How to Benchmark Staking Derivative Returns Without Cherry-Picking Epochs
Let's say you're comparing two liquid staking tokens. You pull daily returns for a month, average them, and one comes out ahead. Feels solid. But swap...
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Let's say you're comparing two liquid staking tokens. You pull daily returns for a month, average them, and one comes out ahead. Feels solid. But swap...
You've seen the tweets: “Restaking unlocks infinite security.” “EigenLayer changes everything.” Maybe you've also seen the audits—trailed like battle ...
Staking yields have been falling across the board. Lido's stETH annual percentage rate (APR) dropped from around 5.5% in early 2023 to under 3.5% by m...
Liquid staking exploded in 2023 — over $20 billion locked across Lido, Rocket Pool, and others. The pitch is simple: deposit ETH (or any PoS token), g...
Yield divergence in staking derivatives—where the staking yield of a liquid staking token (LST) like stETH or rETH deviates from the underlying ETH st...
You stake ETH on Lido. You get stETH. The yield should track Ethereum's proof-of-stake rewards, minus a fee. But some days stETH's effective APR is 4....
You're looking at a staking dashboard. 24% APY on staked ETH via a new liquid staking protocol. A point system promises retroactive airdrops. The pool...
Restaking is the new frontier in crypto yields—but the highest APY numbers you see on dashboard screens are often bait, not sustainable returns. A pro...
You have three tabs open: Lido, Rocket Pool, Stakewise. Each shows a yield for staked ETH. None match. You refresh one page, the number changes. Now w...
restakion is booming. Billions of dollars in TVL, dozens of protocols, and a relentless focus on who has the highest number. But here is the thing: TV...
Yield curves are the backbone of fixed-income markets. But in crypto, they've been slow to gain traction—until liquid staking exploded. Now, with bill...
Liquid staking derivatives—LSDs—are the hottest thing in DeFi since automated market makers. They promise the yield of staking plus the flexibility of...
Most crypto stakers look at APY and think: free money. But anyone who has watched a protocol unravel knows that a juicy yield can be the last bright s...