Margaux Nijkerk

Margaux Nijkerk reports on the Ethereum protocol and L2s. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she has a masters in International Affairs & Economics. She holds BTC and ETH above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Ethereum’s ‘Pectra’ Upgrade Moves Closer to Mainnet After Sepolia Test

The upgrade, which introduces smart contract capabilities for wallets and increases validator stake limits, is nearing deployment.

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Ethereum Foundation Picks New Co-Executive Directors, Following Leadership Reshuffle

Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stańczak will be the new co-executive directors, as Aya Miyaguchi transitions into the organization's President. Also, ex-EF researcher Danny Ryan shares that he is joining Etherealize.

EF reshuffles leadership roles. (GettyImages)

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Popular Crypto Wallet MetaMask Unveils New Roadmap

Part of their new roadmap includes adding features that make the wallet experience easier for users.

The MetaMask Institutional booth at Paris Blockchain Week 2022 (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

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Blackbird, Blockchain Restaurant Loyalty App, Goes Live With Flynet Mainnet

Blackbird’s layer-3 mainnet, Flynet, is built on Coinbase’s Base chain. The team claims that building a layer-3 for its program benefits the restaurant industry because it eliminates middlemen and reduces transaction costs.

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Avalanche Visa Card Goes Live Aiming to Further the Mass Adoption of Crypto

Users can spend their Avalanche tokens (AVAX), wrapped AVAX as well as the USDT and USDC stablecoins at any store in person or online that takes Visa.

Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)

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Ethereum Foundation’s Aya Miyaguchi Leaving Executive Director Role

Miyaguchi shared in a blog post that she will stay at the foundation and serve as its new president.

Ethereum Foundation Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi (CoinDesk archives)

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Ethereum Layer-2 Starknet Gets First Gaming App-Chain

Nums, a sequential game built off of Starknet’s technology, is the first layer-3 to settle on the network.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

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Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Goes Live on ‘Holesky’ Testnet, but Fails to Finalize

The upgrade was pushed out on Monday, but it wasn't entirely clear why the test network was not finalizing.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades, shown in an artistic rendering here inside the ring of circles. (Wikipedia)

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Ethereum 'Roll Back' Suggestion Has Sparked Criticism. Here's Why It Won't Happen

Call for "roll back" by some, to negate Bybit hack, immediately provoked a fierce reaction from the Ethereum community, which was firm in its belief that it wouldn't happen.

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Vitalik Buterin Disappointed With Embrace of Blockchain “Casinos”

The comments came during an ask-me-anything session.

Vitalik Buterin