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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Aerodrome is turning liquidity into a prediction market with its biggest upgrade yet

The concept, called Predictive Allocation, will encourage participants to anticipate where liquidity will be needed next, instead of rewarding them for directing incentives toward pools that have already generated fees.

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Finance

Wall Street is moving past crypto pilots and deeper into Ethereum, says Etherealize founder

In an interview with CoinDesk, Etherealize cofounder Vivek Raman said Ethereum is currently in a transitional phase where the infrastructure has largely been built, but the scale of adoption has yet to be fully reflected in ETH itself.

Wall Street. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

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Coinbase launches AI agent accounts that can trade and spend on your behalf

"Coinbase for Agents" is a new platform that lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude connect to users’ Coinbase accounts to trade crypto, access data and eventually make payments and purchases autonomously.

Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

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SpaceX stock is coming to Solana on the same day it lists on Nasdaq

The firms making that possible say eligible shares can also be converted back into tokens, creating a bridge between traditional brokerage accounts and blockchain-based markets.

Starlink Mission. (Official SpaceX Photos/flickr)

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Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards

In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem.

can privacy and security startups survive the financial upheavals of COVID-19? (Credit: Startaê Team/Unsplash)

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World Series of Poker adds Solana payments for tournament buy-ins

The move marks an integration of blockchain-based payments into a major live sporting and gaming event.

Poker chips and two dice (Heather Gill/Unsplash)

Finance

Securitize CEO says tokenized stocks could unlock a $5 trillion crypto market

At a panel at ETHConf, Carlos Domingo argued that bringing stocks and exchange-traded funds onchain could unlock a market far larger than today's roughly $30 billion tokenized asset sector.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo at ETHConf 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

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MetaMask launches AI agent wallet with built-in security for crypto trades

The launch comes as AI agents increasingly emerge as participants in crypto markets, executing trades and managing capital on behalf of users.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin

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Ethereum Foundation cuts and departures aren't a crisis, Joe Lubin says

The Consensys leader told CoinDesk the Ethereum Foundation's role should be narrower and more focused on stewarding the network's core technology and values.

Joe Lubin, Consensys. (CoinDesk)

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Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to exist

In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.

Abstract blockchain networks illustration with glowing cubes representing digital assets