William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

William Foxley

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Tech

DeFi Tech, CeFi Speed: dYdX Touts New StarkWare Integration

The throughput solution comes as Ethereum gas fees hit historic highs.

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Tech

The ‘Unique Opportunity’ to Upgrade Ethereum’s Virtual Stack

A few functions may be removed from Ethereum during its merge from Eth 1.x to Eth 2.0.

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Videos

Crypto Cloud Lifted After Bitfinex, Tether Settlement? Trading Bots Preying on Ethereum, and More

“The Hash” team tackles today’s hot topics: the impact of NY AG’s settlement with Bitfinex, Tether; the use case for bitcoin according to Michael Saylor; Facebook’s standoff in Australia comes to an end but without consequences; and could heating your home by crypto mining be a hot new trend?

The Hash

Markets

DeFi Lending Platforms Liquidate Record $115M in Loans as ETH Price Drops

You can send an Ethereum transaction, or you can buy yourself a steak dinner.

Liquidations on Tuesday across major DeFi lending platforms.

Tech

Ethereum Trading Bot Strategy ‘Extracted’ $107M in 30 Days, Research Suggests

The strategy has also contributed to higher gas fees and blockchain bloat.

Trading bots are extracting value from the Ethereum mempool.

Videos

The Raging Debate Over Bitcoin’s Merits, Why DeFi Loan Liquidations Hit a 3-Month High, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: bitcoin and ether’s recent rally takes a breather; WaPo’s editorial board weighs in on bitcoin; the impact of soaring gas fees on Ethereum; plus, Brave’s browser is leaking a ton of dark information.

The Hash

Markets

$25M in DeFi Loans Liquidated as Ether Price Falls

The three-month high liquidation volume comes as Ethereum fees in dollar terms set a new record mark of $29 per basic transaction.

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Finance

CoinShares Releases DeFi Index Token for Institutional Investors

Financial indexes bring legitimacy to emerging asset classes, CoinShares Chairman Danny Masters told CoinDesk.

Danny Masters, executive chairman at CoinShares

Markets

Ether Sets New All-Time High Over $2,000 as Bull Run Continues

Ether hit a new record, up 5.44% in the last 24 hours, with market capitalization hitting $230.7 billion.

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Videos

Bitcoin’s $1T Market Value Milestone, Why BinanceCoin and PancakeSwap are Soaring, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: bitcoin breaks the $1 trillion market value barrier; why BinanceCoin and PancakeSwap cryptos are soaring; fugitive BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes resurfaces; plus, are celebrity endorsements a positive or a “kiss” of death for crypto?

The Hash