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 BTC and ETH above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Technologies

Ethereum Preps for Biggest Code Change Since the Merge With Pectra Upgrade

The upgrade is focused on making the Ethereum blockchain more user-friendly and efficient.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades (Wikipedia)

Technologies

'Everything Is Encrypted': Aztec’s Privacy Rollup Hits Testnet Amid Growing Demand

The solution comes after 8 years of development and as institutions seek transaction confidentiality.

Credit: Shutterstock

Technologies

Sam Altman’s World Crypto Project Launches in US With Eye-Scanning Orbs in 6 Cities

At a Wednesday press conference, World announced it would build an orb factory in Richardardson, Texas.

The Orb in Indonesia (Worldcoin)

Technologies

The Protocol: Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal

Also: ETH Gas Limit Ceiling Proposal, Bitcoin Data Limits Debate, and Base Becomes a Stage 1 Rollup

Train Stop Motion

Technologies

Coinbase’s Base Network Achieves ‘Stage 1’ Status, Reducing Centralization Risk

The move means that Base will now have a security council which will help approve certain network upgrades if needed.

Jesse Pollak (courtesy Winni Wintermeyer/Coinbase)

Technologies

Polygon Spin-Off Miden Secures $25M to Bring Speed, Privacy to Institutional Giants

The funding round was led by a16z crypto, 1kx and Hack VC.

Funds rising (Darío Martínez-Batlle/Unsplash)

Technologies

The Protocol: Will ETH Developers Swap Out the EVM for RISC-V?

Also: Matter Labs Sued; Scroll’s Euclid Upgrade; EigenLayer Adds ‘Slashing’ Feature

Ocean van with dog

Technologies

Layer 2 Network Scroll’s 'Biggest Leap Forward' Comes Amid TVL Plunging to Record Low

Euclid aims to improve network performance, enhance application compatibility, and reduce data storage costs while making wallets more accessible.

Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)

Technologies

Pantera Leads $29M Funding for EigenLayer Rival Symbiotic to Expand Staking Play

The funding will expand the current team and contribute to the protocol’s Universal Staking framework.

(WLDavies, Getty Images)

Technologies

Matter Labs, ZKsync Developer, Sued for Alleged Intellectual Property Theft

Defunct blockchain firm BANKEX said two ex-employees stole its technology to build ZKsync, but a spokesperson at Matter Labs called the allegation "baseless."

Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)