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Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson, a DeFi enthusiast and member of the Ankr Staking team, delves into DeFi topics with expertise. His insightful articles simplify complex concepts, empowering readers to navigate the dynamic world of decentralized finance confidently. Stay informed with Ethan's illuminating content on all things liquid staking and DeFi related.

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Understanding veTokenomics: A Comprehensive Guide

Understanding veTokenomics: A Comprehensive Guide

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

June 8, 2023

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In the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), new tokenomic models are emerging that are changing the way that projects are funded and governed. One such model is veTokenomics, which incentivizes...

Understanding Liquidity Pools: The Impact of Concentrated Liquidity

Understanding Liquidity Pools: The Impact of Concentrated Liquidity

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

May 31, 2023

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) has revolutionized the financial landscape, offering new opportunities for individuals to engage in open, permissionless, and borderless financial transactions. At the heart of many DeFi protocols...

Ankr Unlocks the Power of Omnichain Liquid Staking

Ankr Unlocks the Power of Omnichain Liquid Staking

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

May 22, 2023

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Through solutions like bridging and liquidity pools on various chains, ankrETH is going truly omnichain.

In this article, we will explore Ankr's flagship product, ankrETH, on the Ethereum network,...

Midas Capital and Ankr: Empowering DeFi Users with Innovative Liquidity Solutions

Midas Capital and Ankr: Empowering DeFi Users with Innovative Liquidity Solutions

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

May 15, 2023

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This article is a guest post written by Carlos Mazzaferro, the CTO of Midas Capital.


TLDR: By leveraging Midas’ unique borrowing, lending, and yield capabilities, Ankr is...

Ankr and Midas Partner to Launch Innovative Liquidity Pool

Ankr and Midas Partner to Launch Innovative Liquidity Pool

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

May 2, 2023

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The Ankr Liquid Staking Solution

The partnership between Ankr and Midas has resulted in the creation of an innovative liquidity pool that addresses one of the key limitations of...

Ankr’s New Focus: Growing Liquidity on Fantom Chain

Ankr’s New Focus: Growing Liquidity on Fantom Chain

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

April 25, 2023

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Ankr is a leading provider of Web3 infrastructure, dedicated to making the decentralized world more accessible and user-friendly. Liquid staking is one of the services that Ankr offers, and...

Ankr Offers First Unstaking Capability for Liquid Staked Ethereum

Ankr Offers First Unstaking Capability for Liquid Staked Ethereum

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

April 17, 2023

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Ankr has become the first provider to offer the ability to unstake liquid staked Ethereum, thanks to the recent Shanghai upgrade that took place on April 12. This upgrade...

Liquid Staking Upgrades: Responding to the Shanghai Upgrade

Liquid Staking Upgrades: Responding to the Shanghai Upgrade

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

April 10, 2023

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In the near future, Ankr is set to launch a series of updates that will significantly enhance the user experience of liquid staked ETH (ankrETH). These updates are...

Ankr's Liquid Staking Assets Discount: The Last Chance

Ankr's Liquid Staking Assets Discount: The Last Chance

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

April 3, 2023

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Ankr is a blockchain infrastructure platform that offers a liquid staking service that enables holders of Proof of Stake (PoS) assets to earn staking rewards without the need for a...

Introducing Whitelabel Liquid Staking Solutions w/ Coin98 Partnership

Introducing Whitelabel Liquid Staking Solutions w/ Coin98 Partnership

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

March 27, 2023

Ankr, the leading Web3 infrastructure company, has recently partnered with Coin98, a comprehensive crypto super app, to provide liquid staking services to users worldwide. As part of this collaboration, Ankr...

Introducing Ankr's Partnership with Pendle Finance

Introducing Ankr's Partnership with Pendle Finance

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

March 20, 2023

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In this article, we will talk about how we at Ankr are partnering with Pendle to launch a liquidity pool and listing our ETH/AnkrETH Aura pool on the platform as...

Liquid Staking as a TVL Multiplier

Liquid Staking as a TVL Multiplier

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

March 13, 2023

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In this article, we will explore how liquid staking works and how it can significantly multiply TVL in DeFi protocols. We will also discuss the benefits of liquid staking, including...

The Future of Liquid Staking: AnkrETH v3

The Future of Liquid Staking: AnkrETH v3

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

March 6, 2023

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Ankr is at the forefront of this revolution with its AnkrETH v3 liquid staking offering, aiming to be the most liquid and decentralized solution in the market. We’re consistently working...

Ankr Announces ETH Validator Hub

Ankr Announces ETH Validator Hub

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

February 27, 2023

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Ankr is launching new features for liquid staking users that will ultimately increase the security of our liquid staking service and provide more functionality and transparency for users. In this...

Liquid Staking: Understanding the Risks

Liquid Staking: Understanding the Risks

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

February 20, 2023

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Staking has become a popular way for cryptocurrency holders to earn rewards by holding and participating in the network security of a blockchain. Ankr has been on the forefront of...

Traditional vs. Flash Unstaking: Understanding the Difference

Traditional vs. Flash Unstaking: Understanding the Difference

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

February 14, 2023

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Although staking is seen as one of the most reliable ways to earn yield in crypto, the unstaking process is by far the most robust and costly process. Flash unstaking...

Ankr Announces BNB Flash Unstaking, SUI Testnet, and More!

Ankr Announces BNB Flash Unstaking, SUI Testnet, and More!

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

February 10, 2023

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We at Ankr have some exciting updates to announce to you this week.

BNB Flash Unstaking

Ankr has officially released the capability to flash unstake your ankrBNB. As opposed to regular...

New Midas pool for ankrBNB

New Midas pool for ankrBNB

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

February 9, 2023

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Ankr Launches new Midas pool for ankrBNB on Binance Chain

The new Midas pool for ankrBNB is now live, marking the next stage of BNB Liquid Staking with Ankr. Binance Chain is...

What's the Difference Between RPCs and APIs?

What's the Difference Between RPCs and APIs?

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

December 15, 2022

If you are just beginning your journey into the world of Web3 development, you may have come across terms such as "RPC" and "API" and wondered what these words mean....

What Are The Best Use Cases for AppChains?

What Are The Best Use Cases for AppChains?

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

December 9, 2022

Application-specific blockchains are exactly what they sound like: a blockchain network dedicated to one particular application. These application-specific blockchains act like child-chains that are attached to a mainchain, or parent-chain....

Everything You Need to Know About Fantom as a Developer

Everything You Need to Know About Fantom as a Developer

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

November 30, 2022

Fantom uses a DAG(Directed Acyclic Graph), which is different from how most other layer 1s work. This makes the transactions lightning fast. So fast that it can handle around 25,000...

Ethereum Ultrasound Money: What is and how this MEME came up!

Ethereum Ultrasound Money: What is and how this MEME came up!

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

November 28, 2022

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The concept of "ultrasound money" within the Ethereum community not only showcases the blend of technology and meme culture but also represents a pivotal shift in how value and...

Understanding Patterns of Innovation

Understanding Patterns of Innovation

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

November 28, 2022

If you’re interested in crypto and interested in making long-term gains, not just riding the short term hype then this article series is for you. We’ll be diving into how...

Why Liquid Staking could be the Answer to More Decentralization

Why Liquid Staking could be the Answer to More Decentralization

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

November 9, 2022

Why Liquid Staking could be the Answer to More Decentralization

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Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper was published in 2008 in response to the global financial crisis. The Bitcoin network was created...

Ankr is Speaking at the Lisbon Staking Summit!

Ankr is Speaking at the Lisbon Staking Summit!

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

November 2, 2022

Filipe, our Chief of DeFi, will be at the staking event in Lisbon to speak about how trustless liquid staking will influence the validator business.

Ankr is excited to use...

Trustless Liquid Staking: Removing Intermediary Risk With SSV Technology

Trustless Liquid Staking: Removing Intermediary Risk With SSV Technology

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

October 28, 2022

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If you're new to DeFi, the multiple components of liquid staking might be overwhelming. As a general rule, the more openness and lack of trust, the better. As a result,...

Why Depositing Liquid Staked Tokens in Liquidity Pools Doesn’t Add Up

Why Depositing Liquid Staked Tokens in Liquidity Pools Doesn’t Add Up

Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson

October 28, 2022

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The better the capital efficiency of an investment, the more utilizable capital you obtain from it. Consider this: if you invest $1,000 in a Fortune 500 company, that money is...