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Priya Shankar
DeFi Editor · @priyash · 4 articles

Apr 11
Ethereum Restaking TVL Passes $50 Billion as EigenLayer Opens Permissionless AVSes
The restaking primitive just became programmable for anyone. Launch-day filings include seven oracle services, three bridges, and one suspiciously generic 'data availability' AVS.
Priya Shankar

Apr 10
DeFi Blue Chips Quietly Underperform as Liquidity Rotates Into Restaking and Real-World Assets
Uniswap, Aave, and Maker have all lagged ETH year-to-date. The capital that used to flow into governance tokens is going somewhere else — and it's not coming back.
Priya Shankar

Mar 25
Ethena v2 Returns $210M in Oversubscribed Funds Rather Than Raising Cap
The team's decision to refund rather than accept an expanded raise has been met with praise from long-time holders and mild irritation from market-making desks.
Priya Shankar

Mar 14
Uniswap Foundation Grant Sale Mandates KYC, Drawing Pushback From Crypto-Native Wallets
The Foundation's $25M grant program token sale requires full KYC for participants. Several prominent cypherpunk-leaning commentators have called the decision a capitulation.
Priya Shankar