Bitcoin has historically been used for two main things: as a store of value and a medium of exchange. These two use cases have served the burgeoning digital economy well, as evidenced by bitcoin's ...

Staking is one of the most common ways crypto holders earn rewards simply by holding and committing their tokens to a blockchain network. Often described as “earning passive income in crypto,” staking ...

New validators now need to wait more than 44 days to start earning staking rewards, the biggest backlog since late July 2023.

Many users who hold cryptocurrency over the long-term chose to stake their crypto, as it allows them to an APY, similarly to a savings account. Typically, staking refers to securing proof of stake ...

An entity that accepts tokens from a user and stakes them in a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain such as Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. In return, the user receives a receipt from the liquid staking ...

Staking coins in the crypto market is simply committing assets to the security of the network. As a reward for committing assets, stakers are paid a portion of the block reward that comes from ...

Lending 32 ether (ETH) in order to participate in the operation of the Ethereum blockchain and win rewards paid in ether. Starting in September 2022, Ethereum staking became the new way the blockchain ...

Liquid staking allows stakers to keep the liquidity of their staked tokens by using a stand-in token that they can use to earn additional yield through DeFi protocols. Before diving into liquid ...

In a previous alert, we identified that the definition of a collective investment scheme (CIS) could capture on-chain staking, and that the UK government, acting through the HM Treasury (HMT), was ...

Ethereum price moved above the $3,000 psychological level, offering relief after weeks of tight compression. The rebound ...

NEW YORK – A judge’s questions offered hints of how she is looking at Coinbase’s legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during the first hearing in the case. In a ...

A technique for engaging in a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network without disclosing the private keys of the staked tokens to the online network is offline staking or cold staking. Specific ...