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A team of Ethereum developers is tackling the so-called "lockup" problem, according to which the first generation of participants who will staking of crypto products on the upcoming Eth 2.0 blockchain, will have to commit a certain amount of ETH to a restrictive multi-year contract.
LiquidStake
Announced Wednesday, LiquidStake, which was launched by cryptocurrency trading firm DARMA Capital, will allow staker ether (ETH) to take out USDC stablecoin loans against their staked assets while earning rewards for the staking from the new network.
Additionally, US-registered investment fund DARMA, founded by former ConsenSys backers Andrew Keys and James Slazas, intends to allocate over $ 50 million of ETH for the new Ethereum deposit agreement - here the quotation in real time.
There are obvious economic incentives for participants taking part in Ethereum's evolutionary shift towards staking because they can earn, say, 15% on those assets over the course of as many months as the network takes to complete further upgrades, said DARMA Capital founder Andrew Keys.
Necessity and invention
The first phase (phase zero) of Ethereum's migration to a proof-of-stake blockchain involves approximately 16.384 validators, each of which commits a minimum of 32 ETH in a deposit agreement.
Those tokens will then be placed to secure and govern a new parallel Ethereum blockchain known as the Beacon, a live environment for testing proof-of-stake, which will ultimately return the rewards of staking to those validators.
Since the deposit agreement went into effect this week, approximately 52.801 ETHs have been frozen, worth $ 23,8 million. (At least 524.288 ETH split between 16.384 stakers are required to activate the Eth 2.0 "genesis event" and activate the update).
In addition to the rewards of staking returned to those validators, the earning potential can still come from those frozen funds. This is exactly the kind of innovation used almost everywhere in the field of decentralized finance (DeFi).
The establishment of Ethereum
LiquidStake is a safe operation, heavily backed by what could be called the Ethereum establishment: the project involves entities of the caliber of ConsenSys, Bison Trails, Figment, OpenLaw and Filecoin.
“LiquidStake offers an ideal solution for ETH holders looking to stay liquid during stakingConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin said in a statement.
“I am thrilled to see DARMA Capital play a significant role in the Eth2 transition with LiquidStake, which has chosen ConsenSys' Codefi platform as its partner in staking". Filecoin founder Juan Benet added: "Protocol Labs already uses DARMA swaps for a crucial component in the Filecoin ecosystem and we intend to do the same with our stake ETH treasury."
LiquidStake helps the Ethereum community deal with fear number one about the Eth 2 upgrade, Keys said: liquidity. “Now, users can have all of their ETH deposited to invest, and if they need the money, they can apply for a loan,” he added.
