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In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.

Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick argues Bitcoin's sharp decline—driven by Strategy's surprise sale, ETF outflows, and liquidations—may be nearing a bottom.

Visa and Brale initiate a proof of concept testing SBC stablecoin settlement with privacy controls on the Canton Network.

Bitmine's chairman told a Paris conference ether would 50x from here on AI and corporate validators. Here's how supply schedule, the ETH-to-bitcoin ratio history and the actual breakdown of staked ether look at those levels.

Apex Group is part of a blockchain-based real estate fund using Goldman Sachs GS DAP platform with Archax, Ownera and LRC Group in a regulated structure.

XRP fell another 7% after losing key support levels, with traders weighing growing institutional demand against one of the token's weakest technical setups in months.

Bitcoin's sharp fall is following the four-year cycle's depth, slope, and timing; the selling from ETFs and Strategy and the mega-IPO liquidity drain are this cycle's triggers, but the decline is on schedule.

Bitcoin has dropped 17% in four days, sparking $4.5 billion in liquidations, as analysts warn of a potential move below $60,000.

Broadcom stock fell 16% after a record AI quarter and analyst target hikes. Margins, dilution, and money flow explain the selloff.

The move contrasts with Hayes’ recent bullish calls, including a $150 target for HYPE by August 2026 and a prediction that NEAR could rise 20x by 2027.

DeFi exploit losses fell 74% from the 2022 peak to $680 million in 2025, according to Immunefi, amid structural security shifts.

Cosmos Labs has acquired Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and formed a new Korea-based subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea.

BitMine is testing whether Wall Street will bankroll another crypto treasury bet as ETH trades below the company’s purchase price.

Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has added 15 tokenized stocks and ETFs as eligible margin assets within its Unified Trading Account and Multi-Asset Mode for USDT-M Futures.

Coinbase has launched pre-IPO markets, starting with SpaceX, offering non-US users exposure via perpetual futures as crypto exchanges race into private markets.

Coinbase and Better have funded the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage using bitcoin as collateral, with a nationwide rollout planned soon.

Bitcoin's drop reflects capital rotation into artificial intelligence, Saylor argues.

Solana hit its lowest price since 2023 as $88M in longs were liquidated and on-chain activity kept falling.

Standard Chartered cut its 2026 Ethereum target 47% to $4,000 but kept its $40,000 long-term call, implying over 20x upside.

Bitcoin falls to $62k and Arthur Hayes selling his HYPE and NEAR position leads to double digit fallout for recent alt darlings.

DDC Enterprise added 90 bitcoin, raising its total holdings to 2,804 BTC and reaching 28th among public corporate holders.

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The Treasury chief told senators the administration is using “best practices” in implementing Trump's Bitcoin reserve order.

The entire crypto market is bleeding, while these 3 altcoins are pumping double digits. See what the charts show.