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Trad-fi ethereum adoption creates regulatory dilemma – study

Collapse in price of ether could trigger validator exodus from blockchain, Bank of Italy paper says

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A collapse in the price of ether could break the secure functioning of ethereum, the dominant public blockchain, a Bank of Italy paper has found.

Published on January 12, What if ether goes to zero? How market risk becomes infrastructure risk in crypto explores the “oft-overlooked, close link between volatile crypto prices and infrastructure availability and security”.

Ethereum works by thousands of independent validators carrying out a process known as ‘staking’. Validators have to lock up their

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