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Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain Feb 13, 2025, 12:20 a.m. UTC Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Opinion and Features editor. In this issue:…

As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.” Updated Feb 12, 2025, 3:16 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 12, 2025, 3:10 p.m. UTC What to know: The Ethereum community fears…

Lido V3 introduces stVaults, a customizable staking system designed for institutions and more complex investment strategies. Updated Feb 10, 2025, 7:55 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 11, 2025, 3:00 p.m. UTC What to know: Under Lido's newly proposed 'V3' upgrade, the largest staking service…

Also: Arbitrum integrates Bitcoin; UBS tests ZKSync for gold Feb 5, 2025, 10:50 p.m. UTC Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Opinion and Features editor. In this…

Vivek Raman, the founder of Etherealize, spent 10 years on Wall Street. Now he's trying to market Ethereum to big banks. Feb 4, 2025, 5:30 p.m. UTC What to know: Vivek Raman, the founder of Etherealize, spent 10 years on Wall…

DWF Labs has launched tailored crypto options. The DWF Options includes an Options Concierge to demystify the complexities of options trading for users. DWF Labs recently finalized the design for a synthetic stablecoin. DWF Labs, a renowned crypto market maker,…

Moonbeam in collaboration with Eigenlayer has launched a decentralized storage solution for AI and Web3 applications dubbed Datahaven. Datahaven aims to offer secure and scalable storage for Ethereum L2 apps. Datahaven will enhance data control and privacy in blockchain apps.…

The Swiss banking giant, which has been experimenting with blockchain, tapped the layer-2 firm to test whether it could scale its current Key4 Gold program. Updated Jan 30, 2025, 9:51 p.m. UTCPublished Jan 31, 2025, 2:00 p.m. UTC What to know: UBS…

The upgrade was designed to make Avalanche cheaper. It worked. Jan 30, 2025, 10:25 a.m. UTC What to know: Transaction costs on the Avalanche blockchain have dropped 75% on average since the Dec. 16 upgrade, according to Flipside. The number of…