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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Figment CEO Lorien Gabel’s Big Bet on Staking Has Paid Off

The staking provider’s co-founder and CEO discusses the evolution of staking and its growing adoption in Asia.

Figment CEO Lorien Gabel

Finance

Figment, Apex to List Ether and Solana Staking ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange

Interest in ETH and SOL has increased substantially over the past few months and the ETPs will contribute to greater access to staking rewards for a wide audience, Figment said.

View of Zug, Switzerland, from the lake, with mountains in background. (Louis Droege/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum Validators Forced to Wait Days to Unstake Amid Celsius Withdraws

This means there is now a 5.6 day wait for validators to exit the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum has a backlog of validators waiting to exit the chain. (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Figment Raises $50M to Build Up Proof-of-Stake Infrastructure

The funding round included participation from Anchorage Digital, Galaxy Digital, and 10T Ventures.

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Markets

Blockchain Firm Figment Launches $16M Investment Arm to Fund Cosmos, Polkadot Projects

The Figment Capital fund will be dedicated to a number of emerging base layers.

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Tech

Blockchain Firm Figment Raises $2.5M in Funding Round Led by Bonfire Ventures

Figment said the latest round will enable it to continue developing its blockchain staking, governance and developer tools.

Ethereum's London hard fork will burn ether to reduce supply.

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