The Graph’s Token Doubles in 24 Hours
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- The Graph’s Token Doubles in 24 Hours
- Devs Test ETH Withdrawals Ahead of Shanghai Upgrade
- Coinbase Ex-Employee Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
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The Graph’s Token Doubles in 24 Hours
GRT’s Performance Evokes Heady Days of Bull Market Amid AI-Token Rally
By Owen Fernau
Forget Bitcoin. Forget the Fed. Forget inflation. The big story in the markets today was a data ecosystem known as The Graph Network. GRT, The Graph’s native token, almost doubled on Tuesday, according to The Defiant Terminal. It was the best performance in the top 100 crypto assets.
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ETH Staking
Devs Test ETH Withdrawals Ahead of Shanghai Upgrade
Staked ETH Withdrawals Activated on Zhejiang Testnet
By Samuel Haig
In a move that paves the way for activating staked Ether withdrawals, Ethereum’s devs executed the Shapella fork on Wednesday.
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Crypto Crime
Coinbase Ex-Employee Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
Feds Treating Digital Assets the Same as Stocks When it Comes to Confidential Information on Listings
A former Coinbase employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to insider trading charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said Tuesday.
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Proof of Stake
The State of PoS: Delving Into the Risk and Promise of a Staked Future
A Deep Dive Into Consensus on Ethereum, Polkadot, Solana and Avalanche
By Alberto Guerrero Montilla and Pablo Larguia
Ever since Ethereum executed The Merge in September, there’s been a lot of debate around the ramifications of Proof of Stake. Now with regulators and lawmakers poised to introduce a slate of potential rules on cryptocurrencies, analyzing the blockchain infrastructure of Proof of Stake-based consensus is more important than ever. We can assess a number of risks and key data points to understand the state of decentralization.
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