2024 8:00 AM] Profits are redistributed to the community by rewarding token holders with yields.

Stacks Creator Ali Calls Bitcoin 'Apex Predator' as Development Flourishes on OG Blockchain

[Feb 28, 2024 6:00 AM] Muneeb Ali, the co-creator of Stacks and Princeton-educated computer scientist who's now CEO of the Bitcoin-focused development firm Trust Machines, spoke with CoinDesk's Jenn Sanasie on the flurry of development and layer-2 building now taking…