Christine Kim

Christine is a research analyst for CoinDesk. She focusses on producing data-driven insights about the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Prior to her role as a research analyst, Christine was a tech reporter for CoinDesk mainly covering developments on the ethereum blockchain. Cryptocurrency holdings: None.

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Mapping Out Eth 2.0

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Mapping Out Eth 2.0

The world’s 2nd largest cryptocurrency Ethereum is going through an upgrade It’s previous problems will now be solved with Eth 2 0 In this podcast series Christine Kim and Ben Edgington Coin Desks Eth 2 0 Dream Team talk about the live development of Ethereum 2 0 as it phases through technical hurdles and upgrades [...]

By Christine Kim

Jan 11, 2022 at 5:43 p.m. UTC

Jan 11, 2022

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The Ethereum Project: Saying Goodbye to ‘Mapping Out Eth 2.0′

The announcement that the podcast is coming to a close, but finishing strong.

By Christine Kim Ben Edgington Edward Oosterbaan

Aug 31, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 31, 2021

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Ethereum Faces Chain Split as Node Operators Fail to Update Geth Hotfix

Geth is the most relied upon software to connect to the Ethereum blockchain.

By Christine Kim Andrew Thurman

Aug 27, 2021 at 3:02 p.m. UTC

Aug 27, 2021

Tech

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Valid Points: Ethereum Emerges From Bitcoin’s Shadow

Ethereum is finally either catching up to or surpassing Bitcoin across a number of key metrics.

By Christine Kim

Aug 25, 2021 at 11:25 a.m. UTC

Aug 25, 2021

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Ethereum’s Most Popular Software Client Issues Hotfix to High Severity Bug

The release was posted to GitHub at 07:08 UTC Tuesday. Details of the fixes weren't immediately disclosed.

By Christine Kim

Aug 24, 2021 at 7:45 a.m. UTC

Aug 24, 2021

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The Flippening: Key Metrics Where Ethereum Is Outperforming Bitcoin

The institutional interest in ether, regulatory trends in DeFi and key metrics to suggest ether is outperforming bitcoin.

By Christine Kim Ben Edgington

Aug 19, 2021 at 5:13 p.m. UTC

Aug 19, 2021

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Valid Points: Ethereum 2.0 Trends Toward Decentralization

Also: Tomorrow, the first backward-incompatible upgrade for the Beacon Chain will activate on the Pyrmont test network.

By Christine Kim

Aug 18, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC

Aug 18, 2021

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Coindesk

The Value of NFTs in the View of a Cybersecurity Lawyer

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington are joined by cybersecurity and privacy litigator Sean C. Griffin to discuss the regulatory environment of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

By Christine Kim Ben Edgington

Aug 12, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

Aug 12, 2021

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