The Protocol: Bitcoin Halving Spectacular, With Runes, 'Epic Sat,' Stacks Nakamoto
- Bitcoin's quadrennial halving is approaching, possibly on April 20, with celebrations planned in Denver and Costa Rica. - The Solana blockchain released a software update to address network congestion. - Ethereum's next upgrade, "Pectra," may include EIP 3074 to improve user experience. - An early crypto miner moved 50 BTC after 14 years, worth over $3 million. - Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin transferred 100 ETH to Railgun for private DeFi transactions. - Senior crypto engineer salaries range from $137,000 to $236,000. - Kraken launched its own wallet supporting eight blockchains. - SukuPay, a non-custodial global money transfer solution, was launched on Polygon PoS network. - Layer N, a layer-2 network on Ethereum, launched its testnet after a $5 million funding round. - Venture capitalists are investing in decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN). - Nebra raised $4.5 million for privacy and scaling of blockchain technology through ZKPs. - Berachain secured $100 million in Series B funding, and Puffer raised $18 million in a Series A round. - Mayan Finance raised $3 million in a seed round for its cross-chain swap auction protocol on Solana. - Various DeFi developments and upcoming blockchain events were also highlighted.
