This week in blockchain tech: Polygon’s new “chain development kit,” Farcaster’s move to Optimism, Shibarium’s return and Interlay’s new Bitcoin layer-2 network, and Pancake Swap expands to Consensys’s Linea. …

Robinhood Markets is expanding the assets supported by its crypto wallet. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/30/robinhoods-crypto-wallet-adds-bitcoin-and-dogecoin/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The center-right lawmaker previously negotiated the landmark MiCA crypto law for the European Parliament Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/30/controversial-digital-euro-plan-to-be-led-by-architect-of-landmark-mica-crypto-law/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Friend.tech, Crypto’s latest fad, didn’t drive up congestion and fees on Ethereum the way frenzies have in the past – possibly a sign that the blockchain’s efforts to scale …

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for August 30, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the …

Federal prosecutors say the FTX founders’ access to technology in pre-trial detention goes “above and beyond ” that which other defendants have been offered. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/30/sam-bankman-frieds-allotted-prison-tech-is-inconvenient-but-fair-us-doj/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The ruling increases the likelihood the SEC might approve all bitcoin spot ETF applications together, the report said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/30/grayscale-victory-against-sec-clears-path-for-spot-bitcoin-etfs-bernstein/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

“It doesn’t mean that now Grayscale will be 100% able to list a spot Bitcoin ETF, nor that this will happen in the future,” one trader said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/08/30/grayscale-ruling-does-not-guarantee-bitcoin-spot-etf-approval-traders-say/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Approval is the first step in acquiring a full license for Seba Hong Kong to deal in crypto or virtual assets-related products and traditional securities Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/30/crypto-bank-seba-wins-in-principle-approval-to-operate-in-hong-kong/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The FTX founder’s constitutional rights are being violated because he is ‘unable’ to prepare his defense from jail, his lawyers argued. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/30/sam-bankman-frieds-planned-defense-irrelevant-without-more-details-govt-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines