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The Protocol: Bitcoin Bridged Trustlessly to L2; Ethereum’s Blob Mob Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Marc Hochstein, CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief for features, opinion and standards. IN THIS ISSUE: Ethereum’s blob mob Staking on Starknet Avalanche’s big upgrade L2 teams beam over Beam Chain Sui suffers a brief outage Bit…

Ethereum Blob Usage Explodes as Traders Rush to Layer 2 Solutions Ethereum has seen a surge in blob usage, averaging over 21,000 blobs this month, matching March’s record activity. The Dencun upgrade allows Layer 2 solutions to efficiently bundle transactions and post them to Ethereum. Blob fees spiked, leading to the burning of over 166 ETH worth $560,000 in the past week.

Seaweed Blob Headed to Florida Shrinks Dramatically The blob, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, shrank in the Gulf of Mexico by 75 percent last month, scientists said.