Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young was 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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Finance

Crypto Perpetuals Exchange DYdX Considering the Launch of More SubDAOs

The conversation was initiated to promote more decentralization within the dYdX ecosystem ahead of its v4 upgrade.

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Technologies

Liquid Staking Leader Lido Upgrades to Second Version on Ethereum

Users can now unstake their stETH and receive ETH at a 1:1 ratio.

Lido has already withdrawn more than 278,000 ETH at press time. (John Sirlin/EyeEm/Getty Images)

Technologies

Lido Community Weighing On-Chain Vote to Deploy Version 2 on Ethereum

If the governance vote passes, the latest iteration of Lido will come to the Ethereum blockchain, Lido’s biggest market.

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Technologies

Staking Platform Agility Soared After Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade, but It’s Suffered Ever Since

Key metrics like total value locked (TVL) and the price of its AGI token have tumbled recently, following their post-Shapella runup.

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Technologies

Ethereum Resumes Finalizing Blocks after Second Performance Hiccup in 24 Hours

When blocks are not being finalized, it is possible that pending transactions might be re-ordered or dropped from the network. Developers haven't determined the source of the hold-ups, but they are urging for calm amidst the concern and uncertainty.

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Marchés

Ether Selling Pressure Post-Shanghai Upgrade Was 'Non-Event,' Says Nansen

The number of staked ether has climbed to 19.55 million, a new all-time high, as ETH staking deposits surpassed withdrawals.

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Technologies

Coinbase Works to Fix Wallet Support for Ethereum Staking Withdrawals Stuck in Limbo

According to Coinbase’s customer support, “Our systems currently do not support deposits to Coinbase ETH addresses from external validators… Funds may be stuck until we are able to support these transactions.”

It’s not Coinbase itself that worries, Halborn COO David Schwed. It's the comparative lack of experience and regulation between TradFi and crypto-natives. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Technologies

Ordinals Upend Bitcoin Mining, Pushing Transaction Fees Above Mining Reward for First Time in Years

Several mining pools such as Luxor Technologies and AntPool mined blocks on Monday where fees exceeded Bitcoin’s block subsidy of 6.25 BTC.

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Technologies

Canto Blockchain Set for Vote on Reduction in Liquidity Incentives, Block Rewards

If passed, the mining incentives for each liquidity pool on Canto will be reduced on average by roughly 38%, and data-block rewards known as "security emissions" would decrease by 15%.

"Canto" is Spanish for "singing." (Hannah Busing/Unsplash)

Technologies

Bitcoin’s Frenzy of Activity Pushes Average Transaction Fee Over $7, Nearly 2-Year High

The average transaction fee on Bitcoin has shot above $7, pushing total fees up nearly fivefold in two weeks, thanks to a surge in Ethereum-style “BRC-20” tokens and NFT-like “inscriptions” on the increasingly popular Ordinals project.

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