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Finance

Lido Finance Warns Leverage Is a ‘Hell of a Drug’

After integrating with DeFi major Aave, Lido saw leverage kick up a gear and nudged some larger players to unwind. But plenty of people didn’t.

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Crypto Market Chaos: No, Lido Is Not ‘the Next Terra’

After over $1 billion in liquidations in just 24 hours, DeFi’s wild west period may be drawing to a close – but not everything’s a sham.

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Markets

Staked Ether Discount After Terra Collapse a Sign of Liquidity Crunch in Crypto

The price gap between the locked-up ether and spot ether may be a sign of traders demanding compensation for Ethereum’s "Merge" risks, a FundStrat analyst said.

Staked ETH diverged from ETH and hasn't recovered, a sign that investors are pricing in risks of Ethereum's "Merge". (Luis Villasmil/Unsplash)

Finance

Polkadot’s Moonbeam Adds Liquid Staking Giant Lido

The integration was facilitated by staking specialist MixBytes.

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Platform Lido Votes Against Supporting New Terra Blockchain

Terra's revival plan was approved by network validators earlier Wednesday.

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Markets

Goldman Sachs Says DeFi’s Interconnections Can Increase Systemic Risk

Contagion risk related to UST’s depegging hit staked ether (stETH) because of Lido’s exposure to the Terra ecosystem, the bank said.

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Will a Proof-of-Stake Ethereum Lead to More Centralization?

Lido’s staking protocol now holds 33% of all staked ether.

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Markets

Staking Tool Lido DAO's Token Climbs Ahead of Binance Listing

LDO jumped 27% in 24 hours, with most of the gain coming in the Asian morning.

Binance will list the LDO token. (Dylan Calluy/Unsplash)