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Margaux Nijkerk

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 a small amount of ETH and other altcoins.

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Celo Foundation President Rene Reinsberg (Celo)
Technology
Celo
Celo Community Ratifies Plan to Use Optimism's OP Stack for New Layer-2 Chain
The vote passed with overwhelming support, with 65 addresses representing 14.6 million CELO tokens signaling approval for the measure.
Celo Foundation President Rene Reinsberg (Celo)
By Margaux Nijkerk
May 10, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. UTC
May 10, 2024
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Hyperbolic CEO Jasper Zhang (Hyperbolic)
Technology
Ai
Math Olympian in Shadow of John Nash Tries to Solve Blockchain, AI Trust Dilemma
Hyperbolic, the two-year-old startup focused on decentralized AI computing, said that it is introducing a protocol called “Proof of Sampling,” aimed at addressing challenges w...
Hyperbolic CEO Jasper Zhang (Hyperbolic)
By Margaux Nijkerk
May 9, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
May 9, 2024
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Injective Labs CEO Eric Chen (Injective)
Technology
Injective
Injective, Underperforming in Crypto Markets, Now Plans Layer-3 Chain on Arbitrum
Injective’s "inEVM," which connects the Ethereum, Cosmos, and Solana networks, will rely on Arbitrum's Orbit toolkit.
Injective Labs CEO Eric Chen (Injective)
By Margaux Nijkerk
May 8, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
May 8, 2024
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Screengrab from the EIP-3074 proposal (Ethereum.org, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)
Technology
Ethereum
Ethereum Developers Target Ease of Crypto Wallets With 'EIP-3074'
EIP-3074 has drawn both support and concern from the Ethereum community, a code change that is supposed to improve the user experience with wallets on the blockchain.
Screengrab from the EIP-3074 proposal (Ethereum.org, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)
By Margaux Nijkerk
May 7, 2024 at 1:58 a.m. UTC
May 7, 2024
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The Protocol Wide
The Protocol
The protocol
High Stakes | Intense Competition Among Layer Two Solutions
The battle for supremacy among layer two solutions in crypto has projects vying to showcase their tech. Despite criticism, airdrops and token launches by Ren and Eigenlayer ha...
The Protocol Wide
By Bradley KeounMargaux NijkerkSam Kessler
May 2, 2024 at 9:44 p.m. UTC
May 2, 2024
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EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETH Denver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Technology
Eigenlayer
EigenLayer, After Touching Off Restaking Frenzy, Plans Own EIGEN token
Sreeram Kannan, leader of the project, had previously refused to confirm any plans for an EIGEN token. That hadn't stopped crypto traders from betting heavily on the likelihoo...
EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETH Denver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:09 p.m. UTC
Apr 29, 2024
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The protocol
Runes | A Degenerate Casino on the Bitcoin Blockchain Creative
Runes and Ordinals ‘Artist’ Creator, Casey Rodarmor has just invented two of the most dramatically impactful protocols in the blockchain industry's history and embraces crypto...
The Protocol Wide
By Bradley KeounMargaux NijkerkSam Kessler
Apr 25, 2024 at 10:48 p.m. UTC
Apr 25, 2024
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Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)
Technology
Data availability
Avail Data Availability Integrated by Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, ZkSync
The chains' users will be able to opt in or out to use Avail for data availability, to stash the reams of data produced for all their transactions taking place.
Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Apr 25, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 25, 2024
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Celo Foundation President Rene Reinsberg (Celo)
Technology
Optimism
Celo Chooses Optimism, Concluding Bake-Off Among Layer 2s
CLabs officially proposed using Optimism’s OP Stack for the transition. The proposal will be discussed on a couple of community calls and then go to a vote among holders of th...
Celo Foundation President Rene Reinsberg (Celo)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Apr 22, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 22, 2024
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Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)
Technology
Avail
Avail Confirms Token Airdrop Plans, a Week After Leaked Screenshots
Avail shared in a blog post that 354,605 wallet addresses are eligible to claim the 600 million tokens in their “unification drop.”
Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Apr 18, 2024 at 7:38 p.m. UTC
Apr 18, 2024
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