Today, the dYdX Foundation highlights the launch of Liquid Staking on the dYdX Chain.
Liquid Staking allows users to continue to stake and secure the dYdX Chain, whilst converting staked DYDX into a liquid, fungible asset (a liquid staking token or LST) that can be traded or utilized in DeFi applications, among other things. Liquid Staking further unlocks liquidity for the DYDX token by enabling Stakers to avoid the 30 day un-bonding period. Further, users leveraging Liquid Staking may continue to earn dYdX Chain staking rewards while using the applicable liquid-staked DYDX tokens in applications like liquidity pools or lending protocols, greatly enhancing overall accessibility.
Charles d’Haussy discusses the launch of Liquid Staking: “Liquid staking is removing the barriers to entry for staking, enabling anyone to participate in the Decentralized Finance economy. The Liquid Staking competition is driving innovation in the DYDX staking ecosystem, which is ultimately good for the entire community.”
Another benefit to Liquid Staking solutions is that they generally optimize for decentralization and enhanced security by delegating DYDX tokens across a large subset of Validators in the active set.
Liquid Staking launches on the dYdX Chain today 29 January through: Stride, the largest Liquid Staking provider in the Cosmos Ecosystem and within the next days/week through Persistence, a purpose-built Layer 1 on a mission to maximize liquid staking yield, and Quicksilver, an Interchain Liquid Staking solution for the Cosmos ecosystem.
Vishal Talashi, Co-Founder of Stride: “The launch of the dYdX Chain was a pivotal advancement in trading infrastructure. We're thrilled to be working closely with dYdX to unlock the full value of that infrastructure by bringing stDYDX to DeFi protocols everywhere.”
Mikhil Pandey, CSO at Persistence Labs: “We are very excited to bring DYDX Liquid Staking on the Persistence One Chain. stkDYDX is a significant milestone in our journey to create a Liquid Staking economy. stkDYDX is uniquely positioned to assist further decentralizing the dYdX Chain, create DeFi utility for liquid staked DYDX, and benefit the community.”
Vish Modali, Co-Founder at Quicksilver Zone: “Let's embrace dYdX's journey into the interchain with an exclusive Liquid Staking solution tailored for autonomy: Your Stake, Your Choice. Select any dYdX Chain Validator. Quicksilver will happily empower the dYdX community to take charge of their own security and governance decisions.”
This exciting new feature of the dYdX Chain unlocks new benefits for users, enhances liquidity, increases security and stability of the Chain and contributes to decentralization of the Validator set. Visit Stride to see the dYdX Chain Liquid Staking solution today. Persistence and Quicksilver solutions will be available within the next days/week.
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