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Ethereum’s Layer-2 Expansion, Rise of Zero-Knowledge Cryptography, and Bitcoin’s New Frontier in Tokenization, Smart Contracts, and File Hosting

LAYER 2'S EVERYWHERE: In last week's The Protocol, we dedicated a not-inconsiderable quantity of ink to the fast-growing list of new "layer 2" blockchains aiming to provide a venue for fast and speedy transactions atop Ethereum. Grab another well, cause there's been plenty more announcements already this week. The most

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Robin Linus, Author of ‘BitVM’ for Bitcoin $BTC Smart Contracts, Is Back With New Plan for File Hosting

The BitStream proposal echoes the BitVM paper's attempt address the risk of damaging the network's performance by clogging it up with transactions or other computations by carrying them out off-chain. In both cases, transactions or computations would only need to carried out on-chain for verification or to address a dispute. Source

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Coinbase to Start Offering Solana and Avalanche Futures Contracts from November 14

SOL-PERP and AVAX-PERP markets will be launched on Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced starting November 14. Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, revealed its plan to introduce perpetual futures contracts for two major altcoins, Solana (SOL) and Avalanche (AVAX). The exchange will feature SOL-PERP and AVAX-PERP markets on Coinbase International Exchange

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Prediction Market Kalshi Sues U.S. CFTC for Denying Its Contracts for Congressional Elections

When the CFTC denied the application earlier this year, Commissioner Summer Mersinger dissented, arguing, "It is important for the commission to make this determination the right way – by undertaking a public rulemaking process." However, she added, "my dissent should not be taken as an endorsement of Kalshi’s Congressional Control

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Stellar Blockchain to Add Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts – in Possible Boost for XLM Token

Among those was the decision to use Rust as the primary programming language, along with WebAssembly, also known as WASM, as the instruction format. That’s instead of Solidity, the language used to run the Ethereum Virtual Machine, which is the foundation for running smart contracts on the Ethereum, Avalanche, Celo

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BitVM to Introduce Rollup Smart Contracts on Bitcoin Network Similar to Ethereum Ecosystem

The BitVM project was designed by Robin Linus with lots of borrowing from Ethereum’s layer two (L2) optimistic rollups that have enabled faster execution of the transactions off-chain. The mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets has undeniably been facilitated by the decentralized financial (DeFi) ecosystems that use smart

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