Welcome to the protocol, the weekly conclusion of Coindesk of the most important stories in the development of cryptocurrency technology. I am Margaux Nijkerk, the reporter of the Ethereum protocol in the Coindesk technological team.
In this number:
- The Solana network is now live in MetamSk
- Privacy Crypto Dro directed with a new self -esteem malware
- FIFA joins Avalanche to build its own blockchain, expanding the web ambition
- Bitcoin pilots in real time of Square Pilots in Las Vegas, plans the full availability for customers in 2026
Network news
Solana now in Metamk: Metamask on Tuesday that its integration of Solana was live, which means that users can now make transactions on the second largest smart contract platform and interact with solana -based applications through the wallet. Integration is currently alone on the desk, but it is scheduled to launch in the Metamask mobile application in the coming weeks, the company said. Metamask is the most popular browser wallet of Ethereum Network, with more than 100 million users per year. – Tom Carreras Read more.
Malware self -site found in Crypto Dero privacy: A recently discovered Linux malware campaign is compromising the unusual docker infrastructure worldwide, turning the servers exposed in part of a decentralized cryptojacking network that extracts the dismissal of privacy currencies. According to a report by the Kaspersky cybersecurity firm, the attack begins by exploiting the publicly exposed Docker API. In software terms, a docker is a set of platform applications or tools that offers software in small packages called containers. Once access is obtained, malware generates malicious containers. Infect those who are already in operation, divert the resources of the system to extract finger and scan additional objectives without requiring a central command server. In early May, more than 520 Docker API were publicly exposed on port 2375 worldwide, each is a potential objective. – Shaurya Malwa Read more.
FIFA Taps Avalanche for its own block chain: FIFA, the global football governing body, plans to use the avalanche network to feed its own dedicated layer 1 block chain. FIFA Blockchain is an avalanche L1, a customizable block chain that uses Avalanche technology (previously known as the subnet). The news occurs when the Avalanche network recently went through its important Avalanche9000 update, aimed at attracting new developers and encouraging them to create personalized L1. Thursday’s announcement is not the first fifa incursion into the world of Blockchain and Crypto. In 2022, the soccer body launched a non -fungible token collection (NFT) in the Algorand block chain before the Qatar World Cup. – Margaux Nijkerk Read more.
Square pilots Bitcoin payments: Jack DORSEY’S SQUARE led Bitcoin’s payments one step further at the 2025 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas this week. For three days, the company is testing a program in which attendees can make purchases with their bitcoin scanning a barcode. Payments are resolved in real time through the lighting network, while Square manages the exchange rate calculations in real time and confirmation notifications, according to a press release. Square hopes to make the function available to a broader audience at the end of this year and for all customers by 2026, waiting for regulatory approval. – Helene Braun Read more.
In other news
- Bitcoin’s ascending trend continued showing signs of weakness on early Wednesday, even when the stocks of Wall Street Tech increased during the night in advance of the optimistic profits of the Gigante of IA NVIDIA (NVDA). The leading criptomoned for market value quoted about $ 108,900 at the time of publication, causing a downward break of a line of trend that characterizes the upward trend since the minimum of the beginning of April, according to Data Source Coingcko. Alcistas lines indicate areas of strong demand, so a movement below one is generally seen as a sign of a possible investment and a possible beginning of a downward movement. – Omkar Godbole Read more.
- The US stock and values commission. UU. (SEC) has formally initiated a review of the Wisdomtree XRP Trust, a proposed Coterrician Fund (ETF) (ETF) proposed that would provide investors exposure to XRP. Filed by the CBOE BZX Exchange, the application marks the first formal review of the SEC of an XRP ETF spot based on the US. If approved, it would be the first ETF XRP spot in the USA. UU., A milestone that could open the door to similar products in other cryptographic assets. – Shaurya Malwa Read more.
Regulatory and political
- The United States Senate seems closer to approve of its historic stable bill, the Genius Law, after a battle that Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WYO), the main legislative champion of the bill, called incredibly hard. “It has been extremely difficult,” Lummis said during a talk by the fire with the legal director of Coinbase Paul Grewal in Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday. “I had no idea how difficult it would be.” Last week, the Senate voted to advance the bill, easily eliminating the 60 votes required to kick the bill at its last phase of discussion before the final vote to pass it completely. A previous attempt failed in a bipartisan way after the Senate Democrats, led by the cryptopitic skeptic of for a long time Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass. – Cheyenne Ligón Read more.
- A man suspected of helping to kidnap and torture an Italian cryptocurrency investor in a Manhattan house has been delivered to the New York City Police. William Dupplessie was delivered on Tuesday after what officials described as days of negotiations with the authorities, reports the New York Times. He is the third suspect in an alleged plot to extract the keys to a bitcoin wallet that belongs to Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, an associate of Crypto Fund who said he was captive and abused for almost three weeks. – Francisco Rodrigues Read more.
Calendar
- May 27-29: Bitcoin 2025, Las Vegas
- May 27-29: Ethprague, Prague
- June 8-22: Berlin Blockchain Week, Berlin
- June 24-26: Without permission, Brooklyn
- June 30 to July 3: Ethcc, Cannes
- July 16-18: Web3 Summit, Berlin
- September 22-28: Korea Bloquchain Week, Seoul
- October 1: Token2049, Singapore
- November 17-22: Devconnect, Buenos Aires
- December 11-13: Solana Breakpoint, Abu Dhabi
- February 10-12, 2026: Consensus, Hong Kong
- May 5, 2026: Consensus, Miami
