Macauley Peterson

Macauley Peterson

Macauley is a Senior Editor based in Germany. He was an editor and content creator in the pro chess world for 14 years before an interest in crypto led him to Bucerius Law School (MLB 2020), a thesis on stablecoins, DeFi and CBDC, and a career change. He also holds an MA in Film Studies; film credits include Associate Producer of the 2016 Netflix feature documentary, "Magnus" about World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. Contact: macauley@blockworks.co
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A new policy framework says decentralization should be judged by control — not vibes

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Following a developer call Monday, EOF appears to be out of Fusaka fork

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From Ethereum primitive to multichain coordination layer, Symbiotic, EigenLayer, Puffer and MoreMarkets are evolving restaking

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Curve founder Michael Egorov is working on a new protocol designed to eliminate impermanent loss, rethink token emissions, and capture BTC-native yield

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The MIT research-based protocol is live in private testnet — laying the foundation for decentralized RAM

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ColliderVM promises validity-based computation on Bitcoin—no soft fork required

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Ethereum core developers finalize Pectra’s May 7 launch and wrap scoping of the next upgrade

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The depeg is part of a plan to improve sUSD’s capital-efficiency

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The controversial new model aims to cut emissions by 43% and redirect incentives

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As equities retest 2024 lows and trade wars are brewing, BTC’s resilience stands out, but it’s not decoupled yet

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The chain could mark a turning point in bitcoin’s utility

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Credora and others are setting new standards for transparent, user-facing risk in DeFi

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Ethereum core developers debated a major overhaul of the EVM, weighing complexity and benefits

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A memecoin short squeeze pushed Hyperliquid to the brink — and revealed decentralization limits

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With mainnet now live, Nillion looks to bring privacy-preserving compute to Web3

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Bitcoin ETF outflows are leveling off, Ethereum’s price action is increasingly sentiment-driven, and TradFi’s role in crypto is expanding

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What a Pyth/Morpho/Re7 debacle says about decentralized accountability

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New integrations grow EigenLayer’s role in Ethereum’s modular security stack

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The Interchain Foundation is open-sourcing evmOS under Apache 2.0 to streamline EVM adoption across the ecosystem

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New “Hoodi” testnet means the Pectra hard fork will be delayed to May