Yuki Tanaka

DEFI & ON-CHAIN 8H AGO

What is restaking? EigenLayer in plain English

EigenLayer let validators re-pledge their 32 ETH bond to secure additional services. TVL hit $20bn in 2024 before correcting. The promise, the…

By Yuki Tanaka·9 min read

BITCOIN & LAYER-1S 8H AGO

What is a Layer 2? Optimistic vs zero-knowledge rollups, decoded

L2 TVL crossed $50bn in 2025, and EIP-4844 cut rollup costs by roughly 90% overnight. The optimistic-vs-ZK debate is no longer hypothetical…

By Yuki Tanaka·8 min read

DEFI & ON-CHAIN 8H AGO

What is MEV, and who is actually paying for it

MEV is not a tax on blockchains; it is a transfer from one set of users to another. Since the Merge, roughly…

By Yuki Tanaka·8 min read

DEFI & ON-CHAIN 8H AGO

What is staking? A plain-English guide that covers the parts most explainers skip

Staking is not a savings account. It is a bonded job with a 32 ETH deposit, a slashing budget, and a withdrawal…

By Yuki Tanaka·8 min read

DEFI & ON-CHAIN 1D AGO

L2 fees fell another 38% — but the user moved to Base, not Arbitrum

Median L2 fees fell 38% over the last quarter. The user did not split evenly across rollups — Base captured the flow.…

By Yuki Tanaka·8 min read

DEFI & ON-CHAIN 1D AGO

Curve’s new bribe layer is quietly the most aggressive yield in DeFi

Curve's vote-escrow market — veCRV, Convex, Votium — is paying bribe-yields that beat every blue-chip DeFi venue. Here is how the gauge…

By Yuki Tanaka·9 min read

DEFI & ON-CHAIN 1D AGO

EigenLayer restaking deposits cross 4bn. The MEV layer is becoming an industry.

EigenLayer's restaked deposits crossed $4bn this week. The AVS market is no longer a science project — it is an industry with…

By Yuki Tanaka·8 min read