Diva closes $3.5 million seed round for distributed liquid staking protocol

A handful of protocols and exchanges currently dominate the Ethereum staking scene. Diva recently closed a $3.5 million seed round led by A&T Capital to change that, with plans to build out a coop...

MetaMask Staking beta now live with Lido and Rocket Pool, ConsenSys says

Crypto wallet provider MetaMask will now support liquid staking through Lido and Rocket Pool, ConsenSys announced today. In a public beta for the protocol, users that want to stake ETH, and earn...

Tranchess launches qETH for non-custodial liquid staking on Ethereum

Tranchess, a liquid staking provider for the BNB ecosystem, will expand liquid staking on Ethereum with the launch of a non-custodial staking service and the qETH token. A majority of leading li...

Improving Capital Efficiency of Staking

November 14, 2022, 12:57PM EST • 7 min read Quick Take Liquid staking and superfluid staking are some of the typical methods to improve the capital efficiency of staking. Cross-staking enables the sam...

Layer by Layer Issue 47: Polkadot, Algorand, and Avalanche

September 29, 2022, 1:46PM EDT • 17 min read Quick Take In this weekly series, we dive into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 1 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and br...

Cosmos liquid staking protocol Stride raises $6.7 million within months of founding

Cosmos staking protocol Stride announced the closing of a $6.7 million seed round co-led by investors North Island VC, Distributed Global and Pantera Capital.  Vishal Talasani only set up Stride with ...

Layer by Layer Issue 41: Avalanche, Algorand, and Polkadot

July 28, 2022, 10:29PM EDT • 20 min read Quick Take In this weekly series, we dive into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 1 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and bridge...

Lido to launch liquid staking on Ethereum Layer 2 networks

Lido Finance is set to debut liquid staking on several Ethereum Layer 2 networks, the platform announced on Monday. Lido is a decentralized finance protocol (DeFi) for liquid staking of proof-of-stake...