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Putting Restaked ETH to Work

gm Bankless Nation, EigenLayer's token is on the way, but what about the wave of customers?
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May 1, 20243 min read
Putting Restaked ETH to Work
Published on May 1, 2024
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NEED TO KNOW
Bitcoin Stutters
  1. 👎 Bitcoin dips. Amid economic uncertainty, crypto markets continued to dump Wednesday, led by Bitcoin which is down 10% this week.
  2. 🟦 Dorsey’s Block facing scrutiny. Federal prosecutors are reportedly examining Block’s transactions amid whistleblower reports that lax screening led the firm to process crypto transactions for terrorist groups.
  3. 🗿 BlackRock leads Securitize deal. Securitize, the firm which BlackRock launched its BUIDL fund with, has raised a $47M funding round led by BlackRock.
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TODAY IN MARKETS
Economic Wobbles Hit Bitcoin

📊 Macro Mania. Crypto assets are getting volatile as macro is once again dominating the narrative. Is the bottom in, or is the downside just getting started?

Prices as of 6pm ET 24hr 7d
Crypto $2.18T ↘ 1.7% ↘ 8.4%
BTC $57,967 ↘ 4.0% ↘ 9.8%
ETH $2,970 ↘ 1.1% ↘ 5.6%
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TACTIC
Delegating Your Restaked ETH
Bankless Author: William M. Peaster

How can you put your restaked ETH to work?

In the EigenLayer ecosystem, an Actively Validated Service (AVS) is a project that uses the security of Ethereum via EigenLayer to underpin its native functionalities. AVSs can be anything from data availability solutions to L2s, like optimistic or zk-rollups, and plenty more in between.  

Here's how to delegate your restaked ETH 👇


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ConsenSys Suing SEC

The SEC is going after Kraken, Coinbase, Uniswap and Metamask. They’re trying to turn every non-custodial wallet into a broker-dealer.

We brought on Joe Lubin, a crypto OG and CEO of Consensys, the company behind a number of massive crypto projects including the popular Metamask wallet, to discuss why his company is suing the SEC stateside.

Dig into the full episode 👇

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