Author: American Coins & Gold

Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare.

The Protocol: Restaking Tokens Are Exploding, and Restaking Isn't Even Live
In this week’s issue of our weekly blockchain tech newsletter, Sam Kessler explores how “liquid restaking tokens” or LRTs are remaking decentralized finance. PLUS: Starknet’s STRK airdrop, Stellar’s smart-contract facelift and bitcoin’s supply crunch.

New Technology Will Have Institutions Lining Up for Crypto
The zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine enables real world asset tokenization on a far greater scale, says Colin Butler at Polygon Labs.

Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Rollup Citrea Raises .7M in Seed Funding
Citrea says it plans to use zero-knowledge cryptography to help grow Bitcoin’s budding decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFT ecosystems.

Former Fidelity Digital Assets Head Joins Advisory Board of Ethereum L2 Layer N
Luc Froehlich will help guide Layer N’s Real World Asset, TradFi, and tokenization strategies.

Nvidia's Hotly Anticipated Earnings May 'Trigger' Bitcoin and Crypto Correction, Analyst Says
‘The most important stock on Earth’ could disappoint on a weak PC market and AI saturation, with Wall Street wanting more from the GPU giant, pulling down crypto and equities, the report said.

When Bitcoin ETFs Are Right for Investors (and When They're Not)
SEC approval in January opened up the market to a new generation of investors but there are still advantages to directly owning crypto that ETFs can’t provide, says Eric Ervin, CEO of Onramp Invest.

Collapsed Real Estate-Backed Stablecoin Charts Path to Recovery
Tangible is looking to move past its failed stablecoin after learning the liquidity lesson the hard way.

STRK Tokens Claimed Hit 420M in a Day as On-Chain Metrics Soar
More than 490,000 individual wallets claimed 420 million starknet (STRK) tokens in the 24 hours after the highly anticipated airdrop went live, with the token’s market cap remaining above $1.2 billion.

Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?