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Tech

Ethereum Validator Exit Queue Tops $2B as Stakers Rush to Quit After 160% Rally

The exodus stretched the waiting line to over 10 days, but strong staking demand from ETH treasury firms and SEC clarity may keep sell pressure in check.

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

Tech

Crypto Staking Goes Live on Starknet in First for Top Ethereum L2 Blockchains

Now, anyone with 20,000 STRK ($12K) can make money as a validator, and users with smaller holdings can delegate tokens to validators to stake on their behalf.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Tech

Jump's 'Frankendancer' Validator Client Is Live on Solana Mainnet

The ramshackle validator client is a prelude to Jump's highly anticipated Firedancer software.

Jump Chief Science Officer Kevin Bowers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Deutsche Telekom Joins RWA-Focused XDC as Infrastructure Provider in Digital Asset Push

The company already runs nodes on multiple blockchain networks and is considering bitcoin mining, its web3 head revealed last month at a conference.

Mika Baumeister, Unsplash

Tech

Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology

As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing field of "distributed validator technology," or DVT.

Distributed validator technology involves splitting up the job of running a validator on blockchains like Ethereum. (Onasill/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Finance

Energy Giant EDF Subsidiary Joins Cronos as a Blockchain Validator

EDF subsidiary Exaion helps industries with digital transformation by focusing on addressing the energy efficiency of data centers.

EDF subsidiary Exaion has become a validator on the Chiliz Chain. (Léo Crouzille/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum's Rising Validator Count Is Causing Concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets Says

Future roadmap upgrades for the network will become more difficult with a large validator set, the report said.

Ethereum's rising validator count is causing technical capacity and centralization concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets says (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

French Energy Giant EDF Subsidiary Becomes Chiliz Blockchain Validator

Exaion helps industries with digital transformation related to cloud and blockchain with a focus on addressing energy efficiency of data centers.

EDF subsidiary Exaion has become a validator on the Chiliz Chain. (Léo Crouzille/Unsplash)

Markets

Ethereum Validator Entry Queue Signals Renewed Interest in Staking

The validator entry queue has jumped to 7,045, the highest since Oct. 6, according to data source ValidatorQueue.

Staking (Shutterstock)