Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal

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: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisors and Hidden Middlemen Ethereum Could Supercharge Transaction Speed to 2,000 TPS Thanks to Bold New Proposal Bitcoin … Read more

Big Four Wirehouses Set to Unlock Bitcoin ETFs for Millions of Investors

A big shift could be coming to your financial advisor’s playbook. Bitcoin ETF inflows are gaining serious momentum as big-name institutions prepare to open access to millions of investors. According to Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, the four biggest U.S. wirehouses, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, and UBS, are preparing to open … Read more

Robert Kiyosaki Warns Global Panic Is Spreading, the Crash Is Just Beginning

Robert Kiyosaki sounds the alarm on global panic, asking if bitcoin dropped to $300, would you cry or celebrate—urging action before the financial crash hits. Robert Kiyosaki Sounds Alarm on Financial Panic and Looming Great Depression Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling personal finance classic Rich Dad Poor Dad, has issued a fresh warning about … Read more

Circle Rejected Ripple Takeover Bid of $4-5B

Circle ostensibly turned down the offer since it was too low based on its market value and prospects. Ripple is keen to expand its recently launched RLUSD to compete with Tether USDT among others. Ripple Labs proposed to takeover Circle Internet Group Inc. for $4 billion to $5 billion. According to people familiar with the … Read more

Ethereum bulls show interest as traders’ confidence in ETH’s $1.8K level improves

Key takeaways: Traders remain cautious about ETH’s price action, but optimistic sentiment is beginning to return. The May 7, Ethereum Pectra upgrade could boost investor sentiment, but ETH’s price action shows investors are still hesitant to open new positions. Ether (ETH) has been trading below $1,900 since March, leading investors to question whether the failed … Read more

Plume and Sony’s Soneium join forces to bring real-world yields on-chain

Plume, a blockchain platform purpose-built for Real World Asset Finance, has announced a strategic partnership with Soneium, the Ethereum Layer-2 network developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs.  The collaboration aims to bring real-world asset staking and yield directly to users in the Soneium ecosystem, leveraging Plume’s native interoperability layer, SkyLink, according to a note shared … Read more