Month: July 2025

Bitcoin development firm Blockstream has unveiled “Simplicity,” a programming language for smart contracts built on the layer-2 network Liquid. Co-founded by cryptographer and early...

Tether International Ltd., the holding company behind the largest stablecoin, USDT, posted second-quarter net profit of $4.9 billion. The company held over $162.5 billion...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins said his agency is launching “Project Crypto” with an aim to make a...

Shares of Figma (FIG) rose 198% on its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange after the company raised $1.2 billion...

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has introduced a new framework for the network’s long-term development called Lean Ethereum, aimed at simplifying the protocol’s design...

Disclaimer: The analyst who co-wrote this piece owns shares of Strategy (MSTR). Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin (BTC), posted second-quarter operating...

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk’s Tech & Protocols reporter....

As was almost universally expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve Wednesday left its benchmark fed funds rate range steady at 4.25%-4.5%. In a rare departure...

Did U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell just threaten to hike rates? At his post-meeting press conference following the Fed’s Wednesday decision to hold...