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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Tensions Flare in MakerDAO Community Call Over Transparency Issues

Tough questions were asked Tuesday during a MakerDAO community call about who controls the overseeing organization's finances.

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$5 Million in MakerDAO Loans Have Been Liquidated, But Help Is on the Way

A new tool called CDP Saver is being tested that could soon make MakerDAO loans less risky.

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Grin Cryptocurrency to Discuss Change to Mining Difficulty Schedule

Grin developers are discussing potential changes to the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency's difficulty schedule.

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The RadicalxChange Movement's Crypto-Cypherpunk Appeal

CoinDesk looks at the appeal of the RadicalxChange movement and its dream of "reinventing institutions to fix problems" such as inequality.

Vitalik Buterin at DEVCON 2018

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MakerDAO Votes to Increase Fees 4% on Ethereum Stablecoin DAI

Users of the dollar-backed stablecoin DAI have staked MakerDAO governance tokens in favor of supporting a 4 percent raise to stablecoin fees.

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Lightning Labs Releases 'Loop' Feature for Bitcoin Payments Channels

California startup Lightning Labs released today a new feature to improve usability of the bitcoin payment channel network, lightning.

Elizabeth Stark onstage at Consensus 2018.

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Welcome to Athens: Tezos Completes 'Historic' First Blockchain Vote

Tezos – one of the 25 ranking cryptocurrencies by market capitalization – has just concluded its first round of on-chain governance voting.

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How Ethereum Applications Earn A+ Security Ratings

More than 1.2 million ethereum applications have used a little-known security tool from Amberdata to help avoid costly errors from smart contracts.

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Ethereum's ProgPow Mining Change Approved Again, But Timeline Unclear

Ethereum core developers reaffirmed during a meeting today that mining algorithm change "ProgPoW" would be added to a coming hard fork.

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MakerDAO Weighs Fourth Fee Hike as DAI Stablecoin Remains Below $1

MakerDAO token holders could soon be voting on another proposal to increase fees on the loans that issue new holdings of the stablecoin DAI.

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