Christine Kim

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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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Vitalik Proposal Could Turn Ethereum Staking Into $160 Million Industry
Ethereum researchers are currently discussing the optimal reward issuance rates for a new version of the network called ethereum 2.0.
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MakerDAO Set to Increase DAI Fees Above 15% in Bid to Stabilize Stablecoin
MakerDAO token holders have voted again to increase issuance fees on dollar-backed stablecoin DAI.
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The Ethereum Name Service Is Turning Nearly 300,000 .ETH Domains Into NFTs
Ethereum's domain registration service is gearing up for major changes, including faster registration, tradeable domains and an annual fee.
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Privacy Crypto Monero Celebrates Its 5th Birthday
The privacy coin Monero celebrated yesterday five years of existence.
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Aragon Vote Aims to Restrict Ethereum App from Funding Polkadot Blockchain
Ethereum project Aragon is getting ready to vote on whether to expand operations to include blockchain interoperability platform Polkadot.
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MakerDAO Voters Divided on How Much to Hike Fee for DAI Stablecoin
MakerDAO token holders approved a 3 percent fee increase on the programmatic loan system issuing DAI tokens. Yet token holders appear to be more divided on how high of an inc...
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Ethereum Core Developers Debate Benefits of More Frequent Hard Forks
Ethereum core developers are discussing the possibility of executing more frequent hard forks as the software aims to offer new features.
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Zooko Wilcox Envisions 'Ambitious' Changes for Zcash Cryptocurrency
Founder and CEO of the Electric Coin Company Zooko Wilcox envisions zcash to change radically over the next five years, starting with "an ambitious scalability improvement."
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MakerDAO to Increase Fees Above 10% in Bid to Stabilize DAI Stablecoin
MakerDAO appears set to approve a fifth fee increase that would further raise the cost of platform's US dollar-backed stablecoin DAI.
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Tensions Flare in MakerDAO Community Call Over Transparency Issues
Tough questions were asked Tuesday during a MakerDAO community call about who controls the overseeing organization's finances.
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