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.

Margaux Nijkerk

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The Protocol: Story Protocol Launches Its IP-Focused Blockchain

Also: Ethereum developers release “Open Intents Framework,’ Monad & Orderly Join Forces, and Crypto’s Most Influential Investor?

Open Book

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Ethereum Developers Release New Initiative to Simplify Cross-Chain Transactions

Called the Open Intents Framework, the new scheme aims to bring “intents” to all corners of the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Open Intents Framework is a new initiative created by Ethereum ecosystem leaders to simplify and standardize cross-chain token transfers.  (Akinori UEMURA/Unsplash)

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Could 'Based Rollups' Solve Ethereum's Layer-2 Problem?

As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.”

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)

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Lido Goes Modular With Vault-Based 'V3' Upgrade

Lido V3 introduces stVaults, a customizable staking system designed for institutions and more complex investment strategies.

Bank vault (Wikipedia)

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Uniswap Labs Officially Launches Layer-2 ‘Unichain’

Powered by Optimism's OP stack, Unichain—like other layer-2s on Ethereum—offers faster and cheaper transactions compared to Ethereum's mainnet.

Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams (Uniswap Labs)

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Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade to Begin Testing in February

Should a pair of major tests go well, developers expect the upgrade to hit Ethereum's mainnet in April.

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’s New Cheerleader on Wall Street: A Q&A With Vivek Raman

Vivek Raman, the founder of Etherealize, spent 10 years on Wall Street. Now he's trying to market Ethereum to big banks.

Etherealize co-founder Vivek Raman (Etherealize)

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UBS Tests ZKSync's Layer-2 Tech, Showing Deeper TradFi Interest in Crypto

The Swiss banking giant, which has been experimenting with blockchain, tapped the layer-2 firm to test whether it could scale its current Key4 Gold program.

UBS Bank (Wikipedia)

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Cardano’s Plomin Hard Fork Goes Live, Ushering in On-Chain Governance

Plomin comes just four months after Cardano’s Chang hard fork, which put many of the mechanisms in place for Wednesday’s upgrade.

Charles Hoskinson, CEO and founder of IOHK, the lead developer of Cardano.

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SSV DAO Unveils “SSV 2.0” Framework, Bringing bApps to Ethereum

Based applications — bApps — will be able to leverage Ethereum validators directly from the layer-1, allowing them to avoid security and centralizing risks.

SSV Network unveils its new framework, "SSV 2.0", its most ambitious plan to date (Wikipedia)