Christine Kim

How Market Makers Trade ETH Derivatives and Make Millions

Kim and Edgington discuss a drought in block rewards for CoinDesk’s Eth 2.0 validator, Zelda and chat with CoinDesk Senior Markets Reporter Omkar Godbole about the evolution of ether trading markets.

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Jul 8, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 8, 2021

Reports

Bitcoin

A New Crypto Bear Market Begins: CoinDesk Quarterly Review 2021 Q2

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Jul 8, 2021 at 12:45 p.m. UTC

Jul 8, 2021

Technology

Ethereum mining

Valid Points: The Fate of Ethereum Miners When There’s Nothing Left to Mine

Also: Why there’s growing demand for bitcoin on Ethereum.

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Jul 7, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC

Jul 7, 2021

Mapping Out Eth 2.0

Easier Said Than Done: Why This Change on Eth 2.0 Would Require ‘Immense’ Work

CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the activation of EIP 1559 on Ethereum’s test network Ropsten and two potential protocol-level changes impacting Ethereum 2.0 validators.

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Jul 1, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 1, 2021

Technology

Ethereum

Valid Points: How Ethereum Miners Are Preparing for EIP 1559 and the Merge

Plus: An incident on Stakefish highlights the importance of taking extra precautions when setting up an Eth 2.0 validator.

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Jun 30, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2021

Mapping Out Eth 2.0

Luck or Skill? Allnodes’ CEO Spills the Beans About Eth 2.0 Staking

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington chat with the CEO and founder of Allnodes, Konstantin Boyko-Romanovsky. Allnodes is a blockchain node hosting, monitoring and staking service supporting over 25 cryptocurrency networks.

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Jun 24, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 24, 2021

Technology

Ethereum 2.0

Valid Points: Why EIP 1559 Matters to Eth 2.0 Validators

Also: The amount of ETH held in smart contracts reaches a new all-time high.

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Jun 23, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC

Jun 23, 2021

Technology

Research

4 Common Misperceptions About Ethereum’s EIP 1559 Upgrade

Here's a look at the promises of EIP 1559, expected for activation sometime next month.

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Jun 18, 2021 at 9:03 p.m. UTC

Jun 18, 2021

Reports

Ethereum

EIP 1559: Ethereum's Fee Market Upgrade Explained

Jun 17, 2021 at 7:07 p.m. UTC

Jun 17, 2021

Ethereum

What Crypto Exchange Coinbase and Infrastructure Provider Infura Have in Common

Mapping Out Eth 2.0

The Twitter Drama Around Eth 2.0’s Naming Conventions Explained

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss why the term “validator” is a misnomer on Ethereum 2.0 and the different ways decentralization can be measured on a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain.