William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

William Foxley

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Markets

DeFi Lending Platforms Liquidate Record $115M in Loans as ETH Price Drops

You can send an Ethereum transaction, or you can buy yourself a steak dinner.

Liquidations on Tuesday across major DeFi lending platforms.

Tech

Ethereum Trading Bot Strategy ‘Extracted’ $107M in 30 Days, Research Suggests

The strategy has also contributed to higher gas fees and blockchain bloat.

Trading bots are extracting value from the Ethereum mempool.

Videos

The Raging Debate Over Bitcoin’s Merits, Why DeFi Loan Liquidations Hit a 3-Month High, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: bitcoin and ether’s recent rally takes a breather; WaPo’s editorial board weighs in on bitcoin; the impact of soaring gas fees on Ethereum; plus, Brave’s browser is leaking a ton of dark information.

The Hash

Markets

$25M in DeFi Loans Liquidated as Ether Price Falls

The three-month high liquidation volume comes as Ethereum fees in dollar terms set a new record mark of $29 per basic transaction.

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Finance

CoinShares Releases DeFi Index Token for Institutional Investors

Financial indexes bring legitimacy to emerging asset classes, CoinShares Chairman Danny Masters told CoinDesk.

Danny Masters, executive chairman at CoinShares

Markets

Ether Sets New All-Time High Over $2,000 as Bull Run Continues

Ether hit a new record, up 5.44% in the last 24 hours, with market capitalization hitting $230.7 billion.

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Videos

Bitcoin’s $1T Market Value Milestone, Why BinanceCoin and PancakeSwap are Soaring, and More

“The Hash” panel tackles today’s hot topics: bitcoin breaks the $1 trillion market value barrier; why BinanceCoin and PancakeSwap cryptos are soaring; fugitive BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes resurfaces; plus, are celebrity endorsements a positive or a “kiss” of death for crypto?

The Hash

Tech

Ethereum Core Developers Eye Mid-April for 'Berlin' Hard Fork

The hard fork will facilitate live swapping Ethereum from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake blockchain.

It looks as if Ethereum may reach Berlin in April.

Markets

PancakeSwap Brings Whopping DeFi Volumes to Binance Smart Chain

Binance's BNB token is up 13% and into the top five cryptocurrencies by market cap as DeFi on Binance Smart Chain grows in popularity.

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Finance

Clover Finance Raises $3M From Polychain, Others to Bridge Ethereum and Polkadot

The Substrate-based chain is also working on a proof-of-concept “non-custodial” bridge for EVM chains to connect with the Bitcoin network.

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