Christine Kim

Christine is a research analyst for CoinDesk. She focusses on producing data-driven insights about the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Prior to her role as a research analyst, Christine was a tech reporter for CoinDesk mainly covering developments on the ethereum blockchain.

Cryptocurrency holdings: None.

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In First, Tezos Blockchain Activates Upgrade By Token Holder Voting

Tezos has activated its first ever on-chain upgrade initiated entirely by Tezos bakers during a three months period of both voting and code testing.

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MakerDAO Finally Approves DAI Fee Decrease After 11-Day Deliberation

After nearly two weeks of continuous voting, MakerDAO token holders have officially activated a decrease to DAI stablecoin fees.

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Tezos Is About to Enact Its First-Ever On-Chain Blockchain Update

For the past three months, users of the Tezos blockchain have been voting on a set of two upgrade proposals. Now, the Tezos blockchain is set to activate its first official system-wide upgrade having completed three separate rounds of voting.

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Beacon Chain Contracts: A New Way to Deploy Dapps on Ethereum 2.0

A new proposal by founder of ethereum Vitalik Buterin suggests a new paradigm for decentralized application deployment on ethereum 2.0.

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The Real Discussion About Ethereum's Next Hard Fork Is About to Begin

Ethereum core developers have discussed a list of 29 proposed code changes to be included in ethereum's next system-wide upgrade, Istanbul.

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Vitalik Proposes Mixer to Anonymize 'One-Off' Ethereum Transactions

Founder of ethereum Vitalik Buterin proposed Wednesday a "simple" design to enhance privacy features on the ethereum blockchain.

Vitalik Buterin on stage at RadicalXchange 2019. (Christine Kim/CoinDesk)

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$19 Million: Ethereum Foundation to Fund Work on 2.0 Upgrade, Plasma and More

The Ethereum Foundation issued a blog post today outlining how an estimated $30 million would be spent to further develop the ethereum ecosystem.

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MakerDAO Fee Decrease Stalls Amid Decline in Token Holder Voting Turnout

A decrease to fees on stablecoin DAI failed to activate over the weekend due to a lack of voter turnout.

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'Tackling Real World Issues': Hackers at ETH New York Build Apps Geared Towards Social Change

A New York Blockchain Week ended last Friday we spent time at an ethereum hackathon where developers came together to build blockchain tools with social impact.

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Startup Veil Forks Augur to Create Prediction Markets for 2020 Election

Veil says no one has been able to support long-running markets on Augur, so they're creating AugurLite for early bets on the presidential election.

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