# Ask the Crypto Professor

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Oct 21, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/ask-the-crypto-professor*

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Ask the Crypto Professor
    
  

  
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- 🐵 **ApeCoin Surges as ApeChain Launches and Enables Staking. **The Bored Apes ecosystem has had a tough bear cycle, but ApeChain is [bringing](https://www.bankless.com/apecoin-pump-apechain) new attention to $APE.

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[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/10/image---2024-10-21T163104.652-1.png)](https://www.bankless.com/explore-fuel-with-these-3-apps)On multiple occasions, Vitalik Buterin has applauded or highlighted experimentation in Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem. One example he’s specifically cited before? **Fuel**. 

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