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Vitalik Buterin Explores Ethereum Protocol Enhancement Strategies
Ethereum's co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, reflects on Ethereum's protocol enhancement strategies in a recent blog post, weighing the merits of a minimalistic approach versus enshrining more features into the core protocol to address various user needs and system efficiencies. The discussion encompasses account abstraction challenges, the shift towards enshrinement, and the exploration of specific enshrinement targets like ZK-EVMs, proposer-builder separation, private mempools, liquid staking, and precompiles.
Understanding stBNB: Liquid Staking with BNB on BNB Chain
Explore stBNB and its role in liquid staking within the BNB Chain ecosystem.
Understanding LSD BNB: Enhancing Liquidity and Flexibility with BNB Staking
Learn about LSD BNB and its role in liquid staking within the BNB ecosystem.
Metis Launches Decentralized Liquid Staking in Layer 2 Revolution
Metis is launching the Liquid Staking Blitz, a decentralized sequencer initiative, to boost the growth of Liquid Staking Derivatives within its ecosystem, enhancing network security and governance.
Cosmos Hub Votes to Reduce ATOM Inflation Rate to 10%
Cosmos Hub proposes reducing ATOM inflation rate from 14% to 10%, lowering annual staking yield from 19% to 13.4%, optimizing security expenses and introducing a liquid staking module.
Liquid Staking Protocol Lido Activates "Staking Rate Limit" After Record Inflows
Lido Finance, a liquid staking protocol for Ethereum, activated a "staking rate limit" after more than 150,000 ETH was staked in a single day. The mechanism aims to address any negative effects of high inflows, limiting the amount of staked Ether that can be minted within a 24-hour timeframe.
Sui Network Launches Liquid Staking Functionality to Enhance Delegated Staking
The Sui Network, a Layer 1 blockchain known for its object-centric data model, announced the launch of a new feature that enables liquid staking as part of its latest network upgrade.
Chinese Police Investigate STFIL Team Members in Filecoin (FIL) Liquid Staking Protocol
Chinese police are investigating STFIL technical team members, who relocated 2.5 million FIL tokens to an unknown address during an unscheduled protocol update, seeking community assistance to protect stakeholders' interests.
Cosmos Hub Introduces New Liquid Staking Module and Dashboard Features
Cosmos (ATOM) Hub has completed its v12 upgrade, introducing the Liquid Staking Module (LSM) to bypass the 21-day unbonding period for unstaking assets. This innovation aims to enhance the ATOM Economic Zone and integrate staked ATOM into the Cosmos decentralized finance ecosystem. Governance measures ensure security, and an enhanced dashboard, "Data Lenses v2," was launched for improved user experience.
What is Liquid Staking?
Liquid staking is revolutionizing the DeFi landscape by allowing users to stake their crypto assets while maintaining liquidity and earning rewards. This innovative approach is gaining traction in the crypto community.
Kraken Joins Consortium to Support, Build Liquid Staking Protocol
Crypto exchange Kraken has joined a consortium meant to support and build an enterprise-grade liquid staking protocol dubbed Liquid Collective.
Liquid Network: The Platform for the Fastest Bitcoin Transactions?
Samson Mow is an entrepreneur and marketing strategist who is currently serving as the Chief Strategy Officer at Blockstream. In Part 2 of the interview, Samson unmasked the power behind Liquid Network, how Liquid transactions work and c-lightning on Liquid. He also shared the latest initiatives of Blockstream and his personal take of Bitcoin in 2020.
Canadian Dollar Payments on Blockstream’s Liquid Network Boosting Bitcoin Adoption Powered by Bull Bitcoin
Montreal-based Bitcoin exchange Bull Bitcoin, released Liquid Canadian dollars (L-CAD) using Blockstream’s Liquid Network, taking the Bitcoin standard to Canada. Blockchain’s Liquid sidechain is used for settling Bitcoin transactions.
Kraken’s Ethereum 2.0 Staking Service Is a Success, With More Than 100,000 ETH Secured
US-based Kraken has been among the crypto exchanges that has welcomed Ethereum 2.0 staking with open arms.
MahaDAO Shares Details of Staking Program That Delivers 40% APY
MahaDAO, the crypto collateralization and valuecoin minting protocol, is to launch a staking program for its native governance token. Holders of MAHA, which was issued to the community in an Initial DEX Offering (IDO) last week, will be able to stake their assets for a 90-day period and earn a yield of close to 40%.
Members of Congress Ask IRS for Relaxed Approach to Crypto Staking Taxes
Innovation friendly members of United States Congress have written to the IRS request a level-headed approach to tax on cryptocurrency staking rewards.
Bitfinex: The Crisis Tested Liquid Exchange King for Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading
During the March 12 stock market crash instigated by the coronavirus pandemic’s disruption to the world economy, cryptocurrency exchanges experienced a massive sell-off of Bitcoin and Ethereum. When the liquidation panic finally settled down, Bitfinex emerged as one of the few exchanges that had been able to take the extreme volatility in stride.
One of the Richest Men in Mexico Invests in Bitcoin, saying “Paper Money is Worth Nothing”
One of the wealthiest men in Mexico, Ricardo Salinas Pliego has just revealed that he had invested 10% of his liquid portfolio in Bitcoin (BTC).
Yearn.finance Proposal to Create ETH 2.0 Validator Vault Could be a Game-Changer for Staking
Retail investors could soon have the opportunity to earn on ETH 2.0 if a proposal on Ethereum 2.0 validator vault on Yearn passes.
Chainlink (LINK) Price Set to Reach New Highs This Quarter When Staking Goes Live
The oracle-based cryptocurrency has rallied to new highs, surging by over 9% in the past 24 hours, and over 40% in the past week.
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Introduces New Feature to Enable Partial Staking in Multiple Stake Pools
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson recently introduced Cardano’s delegation portfolios and hardware updates for Cardano in a recent YouTube video.
Coinbase to Support Ethereum 2.0 Trading and Staking Rewards in 2021, ETH Recovers From Bull Run
Coinbase digital currency exchange voiced its support for Ethereum 2.0, the blockchain upgrade that launched at 12 pm UTC yesterday.
Ethereum’s Bull Run to Continue as Massive Balance of Ether Moved Off of Exchanges for ETH 2.0 Staking
As Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 is nearing its launch, the Ethereum community has locked up more than $13 million of Ether in the network in 24 hours.