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Coinbase Teams Up with Visa
- 💳 Coinbase Taps Visa for Faster Debit Crypto Purchases. Coinbase is partnering with Visa to integrate Visa Direct into the exchange.
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Starknet Hits Transaction Milestone in Gaming Surge. Starknet sets a new transaction throughput record in the 
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Swell Joins the Superchain Ecosystem. Swell chooses Optimism's Superchain as it moves away from 
Polygon CDK plans.
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📸 Daily Market Snapshot: BTC kept flirting with $73K Wednesday, and while ETH continued its modest pump, the asset is still 35% below its 2024 highs. With ETH sentiment down bad since early August's sell-off, traders are wondering what upside could look like for ETH post-election, especially in what could be a post-Gensler era friendlier to startups building on Ethereum.
| Prices as of 5pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $2.43T | ↗ 0.8% | ↗ 6.1% |
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BTC $72,234 | ↗ 0.1% | ↗ 8.7% |
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ETH $2,646 | ↗ 1.1% | ↗ 5.7% |
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SNX $1.49 | ↗ 0.9% | ↗ 2.7% |
Ethereum inventor 
Vitalik Buterin has been on a writing tear this year, with 25 posts published on his blog so far in 2024. Notably, his latest articles have been part of a series, "Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol," with each post diving deep into a major pillar of Ethereum's roadmap:
Unsurprisingly, these are some of the most foundational writings on Ethereum we've seen in its entire history; that said, there's also a lot of info to take in here. Before or even as you dive into these posts, you may find it helpful to have a bird's eye view of what each major upgrade is focused on to better grasp Vitalik's technical writings on the Ethereum roadmap.
Read on for a quick primer that will get you up to speed on the basics of each of these major upgrades 👇
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AI memecoins have triggered a new gold rush in AI-driven crypto investing.
In our latest Bankless episode, we dive into a conversation with Matt Stephenson, a research partner at Pantera Capital and the author of Crypto: Picks and Shovels for the AI Gold Rush. Matt brings a unique perspective on the convergence of AI and crypto, where he sees a powerful synergy between autonomous AI agents and decentralized technology.
We explore whether crypto could become the natural home for AI agents, the infrastructure that could support them, and the regulatory and ethical questions that arise as AI and crypto collide.
Hear all of the analysis! 👇
