Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk’s Ethereum reporter, filling in for Ben Schiller.In this issue:Story Protocol launches to let people re

The Ethereum Foundation, along with other organizations, has unveiled a new “public good initiative” called the Open Intents Framework in a drive to advance and standardize the new form of blockchain transaction using “intents.”"Intents" are a relati

Ethereum is consolidating above the key $2.5K support, reflecting market indecision and low trading activity.This sideways movement indicates an equilibrium state, with buyers and sellers awaiting a decisive breakout to determine the next trend.Techn

Ethereum layer-2 (L2) platform Abstract is investigating a wallet drain issue after some users reported compromised accounts, following a major milestone for the project’s Abstract Global Wallets (AGW).Abstract Chain developer 0xBeans took to X on Fe

There has been a sharp reversal in digital asset investment trends as outflows reached $415 million after 19 consecutive weeks of inflows post-US election. During this period, inflows totaled $29.4 billion, significantly outpacing the $16 billion ama

Traders are increasingly positioning for a drawdown in Solana’s native SOL (SOL) coin as sentiment plummets amid mounting memecoin scandals on the network, according to data reviewed by Cointelegraph. According to data service Coinalyze, the ratio of

Ether surged to a two-week high of $2,850 on Feb. 17, marking a 7% intraday gain. The rally followed a sharp spike in Ethereum network transaction fees, which jumped from $0.70 to $70 for a single swap transaction. While this initially fueled optimi

Ethereum has been struggling below the $2,800 mark for days, unable to reclaim it as support to kickstart a recovery rally. This key level remains a significant barrier for bulls, and as the price continues to consolidate below it, bearish sentiment

Today in crypto, the Ethereum Foundation has responded to recent criticism by deploying 45,000 Ether to decentralized finance protocols Aave, Spark and Compound, the US Federal Reserve’s Chris Waller said banks should be allowed to issue stablecoins,

Last year, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse revealed that his company has partnered with 10 governments to develop their respective Central Bank Digital Currencies. Working with the central banks of countries like Colombia, Georgia, Montenegro, and Palau

Ethereum tokens to the tune of 224,410 were pulled out of exchanges in the last 48 hours, causing a huge wave of withdrawals that have rocked the cryptocurrency scene. According to Santiment data, the massive exodus that took place on February 8 and

Robinhood, the commission-free brokerage firm, reported fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday afternoon, which showed retail traders continued appetite for crypto amid the November elections and bitcoin's rise to $100,000.Crypto trading volume grew 400%

By Frances YueA weekly look at the most important news and moves in crypto, and what's on the horizon in digital assetsWelcome back to Distributed Ledger. This is Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch.After bitcoin (BTCUSD) hit a record high on

The listing of Neiro on Binance.US could be a positive trigger for the NEIRO token’s price. Listings on major exchanges generally enhance a token’s visibility and accessibility, potentially leading to an increase in trading volume and interest among

Ethereum is up $61.41 today or 2.34% to $2682.84Up three of the past five daysDown 19.09% month-to-dateDown 19.79% year-to-dateDown 44.11% from its all-time high of $4800.00 on Nov. 9, 2021 (based on 5 p.m. levels)Down 3.54% from 52 weeks ago (Feb. 1

The Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. filed a change to allow staking for the 21Shares Core Ethereum exchange-traded fund.In a Form 19b-4 posted on Wednesday afternoon, the exchange proposed allowing staking of ether and awaits the U.S. Securities and Exchange

Offchain Labs, the firm building out the Arbitrum project, has implemented Bounded Liquidity Delay or BoLD — a dispute protocol that allows for "permissionless validation" on its Layer 2 ecosystem chains and improves network decentralization and secu

Investment bank Goldman Sachs increased its spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings by 2,000% in the fourth quarter of 2024, along with boosting its Bitcoin ETF stash to over $1.5 billion.Goldman upped its Ether ETF exposure from $22 million

Layer One X (L1X) introduces network swaps, enabling L1X to be swapped between Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), and Solana networks. This capability increases L1X’s interoperability, potentially boosting its utility and attractiveness to more use

EMBARGO Feb 12 9 AM HK TIMEFireblocks, a provider of crypto custodian technology, said it added support for Sony's Soneium blockchain, an Ethereum layer-2 network that aims to bridge the conventional internet, or Web2, and the emerging, blockchain-ba