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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Understanding The Ethereum Economy

This article examines the advantages of Ethereum as a protocol economy and how one could gain exposure to this breakthrough technology asset.

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Tech

The Protocol: Bitcoin Halving in 3 Weeks, Solana's Yakovenko on Meme Coins

There's no slowdown in blockchain news, with Ethereum's Dencun upgrade in the rear view mirror and Bitcoin's halving now just over three weeks away. We spoke with Solana's Anatoly Yakovenko about the meme coin frenzy stressing the suddenly-active blockchain.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: The Investment Case of Bitcoin vs. Ether

With the dual tailwind of bitcoin ETF flows and the upcoming halving, is bitcoin the best bet? Not so fast. Ethereum, the next biggest crypto asset by market cap, has a case of its own to make.

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Tech

The Protocol: Is Ethereum's Dencun Update All It's Cracked Up To Be?

Some developers think that shifting the Ethereum ecosystem further towards layer 2 networks could risk setting it down the wrong path.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Ethereum Staking

The Ethereum blockchain has nearly one million validators today. The combination of protocol rewards and priority transaction fees against a stable monetary supply backdrop results in a compelling [real] yield for investors.

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Tech

The Protocol: Bitcoin Cry for Help Heard

It may seem perplexing to the corporate mindset that bitcoin's price surged this week to a new all-time high above the old record around $69,000, even as the dominant Bitcoin Core software used to run the blockchain remains dependent on a group of volunteers. But there may be help on the way.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Private Credit Meets the Blockchain

In the world of digital assets, real world assets on-chain private credit brings the process of lending and borrowing against real-world assets onto a blockchain.

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Tech

The Protocol: Bitcoin's Call for Volunteers, Ethena's USDe, Blast's Blast-Off

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's newsletter on blockchain technology, we've got an exclusive interview with Stacks co-creator Muneeb Ali. PLUS: More than $200 million of blockchain project fundraisings.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin’s 4th Halving Is Approaching

The approval of the spot bitcoin ETFs constituted a landmark event for the $1.7 trillion digital asset industry. With institutional investors on board, demand for bitcoin will grow significantly.

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Tech

The Protocol: Restaking Tokens Are Exploding, and Restaking Isn't Even Live

In this week's issue of our weekly blockchain tech newsletter, Sam Kessler explores how "liquid restaking tokens" or LRTs are remaking decentralized finance. PLUS: Starknet's STRK airdrop, Stellar's smart-contract facelift and bitcoin's supply crunch.

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