Margaux Nijkerk

Margaux is a DeFi reporter at CoinDesk, focusing on the rapidly evolving decentralized finance landscape with a particular emphasis on the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems. Prior to that, Margaux was on CoinDesk’s Tech & Protocols team covering the Ethereum protocol and L2s. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she holds a master’s degree in International Affairs and Economics. She holds BTC and ETH above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Ethereum at 10: What's Next for the World Computer?

After existential hacks, deep upgrades and mass adoption, how will Ethereum evolve from here? Leading players from the ecosystem weigh in.

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Linea to Burn ETH With Every Transaction in Bold L2 Upgrade

Linea’s updated roadmap introduces ETH-native staking on bridged assets, a protocol-level ETH burn mechanism, and the allocation of 85% of its token supply to ecosystem development.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

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Solana Players Unveil ‘Internet Capital Markets’ Roadmap

The roadmap was coauthored from key leaders of the Solana ecosystem and centers on ‘Application-Controlled Execution’

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The Protocol: Ethereum Validator Exit Queue Backs Up

Also: Jito Debuts BAM, Ethereum Validators Raise the Gas Limit and Dogecoin Could Get ZK Proofs.

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Institutions Are Driving Ethereum's 'Comeback'

ETH's price has more than doubled in value since April aided by institutions betting on stablecoins and tokenization, corporate treasuries and L2s.

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Jito Launches BAM to Reshape Solana’s Blockspace Economy

The Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM) is a new system aimed at improving how blocks are built and how transactions are sequenced on the Solana blockchain.

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Ethereum Validators Signal Intention of Upping Gas Limit To 45M

As of July 21, 49% of validators with staked ETH have indicated they want to up the gas limit to 45 million units.

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Ether.fi to Expand to HyperLiquid, Introduce ‘beHYPE’ Staking Token

The venture will initially offer a multisig-secured vault, preHYPE, that enables early deposits ahead of the full beHYPE rollout.

Three people, including Ether.fi CEO Mike Silagadze, sit on a stage at Consensus Hong Kong 2025.

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Coinbase Wallet Becomes ‘Base App’ in Major Rebrand

The company is introducing a suite of consumer and developer tools that expands the Base App's scope far beyond its origins as an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

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The Protocol: Layer-2 Eclipse’s Airdrop Goes Live

Also: Risc Zero’s ‘Boundless’ Incentivized Testnet, A New Bitcoin Proposal, and The First DePIN Powered Credit Card.

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