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Grayscale launches Lido, Optimism investment funds

The new funds add to Grayscale’s expanding suite of single-asset crypto products.

Grayscale Investments launched two new investment funds for Lido and Optimism’s governance tokens, LDO (LDO) and OP (OP), the asset manager said on Dec. 12. 

Grayscale Lido DAO Trust and Grayscale Optimism Trust offer exposure to the native tokens of Ethereum’s largest liquid staking token (LST) protocol and one of its most popular layer-2 (L2) scaling solutions, respectively. 

“Lido is helping to democratize staking on Ethereum, and Optimism is critical in allowing Ethereum to scale to compete with newer, faster layer 1 blockchains,“ Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, Grayscale’s head of product and research, said in a statement.

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BlackRock sparks Bitcoin 21M debate, saying ‘no guarantee’ it won’t change

Can liquid staking tokens depeg due to market volatility?

Some top LSTs have previously seen price deviations of up to 77% from Ether’s price due to mass sell-offs paired with liquidations on leveraged lending protocols.

The $45 billion liquid staking sector is raising concerns among investors over the long-term price stability of cryptocurrencies tied to these protocols.

Liquid staking creates more capital efficiency for investors by offering an equivalent of the initial staked token that can be deployed in other decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.

However, liquid staking tokens (LSTs) could temporarily lose their price peg to Ether (ETH), according to Carlos Mercado, a data scientist at Flipside Crypto research firm.

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BlackRock sparks Bitcoin 21M debate, saying ‘no guarantee’ it won’t change

Bitcoin L2 BOB Launches ‘One-Click’ BTC Staking Solution

Bitcoin L2 BOB Launches ‘One-Click’ BTC Staking SolutionBOB (Build on Bitcoin), a hybrid layer two (L2) solution integrating Bitcoin and Ethereum, has launched BOB Stake, a new one-click bitcoin staking product. The platform allows users to stake bitcoin (BTC) and utilize Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs) across decentralized finance (defi) applications. BOB Introduces One-Click Bitcoin Staking Portal and SDK According to the announcement […]

BlackRock sparks Bitcoin 21M debate, saying ‘no guarantee’ it won’t change

Babylon Launches Trustless Bitcoin Staking Protocol on Mainnet

Babylon Launches Trustless Bitcoin Staking Protocol on MainnetBabylon has launched its bitcoin staking protocol on mainnet, marking a significant step in integrating Bitcoin’s security into proof-of-stake (PoS) ecosystems. The launch is set to provide bitcoin holders with new staking opportunities, leveraging the network’s decentralized nature. Bitcoin Staking Protocol by Babylon Goes Live Babylon‘s mainnet launch introduces a staking protocol that allows bitcoin […]

BlackRock sparks Bitcoin 21M debate, saying ‘no guarantee’ it won’t change