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The popularity of Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSD) has increased significantly over the past several months, resulting in an increase in challenging cash flows. DSL is a relatively new chip type that allows bettors to increase potential returns by unlocking cash for their cryptocurrency staked, such as EPF.
DSLs have exploded in popularity in the Ethereum ecosystem and have the potential to become just as common amongst other layer 1 networks, such as Polygon and Avalanche.
Lsds already play an important role in the challenge, representing more than 20% of all tvl on liquid sequencing protocols. The dominance of Lido alone — currently the largest liquid staking protocol — is over 17% of DeFi’s TVL as of February 2023.
LSDs may have jump-started a strong rebound in DeFi activity, as the trend is likely to accelerate with the deployment of the Shanghai upgrade, which is expected to attract more stakers and thus boost demand for LSDs.
How do LSRs drive the challenge business?
Lsds caught defi users' attention after ethereum adopted the issue proof algorithm (pos), which replaces mining with staking. Cardholders now have the ability to place chips to maintain the network and generate annual returns.
However, there are two conditions that limit sequencing access for regular token holders. First, there is a minimum deposit limit of 32 ethers () to participate in the block validation fight. Second, the staked eth remains located on the tag string until the update of the Shanghai ethereum is completed, and even then the rewards will be progressively available.
Liquid staking protocols address the first issue by consolidating data from multiple holders to facilitate participation in the Ethereum block validation process. So, protocols like lido, allow holders to put in play without having to launch a validation node.
Liquid staking protocols not only enable fractional deposits in their staking pools but also offer stakers derivative tokens based on a 1:1 ratio in the form of liquid staking derivatives (LSDs).
Punters can use these LSD chips on the larger challenge market to take advantage of return opportunities. With LSD chips, punters are able to multiply the benefits of their locked chips, which would otherwise only generate milestone rewards.
How do I make the DSL function?
Punters who use LSD can take advantage of a variety of return opportunities in the rapidly growing challenge space. For example, they can take advantage of generous yield opportunities on credit platforms by depositing their derivative chips or using them as collateral to borrow assets for other market activities.
A number of challenging loan protocols have incorporated LSD into guarantee contracts. Among them is Euler Finance. This trustworthy nonprivative loan protocol based on Ethereum allows users to loan and borrow several LSD, such as cbeth and steth, derivatives that are facilitated by the lido and coinbase.
Recently, euler added support for cbeth, the LSD chip issued by the currency base to bettors who elect to participate in the exchange. Prior to registration, cbeth holders were not able to take advantage of their warranties to facilitate further market opportunities. After launching support for this derivative, Euler attracted about $29 million in this asset alone, demonstrating the tremendous potential of LSDs in DeFi.
Seraphim Czecker, Chief Risk Officer at Euler Laboratories, said:
“The fact that supplied cbETH on Euler exceeded grew so rapidly overnight after being promoted to collateral tier suggests wide appetite across retail and funds alike to trade LSD products beyond just Lido’s staked ETH. With over a billion dollars available for sale, this market is destined to grow as challenge traders use only to earn an extra return on cbeth or raise on reward staking.”
The market share of the DSL challenge could jump.
The challenge boom in 2020 would not have been possible without the stabilizers, which represented more than 30 per cent of the overall challenge market at its peak. LSD can have a similar impact through its unique capacity to improve the benefits of staking.
According to Staking Rewards, the percentage of staked Ethereum is only 14%, which is very low compared to Cardano’s 71%, Avalanche's more than 62%, and Polygon's nearly 40%. One of the reasons holders are still reluctant to wager relates to the token lock-in condition when they stake.
But there's some great news. The upcoming Shanghai upgrade will include a code, referred to as EIP 4895, which will enable staked ETH withdrawals. The upgrade will provide a 1:1 exchange of the eth for eth flagged chain tag. This will promote a greater number of liquid stakes, which would stimulate demand for LSD and could trigger a rapid growth of defi tvl.
Eventually, other blockchains, like the range and the avalanche, are eligible to receive their own LSD, This would help them compete with etheum and contribute to a healthy equilibrium in the challenge space.
