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Espresso sequencing marketplace will enable efficient coordination and fast transaction finalization across multiple Ethereum layer-2s
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A former mayor becomes latest Coinbase policy adviser, and the special counsel of a crypto venture firm leaves
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Coinbase’s Base welcomes the second iteration of its Onchain Summer, and NodeMonkes is now the most popular Bitcoin NFT
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Ex Revolut executive received $6.5 million from investors to create hybrid exchange x10
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Runes protocol will bring versatility to Bitcoin, but some are worried about the increased fees
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Despite ordinal volume dipping following the Bitcoin halving due to high network fees, the latest Motoko Sentinel collection saw an increase in its trading volume
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Blockchain technology is being used to incentivize community building in the real world
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The vulnerability enabled exploiters to replay a bug that would enable an infinite number of IBC tokens to be redeemed
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The Nakamoto upgrade will enhance transaction throughput and enable Bitcoin finality for layer-2 transactions
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Bitcoin developers are looking at ways to grow the ecosystem amid a resurgence of interest in innovation and development
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Users using Karak will be able to restake any asset on any chain, Karak founders explain
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A third party accounting firm will audit these reserves and Ripple will publish monthly attestations
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Osmosis will serve as the primary destination for Ethereum assets in the Cosmos ecosystem
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Other Frax Finance tokens, including the Frax Price Index (FPI) and FraxEther (frxETH), are expected to be available at a later date.