Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk. In this issue: Crypto’s ‘Decentralized’…
OpenAI fired a shot across Google’s bow on Tuesday with the launch of ChatGPT Atlas, its first native AI browser that combines the familiar web-surfing experience with built-in AI assistance. Atlas,…
Last year, Hello Labs and CoinMarketCap embarked on a new calling: reality television. Protos reviewed the first season of Killer Whales, and while we were largely unimpressed, it’s hard to imagine we…
Key Takeaways OpenAI announced ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-integrated web browser. ChatGPT Atlas expands OpenAI's technology into the web browsing space beyond conversational AI. OpenAI will launch…
Tammy Carvey’s $100,000 Powerball win is turning heads—not for its size, but for the method that led to it. Carvey, a 45-year-old resident of Wyandotte, Michigan, claimed to have used ChatGPT to…
OpenAI has set in motion a $300 billion hardware expansion that binds its chip suppliers, financiers, and energy providers into a single feedback loop. The company has locked in multi-year agreements…
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According to Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s Chief Technology Officer, the competition between Bitcoin and artificial intelligence for energy forms the ultimate game-theoretic equilibrium that will play out…
There’s an old phrase that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” In 2025, that road is digital, scanned, jammed with CCTV, and increasingly inescapable. From Beijing to Berlin to London,…
Bitcoin (BTC) $ 76,022.00
Ethereum (ETH) $ 2,319.83
Tether (USDT) $ 1.00
XRP (XRP) $ 1.43
BNB (BNB) $ 631.08
USDC (USDC) $ 1.00
Solana (SOL) $ 85.65
TRON (TRX) $ 0.328766
Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 2,265.05
Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC) $ 1.03
Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.095597
WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 54.98
USDS (USDS) $ 0.999785
Hyperliquid (HYPE) $ 40.81
LEO Token (LEO) $ 10.33
Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 2,779.67
Cardano (ADA) $ 0.249094
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 444.15
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 76,243.00
Chainlink (LINK) $ 9.33
Binance Bridged USDT (BNB Smart Chain) (BSC-USD) $ 0.998762
Monero (XMR) $ 354.14
Wrapped Beacon ETH (WBETH) $ 2,466.93
MemeCore (M) $ 3.47
Canton (CC) $ 0.158350
Stellar (XLM) $ 0.175084
Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 2,465.31
Zcash (ZEC) $ 316.76
Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 0.999466
sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.08
Dai (DAI) $ 0.999489
Litecoin (LTC) $ 55.22
USD1 (USD1) $ 0.999988
Coinbase Wrapped BTC (CBBTC) $ 76,366.00
Avalanche (AVAX) $ 9.34
Hedera (HBAR) $ 0.090000
Sui (SUI) $ 0.949561
WETH (WETH) $ 2,268.37
PayPal USD (PYUSD) $ 0.999853
Rain (RAIN) $ 0.007460
Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000006
USDT0 (USDT0) $ 0.998824
Toncoin (TON) $ 1.37
Cronos (CRO) $ 0.070644
Circle USYC (USYC) $ 1.12
Tether Gold (XAUT) $ 4,797.52
World Liberty Financial (WLFI) $ 0.079284
BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) $ 1.00
PAX Gold (PAXG) $ 4,801.76
Ethena Staked USDe (SUSDE) $ 1.22
Bittensor (TAO) $ 245.19
Global Dollar (USDG) $ 0.999850
Polkadot (DOT) $ 1.28
Mantle (MNT) $ 0.627773
Uniswap (UNI) $ 3.26
Sky (SKY) $ 0.078557
Falcon USD (USDF) $ 0.997670
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 1.37
Pi Network (PI) $ 0.173667
OKB (OKB) $ 83.94
Little Pepe (LILPEPE) $ 2.16
Aster (ASTER) $ 0.686164
HTX DAO (HTX) $ 0.000002
syrupUSDC (SYRUPUSDC) $ 1.15
Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.000004
Janus Henderson Anemoy Treasury Fund (JTRSY) $ 1.10
Ripple USD (RLUSD) $ 1.00
Aave (AAVE) $ 92.09
Internet Computer (ICP) $ 2.48
Bitget Token (BGB) $ 1.90
Ondo US Dollar Yield (USDY) $ 1.13
BFUSD (BFUSD) $ 1.00
Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 8.43
USDD (USDD) $ 1.00
Ondo (ONDO) $ 0.257630
KuCoin (KCS) $ 8.58
Gate (GT) $ 7.35
Quant (QNT) $ 74.76
Jupiter Perpetuals Liquidity Provider Token (JLP) $ 4.00
Pump.fun (PUMP) $ 0.001844
Morpho (MORPHO) $ 1.92
United Stables (U) $ 0.999536
Spiko EU T-Bills Money Market Fund (EUTBL) $ 1.24
POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.092540
Jito Staked SOL (JITOSOL) $ 124.46
Ethena (ENA) $ 0.111893
Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.034890
Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) $ 2,404.69
Render (RENDER) $ 1.80
Algorand (ALGO) $ 0.104058
Binance-Peg WETH (WETH) $ 2,262.26
Cosmos Hub (ATOM) $ 1.80
Rocket Pool ETH (RETH) $ 2,631.35
NEXO (NEXO) $ 0.903496
Worldcoin (WLD) $ 0.266084
Binance Bridged USDC (BNB Smart Chain) (USDC) $ 0.999945
USDtb (USDTB) $ 0.999574
Superstate Short Duration U.S. Government Securities Fund (USTB) (USTB) $ 11.06
Wrapped BNB (WBNB) $ 759.61
Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.126978
Function FBTC (FBTC) $ 76,389.00
Aptos (APT) $ 0.937812
Blockchain Capital (BCAP) $ 82.76
Filecoin (FIL) $ 0.929366
Flare (FLR) $ 0.008110
DeXe (DEXE) $ 14.31
syrupUSDT (SYRUPUSDT) $ 1.11
Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 2.88
JUST (JST) $ 0.074189
Beldex (BDX) $ 0.080121
Binance Staked SOL (BNSOL) $ 108.24
VeChain (VET) $ 0.007108
Provenance Blockchain (HASH) $ 0.010641
Midnight (NIGHT) $ 0.036515
Jupiter (JUP) $ 0.170154
XDC Network (XDC) $ 0.030185
OUSG (OUSG) $ 114.99
NEW X CEO IS BACK (XFLOKI) $ 0.506041
Polygon Bridged USDC (Polygon PoS) (USDC.E) $ 0.999720
YLDS (YLDS) $ 0.999994
Solv Protocol BTC (SOLVBTC) $ 76,461.00
GHO (GHO) $ 0.998939
Lombard Staked BTC (LBTC) $ 76,491.00
Stable (STABLE) $ 0.025637
Usual USD (USD0) $ 0.998108
Bonk (BONK) $ 0.000006
clBTC (CLBTC) $ 76,920.00
Siren (SIREN) $ 0.700506
PancakeSwap (CAKE) $ 1.54
TrueUSD (TUSD) $ 0.998319
A7A5 (A7A5) $ 0.012407
Chiliz (CHZ) $ 0.047096
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 0.211529
StakeWise Staked ETH (OSETH) $ 2,419.84
Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) $ 0.007596
币安人生 (BinanceLife) (币安人生) $ 0.470282
Kinetiq Staked HYPE (KHYPE) $ 33.97
edgeX (EDGE) $ 1.35
tBTC (TBTC) $ 70,942.00
Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) $ 0.692811
WrappedM by M0 (WM) $ 1.00
ADI (ADI) $ 4.33
Venice Token (VVV) $ 9.60
Dash (DASH) $ 34.43
EURC (EURC) $ 1.18
LayerZero (ZRO) $ 1.69
First Digital USD (FDUSD) $ 0.999240
c8ntinuum (CTM) $ 0.087592
Stacks (STX) $ 0.224777
Mantle Staked Ether (METH) $ 2,455.82
Janus Henderson Anemoy AAA CLO Fund (JAAA) $ 1.03
Tezos (XTZ) $ 0.366349
Polygon PoS Bridged DAI (Polygon POS) (DAI) $ 0.999983
Ether.fi (ETHFI) $ 0.458088
Resolv wstUSR (WSTUSR) $ 1.13
Monad (MON) $ 0.031952
COCA (COCA) $ 1.30
Sei (SEI) $ 0.056317
USX (USX) $ 0.999573
Kinesis Gold (KAU) $ 155.54
Doge Strategy (DOGESTR) $ 0.288297
Liquid Staked ETH (LSETH) $ 2,406.26
PRIME (PRIME) $ 1.03
Arbitrum Bridged WBTC (Arbitrum One) (WBTC) $ 76,200.00
Aerodrome Finance (AERO) $ 0.385722
Curve DAO (CRV) $ 0.233276
Sun Token (SUN) $ 0.018205
Celestia (TIA) $ 0.378848
Wrapped Flare (WFLR) $ 0.009961
Decred (DCR) $ 19.71
AINFT (NFT) $ 0.00000033
L2 Standard Bridged WETH (Base) (WETH) $ 2,266.86
Injective (INJ) $ 3.30
Steakhouse USDC Morpho Vault (STEAKUSDC) $ 1.12
BitTorrent (BTT) $ 0.00000033
Gnosis (GNO) $ 121.73
Bitcoin SV (BSV) $ 15.97
Lido DAO (LDO) $ 0.366706
Binance-Peg XRP (XRP) $ 1.59
SPX6900 (SPX) $ 0.332612
Ether.Fi Liquid ETH (LIQUIDETH) $ 2,443.47
Conflux (CFX) $ 0.059352
Renzo Restaked ETH (EZETH) $ 2,421.84
FLOKI (FLOKI) $ 0.000032
Kinesis Silver (KAG) $ 80.05
Noon (NOON) $ 0.751949
sBTC (SBTC) $ 77,039.00
DoubleZero (2Z) $ 0.083599
Kaia (KAIA) $ 0.048771
JasmyCoin (JASMY) $ 0.005763
Jupiter Staked SOL (JUPSOL) $ 115.56
USDai (USDAI) $ 0.999778
Savings USDD (SUSDD) $ 1.03
Legacy Frax Dollar (FRAX) $ 0.993892
crvUSD (CRVUSD) $ 0.999698
Ape and Pepe (APEPE) $ 0.000001
Marinade Staked SOL (MSOL) $ 133.18
The Graph (GRT) $ 0.025117
Arbitrum Bridged WETH (Arbitrum One) (WETH) $ 2,265.06
Zebec Network (ZBCN) $ 0.002754