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Margaux Nijkerk

Margaux Nijkerk

Margaux Nijkerk reports on the Ethereum protocol and L2s. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she has a masters in International Affairs & Economics. She holds a small amount of ETH and other altcoins.

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Co-founder of Polygon Brendan Farmer (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
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Polygon
Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare.
Co-founder of Polygon Brendan Farmer (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 21, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 21, 2024
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Starknet
Starknet Token STRK Begins Trading at $5 After Mammoth Airdrop
Fully diluted value of STRK reached as high as $50 billion with an initial market cap of $3.64 billion.
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By Oliver KnightMargaux Nijkerk
Feb 20, 2024 at 12:10 p.m. UTC
Feb 20, 2024
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The Protocol Wide
The Protocol
The protocol
The Trio of Crypto Trends: Is It a Meme or Is It Hype? Ethereum Tokens, a Bitcoin Code Resurgence and Airdrop Fever
The hosts dissect three key topics: the inception of DN 404 tokens on Ethereum, the resurgence of the OP_CAT function in Bitcoin, and the ongoing airdrop season in the crypto...
The Protocol Wide
By Bradley KeounMargaux NijkerkSam Kessler
Feb 15, 2024 at 8:40 p.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2024
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Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and President of Starkware (Starkware)
Technology
Ethereum
Starknet Blockchain Plans Much-Awaited Airdrop of New STRK Tokens Next Week
The airdrop will happen on Feb. 20, and eligible users have until June 20 to claim their tokens
Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and President of Starkware (Starkware)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 14, 2024 at 7:57 a.m. UTC
Feb 14, 2024
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Ledger Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers (Ledger)
Technology
Coinbase
Ledger, Coinbase Pay Integrate to Give Users Direct Access to Buy, Sell Crypto
Bringing Coinbase Pay into the Ledger Live app is supposed to benefit Ledger users, making it easier to receive their crypto purchases from Coinbase directly on their Ledger h...
Ledger Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers (Ledger)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 13, 2024
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The Protocol Wide
The Protocol
The protocol
Tests, Restaking, and Upgrades: How Is the Blockchain Ecosystem Shaping Up?
Special Guest Host Nebojsa Urosevic, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Tenderly, joins us to share insights on Ethereum's development process...
The Protocol Wide
By Bradley KeounMargaux NijkerkSam Kessler
Feb 8, 2024 at 8:45 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2024
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Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)
Technology
Starknet
Layer-2 Blockchain Developer StarkWare Plans ‘Cairo’ to Verify Layer-3s
The Cairo Verifier, which the StarkWare and the Herodotus developer team worked on together, is a key piece of technology that verifies proofs and posts them back to the layer...
Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 8, 2024 at 6:03 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2024
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Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Technology
Polygon
Polygon Releases 'Type 1 Prover,' Claiming Milestone Set by Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin
The announcement means that existing EVM chains or optimistic rollups can connect to the prover without modification, then plug into Polygon’s newly released Aggregation layer...
Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 8, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2024
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Technology
Sharding
Ethereum Developers Target March 13 for Milestone 'Dencun' Upgrade on Mainnet
The timing for the long-awaited Dencun upgrade, with its much-touted "proto-danksharding" feature, was announced Thursday on a call with top developers for the Ethereum blockc...
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 8, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2024
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Technology
Ethereum
Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Reaches Final ‘Holesky’ Testnet, Starting Countdown to Data 'Blobs'
The test simulated “proto-danksharding,” a technical feature aimed at reducing the cost of transactions for rollups as well as making data availability cheaper.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 7, 2024 at 12:12 p.m. UTC
Feb 7, 2024
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