Staking Insider #14

GM fellow staker,

This week we’re tackling a juicy topic, integral to the future health of the Ethereum network. Let’s hop to it…

🧵 In this Week’s Edition:

• 🥊 Pros & Cons of Permissioned vs Open Validator Sets

• 📈 Cosmos - 30d Net Staking Flow

• 📰 Weekly Briefing

• 📅 Daily Historical Staking Data Now Live via API

• 🎫 Summit Lead Sponsors: Sold Out

Read time: 2 minutes

🥊 Pros & Cons of Permissioned vs Open Validator Sets

Who should operate nodes within a Liquid Staking protocol?

There has been some lively debates on this topic, especially within the Ethereum community as of late.

If you stake ETH, then it’s definitely a question worth pondering!

One side of the fence argues that anyone should be allowed to run a node, thus avoiding centralization and sticking true to the original philosophy of Web3.

The other side argues that only chosen entities should run nodes, to offer the high standards needed to scale with security and efficiency in mind.

The reality is, it’s not that simple, as both involve complex trade-offs. Take a closer look at Permissioned vs Open Validator sets and explore some real world comparisons in our latest feature article

📈 Cosmos Ecosystem - 30d Net Staking Flow

This week we’re presenting the 30d Net Staking Flow for the top 10 assets in the Cosmos Ecosystem.

CRO (+$12.7m), OSMO (+$10.1m), INJ ($6.5m), ARCH ($4.06m), SCRT ($1.44m), KAVA ($1.05m), XPRT ($105k), AKT (-85.5k), CANTO (-$287k), BAND (-$594k), ATOM (-$23.3m).

Note: Above chart does not include SEI, who launched less than 30 days ago. The Sei Network current has a Staking Market Cap of $607.09m, with 12.84k Staking Wallets on the network.

📰 Weekly Briefing

Here’s this week’s top news from the world of staking and crypto…

• ClayStack Launch the First DVT-Based Ethereum Liquid Staking

• Cosmos Hub Upgrades to Add Liquid Staking Module

• SSV Network Launches Decentralized Staking Mainnet with Partner Apps

• Lido Finance selects Axelar and Neutron to launch wstETH on Cosmos

• Staking Facilities Partners with Boerse Stuttgart Digital and Munich Re to Launch Fully Insured Staking Solution

📅 Daily Historical Staking Data is Now Live

The Staking Data API continues to level up.

You can now query daily close data for all available metrics in the Staking Data API.

This allows you to easily query long timeframes by returning one value per day, making your historical staking data analysis more efficient 💪

📰 Summit Lead Sponsors: Sold Out

This year’s Lead Sponsors of the Staking Summit bring some of the freshest perspectives and innovation in the Staking space.

We're delighted to welcome back Obol Network, Tenderize and Luga Nodes, along with newcomers Chain Proof and Lido. 🔥

Subscribers can get 10% off Staking Summit tickets until the end of month using the below code:

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👀 Last But Certainly Not Least

✍️ Sign Up to be Part of the Staking Rewards Alpha User Cohort

🎬 That’s a Wrap for this week!

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