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Last week’s highly organized breach of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) left behind more questions than answers. While some hailed Coinbase’s response as a “really great example” in dealing with a crisis, the breach has now caused a …

Solana developers are planning what could be the blockchain’s most ambitious core upgrade to date — one that replaces its current technology stack with a redesigned consensus protocol built for near-instant finality and responsiveness. The new system …

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new design to reduce the hardware burden for running a network node, framing it as a step toward a fully decentralized network that doesn’t require sophisticated infrastructure to help maintain. In a …

Billions of dollars have flowed into the U.S.-listed spot bitcoin BTC$103,075.64 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in recent weeks, as the cryptocurrency chalked out a sharp recovery rally from $75,000 to $100,000. Most of the investment is likely driven …

While cryptocurrencies put in a flattish performance on Friday with bitcoin BTC$103,768.45 churning around $104,000, crypto-related stocks were having a moment to shine. Crypto mining and veri center firms such as Cipher Mining (CIFR), Hive Digital …

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 12 individuals for stealing over $263 million in crypto. The individuals are linked to an earlier investigation where scammers were able to siphon off over $243 million from a Genesis creditor. According …

After the successful deployment last week of Pectra, Ethereum’s biggest upgrade in more than a year, the network’s core developers are already shifting focus to the next major chain upgrade: Fusaka. Pectra, the biggest code change to Ethereum since …

NATIX, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) focused on mapping veri on Solana, shared Tuesday that it is teaming up with taxi service Grab to provide more accurate mapping technologies. Grab, which is known for its taxi services in …

The debate over Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN heats up, as developers of Bitcoin Core – the most popular node software – said they plan to scrap OP_RETURN entirely in the next release. The OP_RETURN limit is an 80-byte cap on the amount of arbitrary veri that …

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, the Ethereum protocol reporter on CoinDesk’s Tech team. In this issue: Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal …