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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XRPL EVM Sidechain Goes Live, Unlocking Ethereum Dapps in XRP Ecosystem

The development introduces Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible smart contracts to the XRP Ledger, enabling developers to deploy their Ethereum-based apps.

Ripple Labs CTO David Schwartz (Ripple Labs)

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Ripple Integrates Wormhole With XRP Ledger to Power Institutional Multichain Moves

Ripple's move supports the development of multichain applications, emphasizing compliance, low cost and fast settlement.

Ripple Labs CTO David Schwartz (Ripple Labs)

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The Protocol: Ethereum Proposal That Could Make the Network Faster

Also: ZKSync’s Airbender, Norway Plans To Ban Crypto Mining Centers, and XRP Ledger’s New Upgrade.

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Zama Raises $57M, Becomes First Unicorn Involved With Fully Homomorphic Encryption

The team said the fundraise pushes Zama’s total capital raised to over $150 million and values it at over $1 billion, making the firm the first unicorn involved with FHE.

Rand Hindi

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ZKsync’s Airbender zkVM Proves Ethereum Blocks in 35 Seconds

The new prover, which is based on RISC-V, a newer programming framework that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has suggested to replace the current EVM with.

Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

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The Protocol: Polyhedra Promises Buyback Plan After Liquidity Attack

Also: Optalysys: New Server for Blockchains, and Ink Foundation Plans Token Airdrop.

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The Protocol: Polygon, Once a Scaling Leader, Eyes a Revamp

Also: EF Treasury Policy, Increase of OP_CAT Data Limit, and Plume Genesis Goes Live.

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Polygon's Sandeep Nailwal Takes Over as Foundation CEO Amid Strategic Shakeup

Nailwal will steer the Polygon Foundation as it shuts down zkEVM, doubles down on PoS, and plots a return to Ethereum scaling dominance.

Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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RISE Chain Secures $4M From Galaxy to Power Ultra-Fast Layer-2

The capital will go towards building out the project’s forthcoming mainnet.

Sam Battenally CEO of RISE (RISE)

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Ethereum Foundation Unveils New Treasury Policy With 15% Opex Cap

The EF published an updated treasury policy, outlining plans around token sales, fiat purchases and transparency reporting.

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