Dam during the rhone flood
How Advisors Can Prepare for Ethereum’s Unlock
Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade will unlock ether that has been staked since the Merge, potentially leading to selling pressure that market participants could ride out or take advantage of.
Dam during the rhone flood

waiting in line
Ethereum's Shanghai Is Nearing, but When Can I Withdraw My Staked ETH?
Even though the Ethereum blockchain’s Shanghai hard fork (also known as Shapella) will go live April 12, you might not receive your rewards immediately if you have staked ETH with a staking service or a staking pool.
waiting in line

CDCROP: Ethereum Highway Sunset (Dall-E/CoinDesk)
Keep Goerli Ether Alive as Ethereum Canary Network, DAO Argues
Much of the testing of Ethereum’s major upgrades, such as the Merge, have been conducted on Goerli.
CDCROP: Ethereum Highway Sunset (Dall-E/CoinDesk)

Airdrop
Arbitrum Shows Just How Messy (and Tricky) Crypto Airdrops Can Be
Bugs, server crashes and scammers continue to plague crypto airdrops. Will regulatory pressures be next?
Airdrop

LIDO DAO (lido.fi)
Ethereum Staking Provider Lido to Incorporate NFTs Into Unstaking Process
Users will receive a transferable non-fungible token representing their request withdrawal for their staked ether.
LIDO DAO (lido.fi)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam
U.S. CFTC Chief Behnam Reinforces View of Ether as Commodity
That view differs from the apparent SEC view that ETH may be a security.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam

Money Cash Currency Bills (Pixabay)
Staking Protocol EigenLayer Raises $50M Amid Crypto Winter
Blockchain Capital led the round for the system that allows Ethereum stakers to reuse the tokens.
Money Cash Currency Bills (Pixabay)

Zero knowledge
ConsenSys Launches zkEVM Public Testnet, Renames It ‘Linea’
The release comes in the days after competitors, Polygon and Matter Labs, came out with their own zkEVMs.
Zero knowledge

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction
The release of Polygon’s zkEVM comes just days after competitor Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era.
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Sunsetting Aztec Connect (Aztec Network)
Regulatory Pressure Did Not Shut Down Privacy Tool, Aztec Founders Say
Despite U.S. efforts to sanction Tornado Cash and other crypto privacy tools, Aztec says it shut down its Ethereum zero-knowledge tools for commercial reasons.
Sunsetting Aztec Connect (Aztec Network)