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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Pananalapi

Yoz Labs Raises $3.5M to Build Web3 Notification System

Led by early-stage venture firm Electric Capital, the funding round included several well-known Web3 investors and angels.

(Yoz Labs)

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Lido Considers Using Its ARB Airdrop to Boost Activity on Arbitrum

Under a new proposal Lido would accept its $1.2 million in ARB tokens and reward them to liquidity providers in wrapped staked ether pools.

(lido.fi)

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Rocket Pool Made It Cheaper to Stake ETH Through Its Platform Following Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade

The staking protocol gave users access to their staking rewards and lowered the barrier of entry to create an Ethereum validator.

Statue of Atlas (David Lees/Getty Images)

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LI.FI and InsurAce Pitch Protection for Moving Crypto Between Blockchains

LI.FI partnered with risk cover protocol InsurAce to provide protection for users who are bridging their cryptoassets from one blockchain to another.

Busan, South Korea (Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Nansen Makes Sense of On-Chain Activity

Being able to spot trends in on-chain transactions gives users insight and information to navigate the cryptocurrency financial system. Making transparency practical is why Nansen is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

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Avalanche Surges to 6-Month High in Daily Active Addresses

The spike coincided with a bevy of financial institutions joining Avalanche’s Evergreen subnet “Spruce.”

(Artemis)

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Exploit Involving Aave and Yearn Helped Users Make Money

The exploiter paid back Aave users’ USDT debts on its v1 markets, making the total USDT borrowed stand at zero.

(Getty Images)

Pananalapi

Ether Trades Flat After Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade

Analysts had been divided on how prices might react.

ETH price chart (CoinDesk and highcharts.com)

Tech

Only a Tiny Amount of ETH Is Poised to Be Withdrawn After Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade, Nansen Says

Less than 1% of previously staked ETH is in the queue waiting to be withdrawn.

(Dall-E/CoinDesk)

Tech

LIVE BLOG: Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade

CoinDesk reporters and editors chronicle the first-ever activation of withdrawals from the Ethereum staking mechanism, set for Wednesday at 6:27 p.m. ET (22:27 UTC). We've got the play-by-play on Shanghai – also known as "Shapella" – from what we're seeing on the blockchain and at the watch parties.

Crowds walk below neon signs on Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China. (Getty Images)