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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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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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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La próxima gran actualización de Ethereum, Shanghai, ya tiene una testnet

La testnet Shandong les permitirá a los desarrolladores experimentar con las próximas fases del desarrollo de Ethereum, incluida la implementación adecuada para el retiro de ether bloqueado.

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

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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 testea la sidechain de XRP Ledger compatible con los contratos inteligentes de Ethereum

Es el primer paso de un proceso de tres para introducir la sidechain o cadena lateral compatible con EVM a la red principal de XRP Ledger.

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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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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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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)