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Protocol Village: BitcoinOS, Bitcoin Layer-2 Project, Open-Sources 'BitSNARK' Verification Protocol

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 19-25.

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The Protocol: How Winklevii Taught Dad BTC, Wild Flight to Singapore

Forget the Federal Reserve. The Bitcoin and crypto project news flow is ample (and fascinating) enough to keep us busy. We've got the rundown plus $80M of fundraisings. In CoinDesk's weekly newsletter on blockchain tech.

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The Protocol: Polymarket Bets Pay Off as Memecoin Memorializes 'Dwebate'

Crypto wasn't even mentioned during Tuesday's U.S. presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. But there was a parallel universe of often-ridiculous trading around the faceoff – taking place on blockchain-based prediction markets and memecoin launchpads.

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The Protocol: The Secret Code Behind Trump Family Crypto Project

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly newsletter on blockchain tech, we've got the secret details underpinning the former president's plan for World Liberty Financial, as well as the rankings of which tokens performed the least-poorly in ugly August crypto markets.

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The Protocol: The Impact of Telegram CEO's Arrest on TON Blockchain

Blockchain analysts are reminding investors how closely the messaging app Telegram, whose just-arrested CEO Pavel Durov awaits a hearing in a French court, is intertwined with the fate of TON blockchain and its native cryptocurrency, toncoin. ALSO: What's up with Vitalik's DeFi diss?

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Protocol Village: Sony-Backed Soneium Blockchain Launches Testnet, Peaq Powers Drone Network

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 22-28.

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Protocol Village: Nym's VPN App Moves to Public Beta, GenLayer Raises $7.5M

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 15-21.

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The Protocol: Now Everyone's Putting a Wrapper on Bitcoin

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's newsletter on blockchain technology, we're covering the drama surrounding "wrapped bitcoin" as Tron founder Justin Sun assumes a custody role, signs of upheaval in the Urbit ecosystem and the rise of dark pools on Ethereum.

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The Protocol: Memecoin Trading Is Suddenly Trump.fun

Blockchain has gone even more ridiculous than usual over the past week, with headlines focused on Trump-themed memecoins and the Solana-based launchpad Pump.fun. PLUS: Ethereum developers tee up revamp of the EVM programming environment.

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The Protocol: Death Cross, Dip Buying and Developer Nerves

Bitcoin swooned, and crypto markets followed. Should blockchain-project founders and developers be worried? PLUS: We break down Ronin Network's $12 million run-in with white-hat hackers.

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