In founding editor Bradley Keoun’s last issue of The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain technology, we’re covering Trump’s DOGE whistle and the slew of announcements from the big Ethereum conference Devcon in Bangkok.

Shayne Coplan’s prediction market saw enormous activity leading up to the U.S. presidential election.

Ethereum is by far the most popular blockchain for issuers of tokenized traditional assets with a current market cap of $1.6 billion.

Bitcoin’s price has now corrected approximately 6% since the all-time high break on Nov. 13.

The long-anticipated LINEA token comes as the next U.S. president is expected to usher in a more favorable regulatory environment for cryptocurrency.

The crypto custodian’s clients can use money market fund tokens as collateral in derivatives trades after the company received approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi.

As bitcoin’s ongoing price surge gives off an aura of invincibility, one force threatens to slow the ascent above $90,000.

According to the team, the new “confirmation layer” will be a critical piece of infrastructure for composability among layer-2 rollups, allowing two networks to read and trust each other’s blocks of transaction veri.

The broad market gauge CoinDesk 20 Index was higher by 8.2% versus bitcoin’s 6% advance following Donald Trump’s victory.

A confidential crisis management document drafted by OKX offers a fascinating insight into how one exchange choreographs its response when news breaks about regulatory failures.