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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Tech

Google Introduces Cloud-Based Blockchain Node Service for Ethereum

The move highlights the growing attention that technology giants are paying to blockchain, crypto and Web3 projects.

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Tech

Axelar and Polygon Supernets Team Up to Provide Cross-Chain Interoperability

This will allow developers to build their applications across multiple blockchains

THORSwap has extended its product offering. (Akinori UEMURA/Unsplash)

Finance

Persistence’s Liquid Staking Protocol pSTAKE Teams Up With Anchorage Digital

Liquid staking has become more popular with institutions, particularly after the Ethereum network moved to proof-of-stake.

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The Next Major Ethereum Upgrade, Shanghai, Now Has a Testnet

The Shandong testnet will allow developers to experiment with the next phases of Ethereum development, including properly implementing staked ether withdrawals.

Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China (Cheunghyo/Getty Images)

Tech

Ripple Begins Testing XRP Ledger Sidechain That’s Compatible With Ethereum Smart Contracts

This is the first step in a three-part process to introduce an EVM-compatible sidechain to the XRP Ledger mainnet.

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Tech

Censored Ethereum Blocks Hit the 51% Threshold Over the Past 24 Hours

Censorship has been a growing concern within the Ethereum ecosystem, especially since the advent of MEV-Boost after the Merge.

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Tech

Flashbots Reveals New Version of Its Key Ethereum Software

Development of SUAVE, as the project is codenamed, has been going on for a year.

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Finance

Crypto Lending Platform Moon Mortgage Raises $3.5M Seed Round

The platform will allow investors to use their crypto as collateral for financing real estate investments.

Moon’s CryptoMortgage products allows people to use their crypto as collateral for real estate. (Getty Images)

Tech

Ethereum Scaling Tool Polygon Launches its zkEVM Public Testnet

The company continues to be targeting the mainnet going live sometime in early 2023.

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Tech

What’s Going On With Ethereum’s MEV-Boost?

Flashbots' block relayers continue to dominate the Ethereum validator ecosystem. And with them, censorship continues to grow.

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