Margaux Nijkerk

Margaux is a DeFi reporter at CoinDesk, focusing on the rapidly evolving decentralized finance landscape with a particular emphasis on the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems. Prior to that, Margaux was on CoinDesk’s Tech & Protocols team covering the Ethereum protocol and L2s. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she holds a master’s degree in International Affairs and Economics. She holds BTC and ETH above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Margaux Nijkerk

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Tech

Monad Foundation Sets Nov. 24 Airdrop Date for Users

This comes after the Foundation opened its airdrop claim portal on October 14, inviting users to verify their eligibility.

Hot-air balloons in the sky. (Ian Dooley/Unsplash)

Finance

ZKsync Proposal Aims to Tie $ZK Token to Network Revenue

The creator behind the layer-2 has unveiled a proposal to transform its $ZK token from a governance instrument into a token with real economic utility.

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Tech

Ethereum Developers Lock In Fusaka Upgrade for Dec. 3 With PeerDAS Rollout

The move kicks off the countdown to Ethereum’s second hard fork of 2025.

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Tech

Mythical Games Taps Sam Altman’s World to Keep Players Safe From Bots

As part of the partnership, Mythical will build Mythos Chain, the first layer-3 blockchain atop World Chain, the layer-2 network built on top of Ethereum.

Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)

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Finance

1kx: Onchain Economy Hits $20B as Fees Signal Real Demand

The firm’s Onchain Revenue Report (H1 2025) aggregates verified onchain data across more than 1,200 protocols, tracking how value actually moves through decentralized systems.

A new study looks at DLT use in financial markets (Lorenzo Cafaro/Pixabay)

Finance

Injective’s TVL Climbs 14% Amid Buyback Launch, But INJ Token Sinks 8%

The divergence comes just as Injective kicks off its new Community Buy-Back program.

Injective Labs CEO Eric Chen (Injective)

Tech

The Protocol: ETH’s Fusaka Upgrade Goes Live on Hoodi, Mainnet Next

Also: BOB Unveils BTC Vault Liquidation Engine, Ledger’s Major Overhaul and Google Weighs In on Quantum Computing.

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Tech

Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade Completes Final Hoodi Test Ahead of Mainnet Launch

With all three tests done, developers will finalize the date that Fusaka will go live on mainnet, tentatively aiming for December 3.

The forthcoming Ethereum upgrade, Fusaka, is partly named after Osaka, a city in Japan (Wikipedia)

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Solana's Marinade Labs CEO Eyes Lower Barrier to Entry for Validators After 'Alpenglow' Upgrade

In a conversation with CoinDesk, Marinade Labs' Michael Repetny gives an overview of the Solana staking ecosystem and the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade.

Solana (SOL) Logo

Tech

Ledger Unveils $179 Nano Gen5, Built for Identity in an AI-Driven World

Alongside, there's the Ledger Wallet, a reimagined version of the company's Ledger Live app, and Ledger Enterprise Multisig, a new platform for institutional asset management.

Ledger suite of products (Ledger)