Staking

Ethereum 2.0

Ethereum 2.0 Staking Contract Now Holds the Most Ether: $21.3B

Lyllah LedesmaAug 19, 2021

“It just shows that staking on Eth 2.0 is incredibly popular,” said Ben Edgington, lead product owner at ConsenSys.

Acquisitions

Berlin-Based Staking Startup Certus One Acquired by Jump Trading

Tanzeel AkhtarAug 3, 2021

The Certus One team will merge with Jump Trading’s team of 900 employees made up of engineers, quants and traders.

Funding

Blockchain Startup InfStones Raises $10M in Series A Funding Round

Eliza GkritsiAug 24, 2021

The blockchain infrastructure platform is betting on the "proof-of-stake" model.

Algorand

Valkyrie Launches an Algorand Trust

Nate DiCamilloJul 14, 2021

The fund will offer exposure to ALGO and a 4%-6% staking yield.

Staking

CoinFund, ParaFi Lead $5.2M Seed Round for Liquidity Staking Platform ClayStack

Cheyenne LigonJul 13, 2021

The funding round also attracted investments from Coinbase Ventures and the Solana Foundation.

Staking

Ethereum 2.0

Banks Edge Closer to Ethereum 2.0 Staking

Ian Allison

Switzerland-based Sygnum Bank is helping institutional clients get staking rewards from the new Ethereum network. And they’re not alone.

Blockdaemon

Blockchain Staking Firm Blockdaemon Raises $28M in Series A Funding

Ian Allison

The round was led by Greenspring Associates and included Goldman Sachs.

Staking

Singapore-Listed Blockchain Firm Buys Crypto Staking Platform Moonstake

Sheldon Reback

Through its 100% ownership of Moonstake, OIO will receive a commission of up to 0.5% of staking assets.

Staking

Nashville Couple Sues IRS Over Tezos Staking Rewards Tax

Jamie Crawley

The lawsuit could have far-reaching implications for the taxation of staking rewards in the U.S.

Staking

Cardano Staking Goes Live on Kraken Exchange

Sebastian Sinclair

ADA staking was launched on Tuesday, the exchange said.

Solana

Solana Bucked Bitcoin Sell-Off; Upstart Blockchain Challenges Ethereum on Speed, Fees

Muyao Shen

Solana's SOL tokens have jumped 17-fold in price this year, for a market capitalization over $8 billion.

Celo

Celo Network Adds Deutsche Telekom as Partner; German Telco Buys ‘Significant’ CELO Position

Ian Allison

Big companies buying bitcoin for their balance sheets is so last year.