Staking


Finance

Coinbase Prime Adds Ethereum Staking for US Institutional Clients

The product offers another entry point for financial institutions eager to delve into crypto but unsure of how best to do it.

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Markets

Binance Says It Doesn't Stake or Lend 'Locked' Dogecoin

The clarification comes after Twitterati questioned the inner working of the staking product dedicated to proof-of-work coins.

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Finance

Anchorage Digital to Introduce Ether Staking for Institutions as Move to PoS Approaches

The crypto custody firm is enrolling customers a few months ahead of Ethereum’s planned transition to a proof-of-stake mechanism.

Anchorage Digital is enrolling customers ahead of Ethereum's move to a proof-of-stake mechanism. (Anchorage Digital)

Tech

Decoupling of Lido’s Staked ETH Differs From Stablecoin Collapse, CoinShares Says

Staked ether (stETH) will trade at a discount until withdrawals are enabled, the report said.

Liquidity. (Aditya Siva/Unsplash)

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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Markets

'Staked Ether' Becomes Focus of Crypto Stress, From Celsius to Three Arrows

The price gap between the locked-up ether on Lido and spot ether jumped to record highs as large holders sell their tokens, drawing concern of a potential ripple effect on crypto lending markets.

The first cracks between the price of staked ether and ether emerged when the Terra ecosystem imploded in early May. (Unsplash)

Finance

Binance.US Launches Crypto Staking Assault on Rivals Coinbase and Gemini

CEO Brian Shroder also said he would happily hire any of Coinbase’s disappointed applicants or those recently laid off by Gemini.

Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder (Binance.US)

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)

Videos

OKX Exec on Impact of Terra Ecosystem’s ‘Death Spiral’

The $14 billion collapse of the Terra network continues to have a ripple effect throughout the crypto industry. Lennix Lai, director of financial markets at Seychelles-based crypto exchange OKX, discusses Terra’s “death spiral” and its fallout on platforms that listed LUNA and UST.

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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)