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To Use or Hold? Solving the Classic Crypto Conundrum With a Dual Token Model
Where blockchain is concerned, two really can be better than one.
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Matter Labs says it will bring the first EVM-compatible ZK rollup to market. (Shutterstock)
Matter Labs Schedules zkSync 2.0 Mainnet Launch for October
As Ethereum scaling competition heats up, Matter Labs says it will bring the first EVM-compatible ZK rollup to market.
Matter Labs says it will bring the first EVM-compatible ZK rollup to market. (Shutterstock)

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Crema Finance Attacker Returns Almost $8M, Keeps $1.7M Bounty
The protocol had more than $9 million worth of cryptocurrencies stolen from its platform over the weekend in a flash loan attack.
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Immutable X will allow ether-to-dollar withdrawals. (Richard Levine/Corbis/Getty Images)
Ethereum Scaling System Immutable X Allowing Ether-to-Dollar Withdrawals
The tool is one of the first layer 2 services to allow users to take out U.S. dollars.
Immutable X will allow ether-to-dollar withdrawals. (Richard Levine/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Crypto News Roundup for July 6, 2022
With crypto markets trading in the green and a look at crypto job satisfaction just as the crypto winter began, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup...
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Chainlink’s Smart Contract Products Go Live on Fantom
Two protocols, Keepers and VRF, will allow developers to deploy more sophisticated applications on the Fantom network.
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THORChain Mainnet Goes Live on 7 Networks; RUNE Spikes
The much-awaited network went live after nearly four years of development.
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Lunarpunks, Privacy and the New Encryption Guerillas
A growing group of cryptography experts are using tools to carve "dark" spaces out of the surveilled web. This article is a preview of Rachel-Rose O'Leary's talk on the 'Big I...
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Zooko Wilcox, creator of Zcash and CEO of Electric Coin Company, in 2019. (CoinDesk archive)
Zcash’s NU5 Upgrade Goes Live, Boosting Privacy and Removing ‘Trusted Setups’
The privacy coin now allows transactions that are shielded by default, so users no longer have to opt in to hide payment details on the blockchain.
Zooko Wilcox, creator of Zcash and CEO of Electric Coin Company, in 2019. (CoinDesk archive)

Bitcoin mining ASICs submerged in immersion cooling liquid at a facility in southern Spain. (Eliza Gkritsi)
Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain 'Leans Toward' Designing Custom Miners With Intel Chips
Custom bitcoin mining rigs will allow miners to design their own machines instead of having to settle for ready-made ones from a duopoly of manufacturers.
Bitcoin mining ASICs submerged in immersion cooling liquid at a facility in southern Spain. (Eliza Gkritsi)