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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Consensus Magazine

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.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Finance

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.”

(Artemis)

Finance

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.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Ether Trades Flat After Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade

Analysts had been divided on how prices might react.

ETH price chart (CoinDesk and highcharts.com)

Tech

Only a Tiny Amount of ETH Is Poised to Be Withdrawn After Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade, Nansen Says

Less than 1% of previously staked ETH is in the queue waiting to be withdrawn.

(Dall-E/CoinDesk)

Tech

Actualización Shanghái de Ethereum: una guía de encuentros y herramientas blockchain para seguir el evento

Varios grupos de la comunidad de Ethereum están planificando watch parties para todos los que quieran ser testigos de los primeros retiros de la historia del ether en stake.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Tech

LIVE BLOG: Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade

CoinDesk reporters and editors chronicle the first-ever activation of withdrawals from the Ethereum staking mechanism, set for Wednesday at 6:27 p.m. ET (22:27 UTC). We've got the play-by-play on Shanghai – also known as "Shapella" – from what we're seeing on the blockchain and at the watch parties.

Crowds walk below neon signs on Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China. (Getty Images)

Finance

Euler Finance Lets Users Redeem Recovered Funds Following $200M Theft

Allowing customers to withdraw money after last month's incident is a relatively happy ending for a crypto exploit.

(Diana Polekhina/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade: Here’s Our Guide to Watch Parties, Blockchain Tools

Various factions of the Ethereum community are planning watch parties to witness the first-ever withdrawals of staked ether, with the blockchain's Shanghai upgrade (aka "Shapella") set for Wednesday at 6:27 p.m. ET (22:27 UTC).

Blockchain watch party (Dream by Wombo, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Euler Finance Community Weighs Plan to Return Money Recovered From $200M Hack

The goal of the proposal is to let Euler users redeem their funds as soon as possible.

(Getty Images)