Staking


Finance

DeFi Platform Lido to Cease Staking on Polkadot, Kusama in August

The service will be terminated on Aug. 1 with automatic unstaking occurring in June.

(lido.fi)

Tech

Ethereum Staking Provider Lido to Incorporate NFTs Into Unstaking Process

Users will receive a transferable non-fungible token representing their request withdrawal for their staked ether.

(lido.fi)

Finance

Staking Protocol EigenLayer Raises $50M Amid Crypto Winter

Blockchain Capital led the round for the system that allows Ethereum stakers to reuse the tokens.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Suspends Algorand Staking Rewards

The move follows Kraken's agreement with the SEC to shut down its staking service in the U.S.

Those who stake tokens on the Algorand platform will no longer be able to receive their rewards through Coinbase. (DRL)

Tech

ConsenSys’ MetaMask Institutional Starts Staking Marketplace With Allnodes, Blockdaemon, Kiln

The new marketplace comes just weeks before Ethereum’s much-anticipated Shanghai hard fork that should spur growth in staking services.

(Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Origin Protocol Considers Subsidizing OGN Rewards After Joining NFT Royalty Wars

The protocol is trying to keep its NFT marketplace competitive with OpenSea and Blur

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Markets

Trading Ranges for Bitcoin, Ether Reflect Diverging Views About the Assets

Bitcoin’s higher low suggests investors in the largest crypto by market value are upbeat, but ether’s increased trading range compared to the previous days may reflect bearish concerns.

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Markets

Lido Finance Weighs Sunsetting Liquid Staking on Polkadot, Kusama

The proposal comes as MixBytes, Lido’s partner developer firm for Polkadot and Kusama liquid staking, announced it would stop supporting the networks.

(Lido Finance)

Markets

Gitcoin, a Crowdfunding Platform for Open-Source Software Votes to Seed Staked ETH Index

The index could provide a stream of income for Gitcoin to raise funds for grants – if users are attracted to the new index that exposes token holders to a diversified set of liquid staking tokens.

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Markets

Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Not Crash Ether Price, Analysts Say

Crypto analysts CoinDesk interviewed are saying concerns are overblown and selling pressure will be limited.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)