Crypto Investments Report Positive Flows for Fourth Consecutive Week: CoinShares
Bitcoin-related products took the majority share, totalling $104 million of the $114 million inflow total.

Ethereum Unstaking Request Pile Up After Shanghai Upgrade: Rated
So many Ethereum validators have put in requests to unstake ether (ETH) from the blockchain following Wednesday’s Shanghai upgrade that the queue to get the cryptocurrency out has backed up over two weeks, according to the network explorer Rated. Galaxy Digital Vice President of Research Christine Kim breaks down the data.

Over 1M Ether Withdrawn After Shanghai Upgrade: Beacon Chain Tracker Data
Beacon Chain tracker data shows ether (ETH) withdrawals crossed 1 million tokens even as prices touched an 11-month high following the successful Shanghai upgrade. Galaxy Digital Vice President of Research Christine Kim discusses the latest developments on the upgrade and reaction from the Ethereum community.

Decentralization Is the Point, and We’re Not Talking Enough About Why
The internet has a habit of producing companies that dominate their industry because of network effects. The answer is the decentralization and openness that only blockchain technology affords, says EY’s Paul Brody.

First Mover Americas: Ether Holds Above $2K
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 17, 2023.

Scroll Aims to Be the Turtle That Wins the Ethereum Scaling Race
This decentralized, global team of developers is ignoring the urge to be the first to scale Ethereum. For its holistic approach to building broadly and transparently, Scroll is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.

StarkNet Aims to Enhance Scalability, Privacy and Security on Ethereum
One of the first projects to integrate the intriguing new mechanism of account abstraction has already gotten Visa on board to secure payments processing for crypto transactions. That’s why StarkNet is a 2023 Project to Watch.

Ether’s Strong Price Action May Continue Until End of Month: Coinbase
One reason why ether is appreciating is because of its relative underperformance versus bitcoin so far this year, the exchange said.

Olympus DAO Votes to Buy More ETH for Treasury Backing OHM Token
The rebalancing comes as ether rallies off a successful Shapella upgrade.

Ether Options Trading Volume Outshines Bitcoin After Shanghai Upgrade
Ether (ETH) continues to outperform bitcoin (BTC) following the Ethereum network’s "Shapella" upgrade. The options market tied to ether has seen more activity than bitcoin in the past 24 hours, the first instance of 2023. "Bitcoin's going to be the boring old grandpa right now in the room," Dexterity Capital managing partner Michael Safai said. Plus, Safai reacts to ether's latest price rally after topping $2,100.
