3 weeks The Protocol: Crypto Fundraising, Job Losses, Juicy Payouts, Grants for DevsCoinDesk

In this week’s issue of The Protocol, our newsletter on blockchain tech, we’re covering the Optimism’s $42.5M token pledge to Kraken, crypto VC funding, grants for Bitcoin open-source developers, and Polymarket’s (negligible) impact on Polygon’s bottom…

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8 mins Dissecting the DOGE PlaybookThe New York Times X

46 mins 3 Cybersecurity Stocks You Can Buy and Hold for the Next DecadeThe Motley Fool X

52 mins Goldman Sachs analyst leads Nvidia price target overhauls after earningsTheStreet X

60 mins Elon Musk’s startup xAI is now reportedly worth more than what the billionaire paid for TwitterBusiness Insider X

1 hour AI will force tech investors to become macro aware: WangInvesting.com X

1 hour Renter scoring firm agrees to pay $2.2 million to settle case accusing its algorithm of discriminating on race and incomeFortune X

2 hours Bitcoin’s Trump effect: Is $100K edging closer for BTC?AMBCrypto X

2 hours 1 Unstoppable Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy Before 2024 EndsThe Motley Fool X

2 hours Computers unleashed economic growth. Will artificial intelligence?The Economist X

2 hours MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin bet pays off – Flips Nvidia, Tesla in stock activityAMBCrypto X

2 hours Eli Manning, Derek Jeter, Jimmy Fallon join TGL New York Golf Club investor groupCNBC X

2 hours Eric Schmidt on Henry Kissinger’s surprising warning to the world on AIFast Company X

2 hours Stock Market Today: Stocks lower on Nvidia slide, Russia-Ukraine risksTheStreet X

2 hours 3 Things I Think I Think – Bitcoin, Bitcoin, BitcoinSeeking Alpha X

2 hours Guarding against complacency in escalating Ukraine-Russia conflict – DBSFXStreet X

2 hours Is SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) The Best Climate Change Stock To Invest In Right Now?Insider Monkey X

2 hours Is Array Technologies (ARRY) The Best Climate Change Stock To Invest In Right Now?Insider Monkey X

3 hours MicroStrategy’s Magical Bitcoin Buying Machine Uses Some Wacky MathThe Wall Street Journal X

3 hours Nvidia’s Coming Year Will Be a Turbulent OneThe Wall Street Journal X

3 hours MicroStrategy’s Magical Bitcoin Buying Machine Uses Some Wacky MathYahoo Finance X

3 hours Time To Watch Amazon’s Prime VideoSeeking Alpha X

3 hours Nvidia’s boss dismisses fears that AI has hit a wallThe Economist X

3 hours 3 Unstoppable Stocks With Competitive Moats That Appear Poised to Become Wall Street’s Next Stock-Split Stocks in 2025The Motley Fool X

3 hours Bitcoin Price Races Toward $100,000 Milestone. It’s Taking MicroStrategy and Crypto Stocks Along for the Ride.Yahoo Finance X

3 hours A Once-in-a-Decade Investment Opportunity: 1 Little-Known Vanguard Index Fund to Buy for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) BoomThe Motley Fool X

3 hours Stock Futures Falling. Tech Weighs After Nvidia Fails to Meet High Bar.Yahoo Finance X

3 hours US watchdog issues final rule to supervise Big Tech payments, digital walletsInvesting.com X

3 hours Where Will Garmin Stock Be in 1 Year?The Motley Fool X

3 hours Can we all just calm down about Coke’s AI holiday commercials?Fast Company X

3 hours Coca-Cola’s new holiday ad turned me off of AI-generated art completelyFast Company X

3 hours Soitec shares surge on strong AI demandInvesting.com X

3 hours 3 Growth Stocks Trading Near Their 52-Week Lows to Buy Right NowThe Motley Fool X

3 hours Stocks sputter as Nvidia’s growth slows, bitcoin hits new highInvesting.com X

3 hours Prediction: C3.ai Stock Is Going to Soar After Dec. 9The Motley Fool X

3 hours Chinese AI pioneer Baidu posts biggest sales fall since 2022Yahoo Finance X

3 hours Meet the Newest AI Stock in the Nasdaq-100. It Soared 2,140% in 2 Years and Is Still a Buy, According to a Wall Street Analyst.The Motley Fool X

4 hours 1 Unstoppable Vanguard ETF to Buy With $605 During the S&P 500 Bull MarketThe Motley Fool X

4 hours Bitcoin 'teleportation' due as traders bet on BTC price passing $100KCointelegraph X

4 hours Dollar buffered by Trump policy expectations; bitcoin surgesInvesting.com X

4 hours Google’s DeepMind and YouTube built and shelved ‘Orca,’ a ‘mind-blowing’ music AI tool that hit a copyright snagBusiness Insider X

4 hours Super Micro Computer May Have Avoided a Major Risk. Is This Beaten-Down Stock a Buy?The Motley Fool X

4 hours A Few Years From Now, You’ll Wish You’d Bought This Undervalued StockThe Motley Fool X

4 hours Big Tech is the nuclear industry’s new best friend: Amazon, Microsoft and Google rush to sign dealsFortune X

4 hours Bear of the Day: CDW (CDW)Zacks X

4 hours Bull of the Day: Dropbox (DBX)Zacks X

4 hours Record $9.7B stablecoin inflows could drive Bitcoin to $100KCointelegraph X

4 hours European shares edge lower, tech stocks drag after Nvidia’s disappointing forecastInvesting.com X

5 hours Factbox-US prosecutors demand Google divest Chrome to end search monopolyInvesting.com X

6 hours Pompliano pushes for $250B Bitcoin reserve: Will BTC soar to $1M?AMBCrypto X

6 hours French AI startup backed by Arnault plans to raise more fundsFortune X