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 BTC and ETH above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Технології

Blocknative Releases New Ethereum Mempool Explorer, to Help With MEV Protection

The tool, which was released just a few weeks after Blocknative had to cut back on its MEV-Boost relay services, could ultimately help reduce instances of block-level manipulation and protect users from front-running bots.

Blocknative CEO Matt Cutler (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Технології

Worldcoin Foundation $5M Grants Program Focuses on 'Equitable Systems'

The grants are supposed to give developers a “focus on building resilient technology and more equitable systems.”

Worldcoin's iris-scanning technology is being questioned by regulators (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Karl Floersch's 'Optimism' Tech Paved the Way for Coinbase's 'Base' Blockchain

The CEO of OP Labs helped create a set of tools that let developers build their own layer-2 chains.

Karl Floersch (Portrait by Mason Webb for CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Jesse Pollak Is Putting the Base in Coinbase

Coinbase's layer-2 blockchain, which launched this year, helps the exchange to scale and reduce transaction fees. Rivals, like Kraken, are now said to be launching their own layer 2s. That's why Pollak is part of CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023 list.

Rebecca Rose's image of Jesse Pollak for Most Influential 2023.

Consensus Magazine

Jordi Baylina: Finding Solutions in Zero-Knowledge

One of Ethereum's biggest scalability layers, Polygon, is at the forefront of a new tech trend with the launch of its zkEVM.

Mason Webb/CoinDesk

Технології

Mantle Releases Liquid Staking Protocol, Expanding Beyond Layer-2 Operator

The release will be the second core product in the Mantle ecosystem, and comes just 6 months after the Mantle Network went live.

Mantle Chief Alchemist Jordi Alexander (Mantle)

Технології

'We Are Prepared to Go to the Mat:' ENS Founder on Patent Dispute With Unstoppable

ENS Founder Nick Johnson told CoinDesk he’s unhappy with Unstoppable Domains's patenting of work that he claims he produced and published earlier.

Ethereum Name Service founder Nick Johnson (ENS)