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Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young is a tech protocol reporter at CoinDesk. He cares for the Solarpunk Movement and is a recent graduate from Claremont McKenna College, who dual-majored in Economics and Philosophy with a Sequence in Data Science. He owns a few NFTs, gold and silver, as well as BTC, ETH, LINK, AAVE, ARB, PEOPLE, DOGE, OS, and HTR.

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0x founders Will Warren and Amir Bandeali (0x)
Technology
0x labs
Blockchain Infrastructure Provider 0x Rolls Out New Line of APIs
The new platform is aimed at providing developers the tools to build financial products on crypto rails.
0x founders Will Warren and Amir Bandeali (0x)
By Sage D. Young
Apr 20, 2023 at 12:40 p.m. UTC
Apr 20, 2023
0x LabsDEXAPIsInfrastructureExclusive
Agility LSD surges in TVL (Murilo Viviani/Unsplash)
Finance
Ethereum
Total Value on Liquid Staking Platform Agility Soars to $467M Following Ethereum Shapella Fork
Despite Agility’s total valued locked increasing more than 643% to $467 million in the past seven days, CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap are warning about AGI developers having the ability to mint new tokens.
Agility LSD surges in TVL (Murilo Viviani/Unsplash)
By Sage D. Young
Apr 20, 2023 at 8:22 a.m. UTC
Apr 20, 2023
EthereumLiquid stakingShanghaiShapellaOn-chain Data
(Yoz Labs)
Finance
Messaging
Yoz Labs Raises $3.5M to Build Web3 Notification System
Led by early-stage venture firm Electric Capital, the funding round included several well-known Web3 investors and angels.
(Yoz Labs)
By Sage D. Young
Apr 19, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 19, 2023
MessagingWeb 3Funding Rounds
LIDO DAO (lido.fi)
Finance
Lido
Lido Considers Using Its ARB Airdrop to Boost Activity on Arbitrum
Under a new proposal Lido would accept its $1.2 million in ARB tokens and reward them to liquidity providers in wrapped staked ether pools.
LIDO DAO (lido.fi)
By Sage D. Young
Apr 18, 2023 at 8:51 p.m. UTC
Apr 18, 2023
LidoArbitrumDeFiGovernance
Detail of an Ancient Roman Statue of Atlas Supporting the World (David Lees/Getty Images)
Finance
Liquid staking
Rocket Pool Made It Cheaper to Stake ETH Through Its Platform Following Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade
The staking protocol gave users access to their staking rewards and lowered the barrier of entry to create an Ethereum validator.
Detail of an Ancient Roman Statue of Atlas Supporting the World (David Lees/Getty Images)
By Sage D. Young
Apr 18, 2023 at 7:04 p.m. UTC
Apr 18, 2023
Liquid stakingDeFiShanghai upgradeEthereum
Skyline of Busan Metropolitan City with high view, in the blue hour (Getty Images)
Finance
Defi
LI.FI and InsurAce Pitch Protection for Moving Crypto Between Blockchains
LI.FI partnered with risk cover protocol InsurAce to provide protection for users who are bridging their cryptoassets from one blockchain to another.
Skyline of Busan Metropolitan City with high view, in the blue hour (Getty Images)
By Sage D. Young
Apr 18, 2023 at 4:29 p.m. UTC
Apr 18, 2023
DeFiInsuranceExploitHacks
Projects To Watch: Nansen
Consensus Magazine
On-chain data
Nansen Makes Sense of On-Chain Activity
Being able to spot trends in on-chain transactions gives users insight and information to navigate the cryptocurrency financial system. Making transparency practical is why Nansen is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.
Projects To Watch: Nansen
By Sage D. Young
Apr 17, 2023 at 12:10 p.m. UTC
Apr 17, 2023
On-chain DataFinancetokenCryptoCrypto projects 23
Avalanche's daily active addresses grew 85% in the past 90 days. (Artemis)
Finance
Avalanche
Avalanche Surges to 6-Month High in Daily Active Addresses
The spike coincided with a bevy of financial institutions joining Avalanche’s Evergreen subnet “Spruce.”
Avalanche's daily active addresses grew 85% in the past 90 days. (Artemis)
By Sage D. Young
Apr 14, 2023 at 5:20 p.m. UTC
Apr 14, 2023
AvalancheOn-chain DataAVAX
CDCROP: Darkweb, darknet and hacking concept. Hacker with cellphone. Man using dark web with smartphone. Mobile phone fraud, online scam and cyber security threat. Scammer using stolen cell. (Getty Images)
Finance
Analysis
Exploit Involving Aave and Yearn Helped Users Make Money
The exploiter paid back Aave users’ USDT debts on its v1 markets, making the total USDT borrowed stand at zero.
CDCROP: Darkweb, darknet and hacking concept. Hacker with cellphone. Man using dark web with smartphone. Mobile phone fraud, online scam and cyber security threat. Scammer using stolen cell. (Getty Images)
By Sage D. Young
Apr 13, 2023 at 8:05 p.m. UTC
Apr 13, 2023
AnalysisAaveYearn FinanceExploitHack
ETH Price Chart (CoinDesk and highcharts.com)
Finance
Ethereum
Ether Trades Flat After Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade
Analysts had been divided on how prices might react.
ETH Price Chart (CoinDesk and highcharts.com)
By Oliver KnightSage D. YoungJocelyn Yang
Apr 12, 2023 at 10:55 p.m. UTC
Apr 12, 2023
EthereumShanghaiShanghai upgradeOn-chain Data