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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Finance

Solana DEX Orca launches new marketplace for tokenized real-world assets

The launch comes as crypto companies increasingly focus on tokenizing traditional financial assets, a market many in the industry see as a major growth opportunity.

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Tech

Coinbase’s Base launches AI tool for ChatGPT to manage crypto wallets and DeFi apps

The product, called Base MCP, connects a user’s Base Account to AI clients such as ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging standard that allows AI systems to securely interface with external tools and applications.

Jesse Pollak (courtesy Winni Wintermeyer/Coinbase)

Tech

AI is speeding up the quantum threat to crypto, security experts warn

Researchers and builders believe that artificial intelligence may be accelerating the quantum timeline and forcing a broader rethink of how digital security works.

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Tech

Ethereum’s identity crisis is deepening after high-profile 'brain drain' frustrates the community

What began earlier this week as shock over more exits of core figures has now evolved into something more existential, according to some community members.

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Tech

The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation's high-profile departures spark fresh debate

Also: Citi on quantum computing and bitcoin, Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, and Vitalik Buterin on AI verification

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‘What's happening at the EF?’ Ethereum community looking for answers after high-profile departures

A wave of recent high-profile departures at the Ethereum Foundation has reignited longstanding questions from community members about what is going on inside the organization.

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Tech

The Ethereum Foundation is facing a wave of high-profile departures as its internal shakeup deepens

The turnover comes as the foundation undergoes an internal transition tied to a new organizational mandate aimed at redefining its role within Ethereum.

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Tech

Vitalik Buterin says AI 'formal verification' could actually make crypto much more secure

The Ethereum co-founder argued that AI-assisted "formal verification" could become one of the most important tools for cybersecurity in a new blog post.

Vitalik Buterin speaking at ETHDenver in February 2022

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Jump Crypto’s ‘Firedancer’ is taking a slow and steady approach to its long-awaited Solana infrastructure rollout

In an interview with CoinDesk, the lead engineer at Firedancer gives an update on how the new client, also known as a software, is fairing in the Solana ecosystem.

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Tech

The $293 million KelpDAO hack shows why DeFi is finally being forced to grow up

For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi is no longer primarily battling coding bugs. It’s battling complexity.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)