JPMorgan analysts have raised concerns about the risks related to the growing centralization of Ethereum after the transition to Proof-of-Stake. They believe the growing popularity of liquid staking protocols contributes…

Five liquid staking protocols have agreed on a 22% self-limit for all validators. The community of Lido Finance, the largest protocol in the sector, declined to join the initiative.  Several…

The monthly volume of ETH tokens sent to staking via LSD protocols has increased by 15% since Ethereum’s Shanghai update.  According to a report by HashKey Capital, the Ethereum ecosystem’s…

Liquid staking protocols were the largest category in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector in H2 2023. About 24% of the total value locked (TVL) volume is in LSTfi protocols. According…

Total value locked (TVL) in the liquid staking protocols sector exceeded that of the decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) sector.  The dollar value of all cryptocurrencies locked within smart contracts of…

His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is consulting with users and providers of lending and staking services to make legislative changes to the DeFi sector tax regime. The U.K. government is…

With the successful Shapella (Shanghai-Capella) hard fork and the beginning of the active withdrawal of staked ETH, the price of the main altcoin rose to its highest value in the…

The long-awaited update of Ethereum’s Shanghai-Capella (Shapella) was officially completed. Validators started withdrawing staked ETH. The mainnet Ethereum underwent the Shanghai hard fork, allowing users to finally access staked ETH….

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began an investigation against the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. The regulator accused the platform of distributing unregistered securities, requiring it to pay a $30…