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 Debate on Looser Data Limits Brings to Mind the Divisive Ordinals Controversy
Coinbase’s Base Network Achieves ‘Stage 1’ Status, Reducing Centralization Risk
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MOVEMENT’S TOKEN DUMP SCANDAL: Movement, a buzzy crypto startup supported by Trump’s World Liberty Financial, was rumored to be closing a $100M series B round. Instead, following a CoinDesk investigation, the network is now at the center of an insider-dealing scandal that has exposed a seedy corner of crypto deal-making. Mo
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