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. BLOCKSTREAM APP INTRODUCES LIGHTNING ...

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 5, 2025) - TenX Protocols Inc. (TSXV: TNX.V) (formerly, Iocaste Ventures Inc.) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its ...

AI-driven shopping is becoming one of the most significant shifts in modern e-commerce. As autonomous agents start handling tasks like comparing products, making purchases, and communicating with ...

One month after Jeffrey Epstein died in a jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, JPMorgan Chase reported to US authorities of more than one billion dollars in transactions it ...

Coinbase’s x402 payment protocol has recorded nearly 500,000 transactions in a single week, indicating a massive spike in adoption. The online payments system saw a 10,780% increase in transaction ...

The ongoing feud between Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh and Ocean Protocol Foundation took another twist, as the CEO issued a bounty for more information related to an alleged misappropriation of tokens ...

Analysts say this may create interest, but boards will ask: if an agent errs, who pays - the enterprise, the merchant, or the issuer? Google has introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open ...

On Tuesday, Google announced a new open protocol for purchases initiated by AI agents — automated software programs that can shop and make decisions on behalf of users — with backing from more than 60 ...

Google announces Agent Payments Protocol (AP2). AP2 helps companies carry out agent-led payments securely. The protocol is launched with the support of more than 60 organizations. The next level of AI ...

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk’s Tech & Protocols reporter.