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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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Technology
Ethereum
Etherscan Set to 'Deprecate' Ethereum’s Ropsten and Rinkeby Testnets
Developers should migrate to Goerli and Sepolia networks ahead of tomorrow’s shutdown.
Dandelion flower plant blowing wind breeze (Bellazza87/Pixabay)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Oct 4, 2022 at 7:17 p.m. UTC
Oct 4, 2022
EthereumTestnetThe Merge
Juno launching loyalty token with new fundraising round. (Juno)
Finance
Juno
Crypto Banking Platform Juno Raises $18M in Series A Funding
Alongside the fresh capital, the company will be introducing its loyalty token, JCOIN.
Juno launching loyalty token with new fundraising round. (Juno)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Oct 1, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 1, 2022
JunoFunding Rounds
Anchorage co-founders Diogo Monica and Nathan McCauley (Anchorage)
Finance
Anchorage
Crypto Custody Firm Anchorage Digital to Be Preferred Custodian for Layer 1 Blockchain Aptos Labs
The partnership signals the growing institutional adoption of crypto.
Anchorage co-founders Diogo Monica and Nathan McCauley (Anchorage)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 27, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2022
AnchorageAptosCustodians
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Technology
Aragon
Aragon Network Holding Votes on Key Parts of Shift to a New DAO Structure
Community members have until Oct. 5 to cast their votes
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 26, 2022 at 5:48 p.m. UTC
Sep 26, 2022
AragonDAO
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Finance
Tornado cash
Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Code Is Back on GitHub
The move by GitHub comes as Ethereum developers have called for platforms that host the mixer service to not ban Tornado Cash code.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 22, 2022 at 8:34 p.m. UTC
Sep 22, 2022
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Major Wall Street firms are getting into the crypto market. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Finance
Institutional adoption
Nasdaq Joins BlackRock as TradFi Defies the Bear Market and Embraces Crypto
The down market hasn’t stopped traditional finance's push into crypto as large players continue to pile into the industry, following Warren Buffett’s famous rule "be greedy on...
Major Wall Street firms are getting into the crypto market. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 21, 2022 at 5:55 p.m. UTC
Sep 21, 2022
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Vulcan Forged has raised funding to grow its play-to-earn immersive metaverse game “Metascapes.”(Fredrick Tendong/Unsplash)
Finance
Gaming
Play-to-Earn Gaming Platform Vulcan Forged Raises $8M in Series A Funding
The funding round was led by investment firm Skybridge Capital.
Vulcan Forged has raised funding to grow its play-to-earn immersive metaverse game “Metascapes.”(Fredrick Tendong/Unsplash)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 21, 2022 at 3:36 p.m. UTC
Sep 21, 2022
GamingFunding RoundsPlay-to-EarnMetaverse
Accounting platform Integral has raised $8.5 million in its first round of funding. (Shutterstock)
Finance
Funding rounds
Real-Time Accounting Platform Integral Raises $8.5M in First Round of Funding
Investors included some notable names from the crypto industry, such as figures from Coinbase, Anchorage and Dapper Labs.
Accounting platform Integral has raised $8.5 million in its first round of funding. (Shutterstock)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 20, 2022 at 6:41 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2022
Funding RoundsWeb3Accounting
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Finance
Frank mccourt
Privacy-Focused Social Network MeWe Ties Into Blockchain-Powered Protocol
Using Project Liberty's protocol will make MeWe the largest decentralized social media platform.
(Yuichiro Chino/Moment/Getty Images)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 20, 2022 at 5:52 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2022
Frank McCourtSocial MediaDecentralized Web
(Midjourney/CoinDesk)
Markets
Eth
Crypto Investors Yanked Money From ETH Products Despite a Smooth Ethereum Merge
ETH funds saw outflows for a fourth straight week, even as bitcoin (BTC) products won inflows, according to CoinShares.
(Midjourney/CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 19, 2022 at 8:41 p.m. UTC
Sep 19, 2022
ETHEthereumThe Merge