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EigenLayer Finally Ready To Launch Critical Missing Feature
RootstockLabs Prepares To Release SDKs for Bitcoin Layer 2s Using BitVMX
Inside North Korea’s Favorite Crypto Laundering Tool: THORChain
Bitcoin Developer Proposes Hard Fork To Protect BTC From Quantum Computing Threats
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EIGENLAYER’S KEY FEATURE IS FINALLY COMING: EigenLayer, the restaking protocol, shared last week that it will finally introduce its long-awaited slashing feature on April 17, marking the protocol’s first „feature-complete” version. Slashing will allow Actively Validated Services (AVSs) — apps bui
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