Latest from Margaux Nijkerk
How North Korea's 6-month long secret espionage program has crypto community rethinking security
For years, the DeFi industry has treated security as a technical problem: something that could be solved with better code. But the Drift incident suggests something far more complex: that the real vulnerabilities may lie outside the codebase altogether.
Aave loses key risk manager, Chaos Labs, amid contributor exodus and disputes
A key sticking point is Aave’s V4 upgrade, which introduces a new architecture and significantly expands the scope of risk management.
Solana's quantum-threat readiness reveals harsh tradeoff: security vs speed
While Bitcoin developers scramble to find a solution and Ethereum prepares for 'Q-day,' Solana is trying to get ahead of that scenario.
The Protocol: Quantum computing could break Bitcoin sooner, says Google
Also: OpenAI raises $122 billion, crypto ecosystems diverging post-quantum strategies, and Base’s 2026 roadmap.
Coinbase’s Base to focus on tokenized markets, stablecoins, developers this year
The move comes as the chain distances itself from Optimism technology and toward in-house infrastructure as it seeks greater independence and scale.
Aave rolls out v4 on Ethereum, aiming to expand DeFi into real-world credit markets
The upgrade has been in development for about two years and is designed to make it easier to use Aave for a wider range of lending and borrowing activities.
New Ethereum project aims to fix network fragmentation and improve user experience
The project is designed to make Ethereum’s many layer 2s work together more seamlessly.
Inside Aave’s governance battle as DeFi giant prepares for upgrade
In an interview with CoinDesk, Aave Labs CEO Stani Kulechov reflected on the governance debates in the Aave ecosystem, as well as what’s to come for the network.
Here's how bitcoin, Ethereum and other networks are preparing for the looming quantum threat
Across many of the most well-known ecosystems like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, responses are diverging along familiar lines: what to do on social consensus and technical iteration, and community members are split between caution and acceleration.
BitGo teams with ZKsync to build tokenized deposit infrastructure to bring banks onchain
Now in testing, the platform aims to enable programmable payments and simplify blockchain adoption for financial institutions.
