Blockchain

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 7-13.

The banking giant was one of the early leaders in applying blockchain tech to traditional financial activities, executing over $1.5 trillion of transactions since its inception.

The $410 million fund is also available on Stellar, Aptos, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Polygon.

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.