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Liquid Staking

Staking your crypto while still being able to use it in DeFi through a receipt token.

Definition

Staking your crypto while still being able to use it in DeFi through a receipt token. When you stake ETH through Lido, you get stETH that represents your staked position and can be traded or used as collateral elsewhere. It solves the problem of locked capital in traditional staking.

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Staking

Locking up tokens to help secure a proof-of-stake network and earn rewards.

DeFi (Decentralized Finance)

Financial services built on blockchain without traditional intermediaries.

Restaking

Using already-staked crypto to provide security to additional protocols and earn extra yield.

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One of the biggest lending and borrowing protocols in DeFi.

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