Staking News and Insights

Tranchess has launched its non-custodial liquid staking product, qETH, on Ethereum. Its decentralized approach will enable users to stake their tokens and, in return, receive qETH.

Chainlink staking is now live on the Ethereum mainnet. The v0.1 early access is now open to its community members to secure their spots and earn rewards as they contribute towards the network's security.

Crypto staking platform, Kiln has generated $17.6 million in fundraising led by Illuminate Financial. The fund will be used to expand its staking offerings for both its validators and competitors.

Solana’s troubles intensify as about $1 billion worth of unstaked tokens is set to hit the market in less than 24 hours. There is a high selloff probability by validators, resulting in a major price decline.

Finoa added support for staking NEAR and wNEAR tokens in partnership with Meta Pool.

Ankr has integrated liquid staking facilities for users of Coinbase Wallet.

Polkadot Network added support for Nomination Pools to allow smaller investors to verify blockchain transactions and earn staking rewards.

The market cap of the crypto staking industry currently hinges at the $95.5B mark, up by 13.8% over the last week.

Wealthsimple added support for staking Ethereum and Solana assets.

Freeway has announced halting transactions related to its Supercharger product. The company cited unprecedented volatility in the market and claims this move will help diversify its asset base.

Binance.US launched a staking product for VeChain Token (VET) that pays out rewards every week in the form of VeChain Thor (VTHO) tokens.

Vasiliy Shapovalov's statements on solo staking attracted the attention of the Ethereum community, with many claiming that his opinions went against Ethereum’s goal of achieving decentralization. 

A proposal submitted to the ApeCoin DAO’s forum seeks to delay the launch of APE Staking, and instead, suggests allocating 1M APE tokens (worth $4.5M) as part of a bug bounty program.

Vasiliy Shapovalov, Lido’s Co-Founder, claimed Coinbase and other "centralized exchanges" are threats to the firm at Ethereum Foundation’s Devcon 2022 event.

Launchnodes released Geth nodes on AWS to allow clients to stake their Ethereum assets.

A recent study conducted by analysts Mike McGlone and Jamie Douglas revealed that altcoins Polkadot and Cosmos offer better staking yields than Ethereum.

Leading Data Aggregator Staking Rewards is set to host the world’s first Staking Summit this November. The event will have industry experts in attendance and cover topics centered around Staking and Proof of Stake.

Cake DeFi launched an Ethereum staking product that provides returns of 5% APY. The yields from this service will be automatically compounded to users’ wallets every 12 hours.

Lido Staked Ether (stETH), which previously lost its peg to Ethereum (ETH), has recovered. This follows the DAO’s decision to raise stETH's APR after Ethereum's Merge.

A BendDAO developer submitted a proposal to integrate support for ApeCoin staking via BendEarn starting October 31.

T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom will operate validator nodes to allow its clients to participate in Ethereum staking 

The Sandbox added support for a high APR staking pool reserved for owners of LAND. The pool, available on the Polygon network, has a cap of 500 $SAND per LAND and scales with the amount of LAND in users' wallets.

Switzerland’s SEBA Bank integrated support for Ethereum staking just a few days before the much-anticipated Ethereum Merge goes live.

With the anticipated happening of the Merge event, Binance US has launched a high-yield staking product for users. But there is a caveat stating that rewards may change depending on factors like transaction fees.

YouHodler recently launched Dual Assets, a DeFi product that combines high-yielding DeFi techniques with the simplistic nature of TradFi platforms. Dual Assets promises better risk management and higher returns.

Gemini begins providing staking rewards for Polygon and announces support for ETH staking just as the Ethereum community prepares for the blockchain's transition from a Proof-of-Work to a Proof-of-Stake protocol.