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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RedStone Oracles co-founders Jakub Wojciechowski and Marcin Kazmierczak (RedStone)
RedStone, Blockchain Oracle Project Pushing Into Restaking, Raises $15M
The fresh round of capital will go towards hiring new team members, according to a press release.
RedStone Oracles co-founders Jakub Wojciechowski and Marcin Kazmierczak (RedStone)
The Protocol Wide
Sui as a Global Coordination Layer for Intelligent Assets
Adeniyi Abiodun envisions a long-term goal for Sui to develop a decentralized web stack, leading to a fully decentralized internet infrastructure.
The Protocol Wide
(MegaLabs)
MegaLabs, Behind the 'Real-Time' Blockchain, Raises $20M, Led By Dragonfly
The fresh round of capital will go towards building out the MegaETH protocol, with the aim of having a testnet go live in the next few months.
(MegaLabs)
Matter Labs unveils "ZKsync 3.0" and introduces their "Elastic Chain" aimed at connecting multiple chains within in own network. (Unsplash)
ZKsync Developer's New 'Elastic Chain' Could Compete With Polygon's AggLayer
This Elastic Chain is composed of multiple chains in the ZKsync ecosystem, but users will feel like they are using a single chain.
Matter Labs unveils "ZKsync 3.0" and introduces their "Elastic Chain" aimed at connecting multiple chains within in own network. (Unsplash)
Renzo Founding Contributor Lucas Kozinski (Renzo)
Renzo Capitalizes on Restaking Frenzy to Raise $17M From Galaxy, Brevan Howard
Funds will be used towards expanding the project's restaking services, including adding support for ERC-20 tokens.
Renzo Founding Contributor Lucas Kozinski (Renzo)
The Protocol Wide
The Major Narrative in the Blockchain Space | Interoperability
Sergey Gorbunov on Axelar's Focus on Security and Programmability
The Protocol Wide
A C-17 Globemaster III from the 437th Air Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., air delivery pallets of water and food to Mirebalais, Haiti, Jan 21, 2010 to be distributed by the members of the United Nations.  Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort  following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)
ZKsync Airdrop of 'ZK' Token Puts Initial Market Cap Near $800M
The layer-2 blockchain ZKsync, has kicked off its highly anticipated airdrop of its ZK token, with 45% of the tokens already claimed.
A C-17 Globemaster III from the 437th Air Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., air delivery pallets of water and food to Mirebalais, Haiti, Jan 21, 2010 to be distributed by the members of the United Nations.  Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort  following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Polygon Creates New Grants Program, 1B POL Unlocked Over 10 Years
The program will tap into funds made available by Polygon’s Community Treasury, and the team shared that roughly 100 million POL tokens will be given out each year.
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
ZKsync will airdrop its ZK token "next week" (ian dooley/Unsplash)
ZKsync’s ZK Airdrop Is Coming ‘Next Week,’ Here's What to Expect
According to the plan released Tuesday, 17.5% of ZK's 21 billion total token supply will be airdropped to users beginning "next week."
ZKsync will airdrop its ZK token "next week" (ian dooley/Unsplash)
Optimism CEO Karl Floersch. (Optimism)
Optimism Finally Gets Its Mission-Critical 'Fault Proofs'
For years, Optimism was missing a core feature at the heart of its design: "Fault proofs." On Monday, that tech is finally here.
Optimism CEO Karl Floersch. (Optimism)