Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Trial Delayed Until April
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s upcoming criminal trial has been pushed to April instead of a previously scheduled December start date, a New York judge ruled Friday.
Ethereum Researchers Relinquish EigenLayer Roles Over Conflict of Interest Concerns
Researchers Justin Drake and Drankrad Feist set off a controversy in May when they revealed that they’d accepted big token payouts from EigenLayer, raising conflict of interest concerns.
Kemi Badenoch Is New Leader of U.K. Conservative Party
The leadership election was set-off by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to resign as party leader.
Bitcoin Pulls Under $68K as Crypto Markets Falter Ahead of Election
At least according to betting markets, the U.S. presidential election has moved to nearly a 50/50 race versus an easy Trump victory just days ago.
Opportunities for Blockchains and Digital Assets to Support and Enhance U.S. National Security
With regulatory certainty, the national security benefits of digital assets and blockchain technology will grow exponentially, say four national security experts.
Protocol Village: River, Protocol for Securing Communications, Acquires Llama, Protocol for Decentralized Governance
Institutional Investors Position for Bitcoin Volatility Into the U.S. Election
Some $350 million notional value of November call options traded on CME with a breakeven bitcoin price of nearly $80,000, anticipating a rally next month, one analyst noted.
FTX’s Nishad Singh Gets No Prison Time for Role in Crypto Exchange Collapse
Singh is the fourth FTX executive to be sentenced for his role in the fraud.
Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Plans to Raise $42B to Buy More Bitcoin Over Next 3 Years
The Protocol: Crypto Fundraising, Job Losses, Juicy Payouts, Grants for Devs
In this week’s issue of The Protocol, our newsletter on blockchain tech, we’re covering the Optimism’s $42.5M token pledge to Kraken, crypto VC funding, grants for Bitcoin open-source developers, and Polymarket’s (negligible) impact on Polygon’s bottom line.