The proposal, introduced in February, could harden Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), as a form of money – by reducing the inflation of new supply. But some members of the community say if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.
The Ethereum blockchain has nearly one million validators today. The combination of protocol rewards and priority transaction fees against a stable monetary supply backdrop results in a compelling [real] yield for investors.
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 7, 2024.
LRTs repurpose staked ether to support external systems like rollups and oracles with an economic security layer, explains Marcin Kazmierczak, Co-Founder of RedStone & Warp.cc.
Liquid restaking protocols are seeing ample demand from users as speculation mounts over potential applications for the Ethereum restaking juggernaut EigenLayer, and the prospects for rewards paid out to early users.
The approval of the spot bitcoin ETFs constituted a landmark event for the $1.7 trillion digital asset industry. With institutional investors on board, demand for bitcoin will grow significantly.
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The blockchain-oracle project’s “v0.2” staking program expanded the capacity to 45M LINK tokens from 25M, and the portion reserved for the community quickly filled up. The LINK token surged in price.
An uptick across Solana-based protocols coupled with more than $700 million in deposits to Blast has fueled growth of the value locked in decentralized finance.
The staking market was the brightest spot in DeFi this year. The arrival of liquid staking token finance is set to turbocharge activity next year.