Technology

Protocol Village: Luke Dashjr's Ocean Lets Miners Take Lightning Payouts Using BOLT12

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.

Apr 30, 2024

As Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix Leave the U.S., What’s Next for Non-Custodial Crypto?

Following DOJ action against Samourai Wallet and a possible Metamask investigation, Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix are closing their U.S. offerings. Is non-custodial crypto under t...

By Daniel Kuhn

Apr 29, 2024

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETH Denver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

EigenLayer, After Touching Off Restaking Frenzy, Plans Own EIGEN token

Sreeram Kannan, leader of the project, had previously refused to confirm any plans for an EIGEN token. That hadn't stopped crypto traders from betting heavily on the likelihoo...

By Margaux Nijkerk

Apr 29, 2024

Wasabi Wallet-Developer Blocks U.S. Citizens and Residents After Samourai Wallet Arrests

U.S citizens residing abroad are also banned from using the service

By Sam Reynolds

Apr 29, 2024

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Protocol Village: Nomic Unveils Bitcoin Liquid Staking Token 'stBTC' Using Babylon Technology

Apr 10, 2024

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Protocol Village: Cosmos-Based Picasso Network Claims to Enable First IBC-Ethereum Connection

Apr 4, 2024

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Protocol Village: Algorand Claims First L1 Using Python as Programming Language

Mar 27, 2024

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Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

Protocol Village: Mysten Labs, Developer Behind Sui Blockchain, Claims to Achieve 'Linear Scaling'

Mar 20, 2024

Opinion

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade

By Wilfred Daye

Feb 28, 2024

Chris Dixon Talks Techno-Optimism, Permissionless Innovation and the Need for Crypto

By Daniel Kuhn

Jan 31, 2024

Verify authenticates the source of a Fox News image from an article about Elon Musk and deep fakes (Verify.fox, modified by CoinDesk)

We Tried Fox's Blockchain-Based Tool for Deepfake Detection. Here's How It Went

By Sam Kessler

Jan 10, 2024

Features

This Bitcoin Halving Is Different. But Is It 'Priced In'?

Institutions launching bitcoin ETFs this year have buoyed the bitcoin price to record levels. Does that mean the impact of the halving — the four-year slashing of the bitcoin...

Apr 18, 2024

Interview

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

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...

Feb 28, 2024