Staking


Tecnologie

MetaMask Adds 'Pooled Staking' for Cheaper Ethereum Validation

The new feature aims to expand the accessibility of staking, which previously required an investment north of $100,000. But the project is still missing features offered by other staking platforms.

Joe Lubin, Founder and CEO of Consensys, MetaMask's developer, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Finanza

Bitcoin Staking Project Babylon Raises $70M Led by Paradigm

The funding round included contributions from Polychain Capital and the venture arm of crypto exchange and CoinDesk parent company Bullish

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finanza

ZKasino Gives Users 72 Hours to Retrieve Their Ether

The on-chain casino received $33 million in deposits last month.

Zkasino has re-opened ether bridge to users. (Carl Raw/Unsplash)

Finanza

Hex Trust Issues First Native Stablecoin on Layer-1 Blockchain Flare

The stablecoin is backed 1:1 and can be staked on the Flare blockchain.

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Video

Staking Has Been a Major Liquidity Sink for ETH: Coinbase Institutional

A new research report from Coinbase Institutional reveals that staking has been a major liquidity sink for ether (ETH). Analysts note that the 3 month circulating supply of ETH has not meaningfully increased, despite the surge in price since Q4 of last year. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Recent Videos

Tecnologie

Lido Co-Founders, Paradigm Secretly Back EigenLayer Competitor as DeFi Battle Lines Form

The popularity of new blockchain "restaking" protocols led by EigenLayer has drawn a response from the principals behind the liquid staking platform Lido, which itself burst onto the scene a couple of years ago to become the largest project in decentralized finance.

Internal documents obtained by CoinDesk describe the setup of the new project. (Symbiotic)

Politiche

UK Minister Says Government Only Has Time to Implement Stablecoin, Staking Legislation

Economic Secretary Bim Afolami said that the government could put through stablecoin and staking legislation in the coming weeks but will outline what more is coming later.

U.K Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (U.K. Parliament)

Imparare

What Is Restaking? What Is Liquid Restaking? What Is EigenLayer?

EigenLayer and similar "restaking" protocols are currently the buzziest investment in blockchain, but the technology isn't without risks.

Recycling (Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash)

Opinioni

Why Eigenlayer’s Airdrop Is Controversial

Although it’s actually conservative.

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Consensys, a Target for the SEC’s Assault on ETH, Is Fighting Back

The Ethereum development company is seeking regulatory clarity on a number of questions, in a case that some experts see as potentially heading to the Supreme Court.

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