Lido Proposes a Bold Governance Model to Give stETH Holders a Say in Protocol Decisions
Proposal comes as ETH surges 30% on Pectra upgrade, boosting attention on Ethereum-native protocols.
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EigenLayer, Crypto’s Biggest Project Launch This Year, Is Still Missing Crucial Functionality
The “restaking” protocol with $15 billion in deposits won’t pay rewards to depositors and is missing its mission-critical “slashing” feature.
Ethereum Foundation Researchers’ Proposal to Slow ETH Issuance Draws Pushback
The proposal, initially introduced in February, could harden Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, ether, as 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.
Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Rakes in $1B in Deposits in Just 3 Weeks
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.
Lido Tests of ‘Distributed Validator Technology’ Portend 2024 Decentralization Push
A big selling point of blockchain networks is that they are “decentralized.” But just a few validators, including those run by Lido, have gradually amassed a lion’s share of the power over the dominant smat-contracts blockchain, Ethereum. One idea is to decentralize the validators themselves.
Jito’s Token Launch Pushed Competitor Marinade’s MNDE to All-Time Highs
Marinade’s market cap is dwarfed by Jito, though, despite being a bigger crypto ecosystem.
DeFi Market Rebounds to $50B as Speculators Hunt for Yield
The total amount of capital locked or staked across all decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols reached $50 billion on Tuesday, the most in six months.
Coinbase, Ether Liquid Staking Tokens Lido, RocketPool Surge on BlackRock ETH ETF News
Asset management giant BlackRock registered a Delaware company for a spot ether trust, fueling speculations about a potential ETF filing.
A Spot ETH ETF Represents the Dawn of Institutional Liquid Staking
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