Kelp Launches “Gain” Yield Optimizer

Restaking protocol Kelp has just launched “Gain” – an automated optimizer for yield farming and airdrop points participation across Layer 2 networks.   Gain provides users with a hands-free way to earn additional returns on selected liquid staking tokens (LSTs) and its liquid restaking token (LRT), rsETH, through specialized vaults.

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Ethereum restaker Renzo reports breached Discord

Renzo, an Ethereum liquid restaking platform, was the latest defi operator to report a compromise as of July 22. 

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Puffer Finance to unveil its based rollup solution Puffer UniFi

Puffer Finance, a liquid restaking protocol on EigenLayer, has announced the launch of its based rollup solution Puffer UniFi. The new rollup solution aims to address challenges such as liquidity fragmentation on the Ethereum blockchain. Puffer’s solution tackles this issue…

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YieldNest and Origin announce merger of primeETH to ynLSD

In a groundbreaking move, YieldNest announced the merger of PrimeStaked’s Liquid Restaking Token (LRT), primeETH, into YieldNest’s much anticipated ynLSD product. This collaboration marks a signifThe post YieldNest and Origin announce merger of primeETH to ynLSD appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Leading Liquid Restaking Platform, Eigenpie Officially Introduces Support for Bitget Wallet

Eigenpie, a prominent liquid restaking platform for Ethereum, has recently announced support for Bitget Wallet. This new wallet integration allows Bitget Wallet users to effortlessly access through their web browser and mobile app, making participating in Ethereum staking easier and maximizing potential revenue from EigenLayer.

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Liquid Restaking Protocol Renzo Raises $17 Million to Expand Services

Renzo, the Liquid Restaking Protocol, has just secured an impressive $17M in funding. Renzo has already seen an impressive restaking amount of nearly $4B. The funding occurred in two rounds, with Galaxy Ventures leading the first round and the Nova Fund – BH Digital (based in Abu Dhabi) leading the second round. This comes after […]

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Renzo, the $4b Liquid Restaking Protocol, Raises $17M to Expand Restaking Services

Denver, United States, 18th June 2024, Chainwire

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Renzo, the $4b Liquid Restaking Protocol, Raises $17M to Expand Restaking Services

Denver, United States, June 18th, 2024, Chainwire Renzo, the Liquid Restaking Protocol, today announced $17M in funding. As of today, nearly $4B is already restaked with Renzo. The funding, which took place across two rounds, was first led by Galaxy Ventures and the second round led by the Nova Fund – BH Digital (based in […] The post Renzo, the $4b Liquid Restaking Protocol, Raises $17M to Expand Restaking Services appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.

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What are Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRTs) & Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs)

Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs) and Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRTs) are some of the most exciting DeFi developments you should know about.   LSTs, like stETH from Lido, allow you to stake your Ethereum and earn staking rewards while retaining liquidity.

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Eigen Labs acquires Rio Network to expand EigenLayer blockchain capabilities

Eigen Labs acquires Rio Network and integrates LRT tech into EigenLayer for enhanced staking utility. LRT technology from Rio Network open-sourced to standardize liquid restaking across blockchains.

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Eigen Labs acquires Rio Network, opens LRT code

The Eigen Foundation is acquiring Rio Network’s intellectual rights and will open-source its liquid restaking token as a reference implementation in the EigenLayer ecosystem.

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Who Needs an Off-Ramp? Ether.fi Plans Visa Card for Crypto Degens

The "Cash" Visa card from Ether.fi, the liquid restaking startup on Ethereum, might help crypto natives turn their decentralized finance investments into spending money.

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Liquid Restaking Protocol YieldNest Launches ynETH on Mainnet!

YieldNest, an innovative liquid restaking protocol, proudly announces the official launch of ynETH on Mainnet after securing $5.2MIL in their initial round. This was all made possible as a result of tThe post Liquid Restaking Protocol YieldNest Launches ynETH on Mainnet! appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Lido Co-Founders, Paradigm Secretly Back EigenLayer Competitor as DeFi Battle Lines Form

The popularity of new blockchain “restaking" protocols led by EigenLayer has drawn a response from the principals behind the liquid staking platform Lido, which itself burst onto the scene a couple of years ago to become the largest project in decentralized finance.

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Lyra Finance Now Lets Liquid Restaking Token Holders Earn Extra Yields From Automated Trade Strategies

LRT holders can tokenize any yield-bearing strategy to generate an annualized percentage yield of 10% to 50%.

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Justin Sun Grabs Nearly Half Of Deposits In Liquid Staking Protocol

Tron founder Justin Sun has once again sent ripples through the cryptocurrency world with a hefty deposit into a liquid restaking protocol. This move puts Sun squarely in the center of a booming DeFi niche: liquid staking.

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Tron’s Justin Sun dominates liquid restaking protocol with 46% of deposits

Tron founder Justin Sun is back in the spotlight with his recent cryptocurrency deposit activity.

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Renzo (REZ) plummets 43% after Binance listing and airdrop

Market data indicates that the liquid restaking protocol’s Renzo Token (REZ) has experienced a significant downturn over the past 24 hours, with this market drop coming up shortly after the Binance listing.

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Liquid restaking provider Renzo bags $150m volume following airdrop

Liquid restaking protocol Renzo launched its token airdrop, which has a market cap of nearly $300 million, as users claimed REZ coins.

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Liquid Restaking Protocol Renzo Airdrops REZ Token, Debuts at $289M Market Cap

The token has $75 million in trading volume in the hour after claims went live.

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ezETH depeg puts ETH restaking volatility into the limelight

Renzo's ezETH suffers a severe price drop and high trading volume as the liquid restaking market faces volatility and liquidations. The post ezETH depeg puts ETH restaking volatility into the limelight appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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EZETH Token Experiences Depegging, Whale Seizes Opportunity For Profit

The Liquid Restaking Token, EZETH, has undergone a significant depegging event, plummeting from a peak of $3,279 to a low of $2,480 within the span of 24 hours. This sudden price movement has caught the attention of crypto enthusiasts and investors alike.

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Renzo’s ezETH token depeg triggers liquidations across DeFi platforms

Renzo’s liquid restaking token (LRT), ezETH, experienced a significant depegging event that liquidated millions from “loopers” using the token as collateral on leverage protocols like Gearbox.

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Persistence One – Cosmos Liquid Staking & Restaking

Mikhil Pandey is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Persistence Labs, building Persistence One a purpose built Layer 1 on a mission to maximize yield and security through Liquid Staking & Restaking.

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ETH Liquid Restaking Protocol YieldNest Raises $5.2M in Contribution Round

YieldNest simplifies and enhances ETH yields for EigenLayer restakers through curated AVS Baskets and specific AVS categories, reducing risk and operational complexity. Industry veterans-led liquid restaking protocol YieldNest is gearing up for its first product release, ynETH, later this month.

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Puffer Finance raises $18 million in new funding round

Puffer Finance secures $18 million in funding round led by Brevan Howard Digital and Electric Capital. Crypto exchanges Coinbase and Kraken also invest in the Ethereum liquid restaking protocol. Puffer Finance, an Ethereum liquid staking protocol on Eigenlayer, has raised $18 million in its latest funding round.

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Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Raises $18M, Led by Brevan Howard, Electric Capital

The fresh round of capital will be used to help launch Puffer’s mainnet.

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Liquid staking ecosystem longevity relies on token liquidity: Kairos Research

EigenLayer's LRTs are a dominant force in restaking, with a 13,800% increase in deposits in under four months.

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Pendle price rises, announces new liquid restaking tokens on Arbitrum

Pendle revealed the introduction of two new Liquid Restaking Tokens on the Arbitrum network has boosted PENDLE's price.

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Protocol Village: Lorenzo Plans First 'Bitcoin Liquid Restaking' Protocol Using Babylon Tech

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3.

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Prisma Finance $11.6 million exploit leads to asset value plummet, mkUSD stablecoin instability

Ethereum liquid restaking platform Prisma Finance said its vaults were exploited earlier today for an undisclosed sum. According to the protocol: “Prisma Protocol has been paused by the emergency multisig and remaining funds are safe.

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Ether.Fi's ETHFI Jumps 50% to Record, May Boost Valuations for Liquid Restaking Token Airdrops: Analyst

The performance of EtherFi's token could lift valuations of other restaking platforms ahead of their airdrops, one analyst noted.

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Chainlink integrates EigenLayer liquid restaking protocol Renzo

Chainlink has added price feed support for Renzo, an EigenLayer restaking protocol. The integration sees the Chainlink Price Feeds available for Renzo’s ezETH on the Ethereum mainnet, Arbitrum and Linea networks, the staking protocol announced on March 21.

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BOME, SLERF, ETHFI: Are these March's top 3 picks for you?

BOME and SLERF were the products of Solana presale hysteria. ETHFI was backed by growing liquid restaking protocol Ether.Fi. With not much to cheer from the heavyweights, cryptocurrency tradThe post BOME, SLERF, ETHFI: Are these March's top 3 picks for you? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Ether.Fi (ETHFI) token dumps after trading debut

ETHFI, the governance token of liquid restaking protocol Ether. Fi, fell nearly 30% after its market debut. Ether. Fi’s token listed on major exchanges like Binance and OKX. The price of ETHFI, the governance token of liquid restaking protocol Ether.

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Ether.Fi's Token Falls 20% After Debut

Liquid restaking protocol Ether.Fi has issued its governance token (ETHFI) in the form of an airdrop and an over-subscribed Binance Launchpad round.

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Thetanuts Finance debuts leveraged LRT Strategy Vault

Thetanuts Finance, a leading figure in the decentralized on-chain options protocol arena, has announced a Leveraged LRT Strategy Vault on the Ethereum Mainnet. This move integrates Pendle Finance’s PT-eETH offering, marking Thetanuts Finance’s first venture into the burgeoning domain of restaking and Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRTs), which has seen over $10 billion in Total Value […]

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Justin Sun Deposits $480M of ETH to Restaking Protocol Ether.Fi

Tron founder Justin Sun deposited 120,000 ether worth $480 million into liquid restaking protocol Ether.Fi, according to blockchain data.

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Over $2 million in Ethereum stolen in sophisticated phishing scheme

A recent phishing attack has left a crypto investor reeling from a loss of 501 ETH, valued at approximately $2 million, staked through liquid restaking protocol Ether. Fi. On-chain data reveals that the theft occurred earlier today and involved two transactions.

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Ether.Fi, Liquid Restaking Protocol, to Release ETHFI Token on Binance Launchpool Next Week

Ether.Fi has shot to the top of the list of crypto's hottest projects as the biggest liquid-restaking protocol by total value locked, or TVL.

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Liquid Restaking Tokens: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?

LRTs repurpose staked ether to support external systems like rollups and oracles with an economic security layer, explains Marcin Kazmierczak, Co-Founder of RedStone & Warp.cc.

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Omni Network Signs $600M Restaking Deal With Ether.Fi to Enhance Security

Liquid restaking protocol Ether.Fi will commit $600 million worth of ether {{ETH}} in a delegation deal to secure the Omni Network.

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Protocol Village: Renzo, Liquid Restaking Protocol, Expands to Arbitrum in Deal With Connext

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 29-March 6.

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Liquid Restaking Protocol Ether.Fi Raises $23M Series A

Liquid restaking protocol ether.fi has raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Bullish Capital and CoinFund.

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Prime Staked: Liquid Restaking

Matt Liu is the co-founder of Origin Protocol, an Ethereum-powered platform for NFTs, DeFi, Liquid Staking, and Restaking.

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Zircuit, New ZK-Rollup Focused on Security, Launches Staking Program

Zircuit, a security-focused zero-knowledge rollup backed by pioneering L2 research, launched Zircuit Staking, an innovative program that allows users to stake ETH, liquid staking tokens (LSTs), and liquid restaking tokens (LRTs) to earn Zircuit Points.

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Binance Labs invests in EigenLayer restaking protocol Renzo

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm of Binance, has invested in Renzo. Renzo is a Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) and Strategy Manager for Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer. Binance’s venture capital arm has announced it invested in Renzo, a Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) and Strategy Manager for EigenLayer.

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Binance Labs invests in Renzo to support its liquid restaking offering

Binance Labs has made a strategic investment in the decentralized finance (DeFi) project Renzo to grow its offerings in liquid restaking. Renzo is a Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) and Strategy Manager for EigenLayer, seeking to foster the broader adoption of the EigenLayer ecosystem.

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The Protocol: Restaking Tokens Are Exploding, and Restaking Isn't Even Live

In this week's issue of our weekly blockchain tech newsletter, Sam Kessler explores how "liquid restaking tokens" or LRTs are remaking decentralized finance. PLUS: Starknet's STRK airdrop, Stellar's smart-contract facelift and bitcoin's supply crunch.

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