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Cosmos co-founder and Informal Systems CEO Ethan Buchman is scheduled to speak on the "bitcoinization of Cosmos" at Consensus 2024. (Bradley Keoun)
What to Expect at Consensus 2024: Spotlight on Blockchain Tech
The three-day conference (May 29-31) features a host of big-name speakers from the realm of blockchain tech, including Sergey Nazarov, Casey Rodarmor, Joe Lubin, Emin Gün Sire...
Cosmos co-founder and Informal Systems CEO Ethan Buchman is scheduled to speak on the "bitcoinization of Cosmos" at Consensus 2024. (Bradley Keoun)

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Protocol Village: Polkadot Parachain Moonbeam Announces 'Moonrise' Initiative for Next Phase
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 16-22.
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Inside the MIT Brothers' Ethereum Exploit
Flashbots’ Hasu discusses the recent MEV Boost exploit, emphasizing the ongoing MEV challenges and the need for decentralized solutions.
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The Protocol: Lido Backers vs EigenLayer
In this week's issue, we've got the scoop on a new possible rival to restaking pioneer EigenLayer. PLUS Are meme coins an investable asset class? With the latest Runes data an...
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Protocol Village: Cyber, Formerly CyberConnect, Unveils Social-Focused Layer 2 on OP Stack
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 9-15.
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Blockchain Fundraising's New Frontier of Node Sales
Node sales are becoming a popular fundraising method in the blockchain industry, where projects sell nodes instead of tokens or equity.
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Protocol Village: Omni Launches Open-Source EVM Framework 'Octane' With Sub-Second Finality
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.
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The Protocol: From 'Node Sales' to 'Address Poisoning,' the Money's in Crypto
In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we dive into the crypto industry's fundraising method du jour – it's all about the decentralization! PLUS: Polyhedra says its...
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High Stakes | Intense Competition Among Layer Two Solutions
The battle for supremacy among layer two solutions in crypto has projects vying to showcase their tech. Despite criticism, airdrops and token launches by Ren and Eigenlayer ha...
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The Protocol: EigenLayer's 'Intersubjective Forking' Is Objectively Not Done
Much-hyped restaking project EigenLayer's 43-page whitepaper about its now-revealed EIGEN token has raised lots of questions. They may not matter initially, because much of th...
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