Ethereum
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The Merge was meant to turn ETH into ultra-sound money, but it’s turning out more ultra-elastic these days
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Plus, Ethereum is in the midst of its longest inflationary period so far — and it’s all blobs’ fault
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Structured products are common in traditional finance, but onchain options are scant
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Despite the approval of the Ethereum ETF, a flurry of approvals for other altcoin ETFs is highly unlikely anytime soon
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EIP-7702 was quickly adopted for the next Ethereum upgrade, but developers haven’t quite locked it down
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Gary Gensler’s SEC won’t sue Consensys over Ethereum’s potential status as a security after all
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Without staking rewards, a spot ETH ETF fails to fully leverage the unique advantages that Ethereum offers
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Plus, Ryan Salame’s got a classic case of the Twitter fingers and has been quite active on social media
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As someone who’s been knee-deep in the trenches of blockchain development, I can’t help but wonder if these behemoths are really cutting it anymore
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Using old-world instruments to address crypto user experience challenges goes against what this industry set out to do
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Successful distributed validator technology needs distributed funding, founders say
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Ethereum is becoming a multilayered lasagna-like system, pushing people to the margins with its complexity and fees
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