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Lending onchain is a core activity of DeFi that connects borrowers and lenders in a disintermediated way on a global scale. It makes lending and borrowing accessible to anyone, while improving the terms and conditions of borrowing and lending by greatly reducing the role of intermediaries and the costs they
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Ethereum is at a crossroads. While its network has never been so active - between the rise of L2s, widespread staking and gradual institutional adoption - its token, meanwhile, is stagnating or falling back, in stark contrast to the euphoria surrounding Bitcoin and certain new crypto narratives. Why such a
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This is one of the reasons why ETH is losing its appeal. For several months now, the majority of user transactions have no longer gone directly through Ethereum (the layer 1 network, or L1), but through so-called "rollup" solutions, such as Arbitrum, Optimism or Base. These L2s reduce
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The IPO of Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC and EURC ($60 billion and €138 million in circulation), reveals in detail for the first time the extent of its links with Coinbase. As a key distributor, long-standing partner and shareholder, Coinbase is a fundamental pillar in the economy of
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What if gold once again became an asset of the future? That's the bold bet of Bity, the Swiss company specialising in crypto services, which is launching a new tokenised gold offering. In contrast to ETFs and other products backed by pooled gold "pools", each gram
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In the world of decentralised finance (DeFi), a trend has been attracting the attention of seasoned investors for several months: restaking. Halfway between optimising returns and pooling security, this practice involves reusing crypto-currencies already involved in a staking process to generate more income - or to strengthen other decentralised infrastructures.
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Cold shower for those who hoped one day to have the final word on the rocky Mt.Gox hack, considered at the time of the events in 2014 to be the biggest crypto heist ever. The release in mid-February of Alexander Vinnik - he can be seen on this video,
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This article explores a key aspect of this dynamic: decentralisation in updating protocols. Who decides on changes? Who executes them? How quickly can they be applied? Through concrete cases, we will see how these choices influence the governance, security and resilience of projects. Between radical immutability, hybrid models and disguised
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Long confined to sensitive infrastructures, Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) are now emerging as a key component of confidentiality and security strategies applied to blockchain and artificial intelligence. In the crypto ecosystem, these secure enclaves are being mobilised to protect the construction of blocks, reinforce the confidentiality of transactions and secure
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For several years now, Malta has established itself as a destination of choice for companies in the crypto industry looking to obtain regulatory approvals quickly. Last December, the archipelago issued around thirty VASP ("Virtual Assets Services Provider") licences in just one month, a process so rapid that it
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Solana established itself in 2024 as a key player in the sector. And the figures speak for themselves: exploding trading volumes, massive user adoption, record transactions... The blockchain seems to have found its recipe for success. But behind this meteoric rise lies a phenomenon that is as fascinating as it
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Ethereum has continued to evolve since its inception, with major updates such as The Merge in 2022 (marking the transition to Proof of Stake) and Dencun in 2024 (introducing blobs for L2). A new update is on the way: Pectra, scheduled for April 2025. its name combines Prague (the execution