Ether Becomes Deflationary for First Time Since the Merge: Coinbase
The number of tokens fell by 4,000 over the last week as more ether was burned verifying transactions than was created, the report said.

Morgan Stanley Says Crypto Ecosystem Is Becoming Less Decentralized
The Ethereum blockchain has become more centralized following the shift to proof-of-stake as 60% of validators are managed by only four companies, the report said.

Ethereum’s Second-Layer Projects Duke It Out for Dominance
Ethereum's layer 2 scaling platforms are taking center stage in the network's newest chapter, and it is unclear whether first movers hold the greatest advantage.

GSR Markets Exec on Crypto Buying Opportunities
"It's becoming clear that there are more and more buying opportunities for [crypto protocols] which are revenue generating ... similar to the kind of TradFi opportunities that followed the great financial crisis in 2009," GSR Markets Global Head of Product Benoit Bosc says, naming Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and NEAR.

‘No Central Points of Failure’: Sunny Aggarwal on ATOM 2.0, Mesh Networks and Cosmos’ Future
The Osmosis founder discusses Cosmos' long-term vision ahead of CoinDesk's I.D.E.A.S. conference.

New Metis Rollup Tech Addressees Ethereum Scalability for Businesses
The layer 2 platform’s team includes the mother of Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin.

Ethereum Scaling Tool Polygon Launches its zkEVM Public Testnet
The company continues to be targeting the mainnet going live sometime in early 2023.

What’s Going On With Ethereum’s MEV-Boost?
Flashbots' block relayers continue to dominate the Ethereum validator ecosystem. And with them, censorship continues to grow.

Etherscan Set to 'Deprecate' Ethereum’s Ropsten and Rinkeby Testnets
Developers should migrate to Goerli and Sepolia networks ahead of tomorrow’s shutdown.
