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Finance
Meme coins
Degen Chain Back Online After Two-Day Hiatus
The layer-3 blockchain for meme coins was offline for over 50 hours.
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By Sam Reynolds
May 15, 2024 at 9:47 a.m. UTC
May 15, 2024
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Technology
Memecoin
Meme Coins on Degen Chain Flourish as New Layer 3 Racks up Millions in Volumes
Degen Chain was released last week as a specialized network that sits atop Base, which itself is an Ethereum layer 2.
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By Shaurya Malwa
Apr 1, 2024 at 8:38 a.m. UTC
Apr 1, 2024
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Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)
Technology
Starknet
Layer-2 Blockchain Developer StarkWare Plans ‘Cairo’ to Verify Layer-3s
The Cairo Verifier, which the StarkWare and the Herodotus developer team worked on together, is a key piece of technology that verifies proofs and posts them back to the layer...
Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 8, 2024 at 6:03 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2024
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Avail founder Anurag Arjun (Avail)
Technology
Data availability
Celestia Rival Avail Inks Agreement With Starkware as Blockchain Data Race Heats Up
Avail's new "data availability" solution, currently in testing, and Madara, which is Starkware's sequencer, are both expected to go live in early 2024. They might be used in c...
Avail founder Anurag Arjun (Avail)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 20, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2023
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The Protocol Wide
Podcasts
The protocol
Token Allocations, Airdrops, and Data Availability
An examination of Starknets latest moves, layer 3 networks are ready to go ‘live’ and how a students research paper turned into $345M.
The Protocol Wide
By Bradley KeounMargaux Nijkerk
Nov 2, 2023 at 7:01 p.m. UTC
Nov 2, 2023
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Steven Goldfeder, CEO and co-founder, Offchain Labs and Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk reporter (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Technology
Arbitrum
Arbitrum Foundation Says 'Orbit' for Layer-3 Networks Now Ready for Mainnet
Orbit is a program for developers to spin up their own layer-3 blockchains atop Arbitrum, which in turn is the largest layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain.
Steven Goldfeder, CEO and co-founder, Offchain Labs and Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk reporter (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Oct 26, 2023 at 7:46 p.m. UTC
Oct 26, 2023
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Decentralized Layer 1 Blockchain The Open Network Releases Governance Platform
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Cdtv
Decentralized Layer 1 Blockchain The Open Network Releases Governance Platform
Decentralized layer 1 blockchain The Open Network has released its governance platform to the public, prompting a surge in Toncoin (TON) trading activity. The governance platf...
Decentralized Layer 1 Blockchain The Open Network Releases Governance Platform
By CoinDesk Inc
Feb 21, 2023 at 6:54 p.m. UTC
Feb 21, 2023
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