Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young was a tech protocol reporter at CoinDesk. He cares for the Solarpunk Movement and is a recent graduate from Claremont McKenna College, who dual-majored in Economics and Philosophy with a Sequence in Data Science. He owns a few NFTs, gold and silver, as well as BTC, ETH, LINK, AAVE, ARB, PEOPLE, DOGE, OS, and HTR.

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Consensus Magazine

Developer Activity Shows Healthy Growth of the Crypto Space

The trope that developers continue to build during bear markets holds true in 2023.

Crecimiento de desarrolladores activos semanales desde 2013. (Artemis.xyz)

Tech

Layer 2 Network Arbitrum Surpasses Ethereum in Daily Transactions

Arbitrum’s dominance continues to grow in the first quarter of 2023 as the number of unique addresses on Arbitrum reaches an all-time high.

(Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash)

Markets

Arbitrum Native Decentralized Exchange Camelot Growing Massively in February

The price of GRAIL, the native token for Camelot, has soared 520% since Feb. 1, per CoinGecko.

(Wendell Adriel/Unsplash)

Web3

Blur Surpassed OpenSea in Daily NFT Trading Volume Wednesday, Nansen Shows

NFT marketplace OpenSea’s dominance in the NFT ecosystem faces a growing challenge from Blur’s rapid ascent.

(Blur.io)

Tech

NFT Gaming Protocol Aavegotchi Aims to Increase Engagement With Upgrade

Called the Forge, the upgrade focuses on wearables, one of three attributes that determine the value and rarity of Aavegotchi NFTs.

(Warren Umoh/Unsplash)

Finance

AI Token Search Traffic Spikes as Crypto Traders Seek Exposure

The trending AI tokens on CoinGecko showcase how artificial intelligence has a chokehold on the zeitgeist.

Artificial Intelligence: tech’s hottest trend. (DALL-E)

Finance

NFT Market Share Battle Ramps Up Between OpenSea and Blur

A side-by-side comparison of the two NFT marketplaces using Nansen data suggests that while Blur has seen rapid growth in volumes, it is still lagging behind OpenSea in terms of number of sales and interacting wallets.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Turkish Nonprofits Raise Millions of Dollars in Crypto for Earthquake Response

Organizations are using cryptocurrencies – borderless by nature – to get international aid into Turkey.

Haluk Levent performs In Berlin on June 6, 2022. (Frank Hoensch/Redferns)

Tech

Options Automated Market Maker Lyra Deploys to Arbitrum Network

With the Newport upgrade, Lyra is now integrated with GMX perpetuals, allowing users to benefit from improved capital efficiency and user experience.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

MakerDAO Constitution Would Fund Sustainability Efforts With 20K MKR Tokens From Reserves, Emissions

With “scientific sustainability” as a core principle, an early draft of the proposed Maker constitution would, if approved, play an active role in combating climate change by allocating $14 million worth of MKR tokens to its Scientific Sustainability Fund.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)