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According to data from Nansen, of the circulating supply of stETH, some 931,000, or 20%, sits in crypto lending platform Aave’s aSTETH Token contract, while roughly 411,000 or 8.75% resides in decentralized stablecoin exchange Curve’s stETH-ETH Swap contract, demonstrating the token’s wide integration into DeFi protocols. Source
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Users wishing to participate in staking without losing liquidity have turned to liquid staking solutions like Lido, which take their ETH, stake it, and give them a stETH token in return. This token tends to trade around the price of ETH on the open market; it will eventually be exchangeable
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“The spread between stETH and ETH is one of the best indicators of confidence in the Ethereum ecosystem, specifically the Merge and subsequent developments,” Ilan Solot, partner at Tagus Capital, wrote in a newsletter Thursday morning. “Well, the discount has narrowed sharply, and we are back to pre-Terra collapse levels.” Source
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In roughly three days Ethereum is expected to transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain network to a proof-of-stake (PoS) version via The Merge. Ahead of the transition, the liquid staking project Lido has seen a lot more activity as the value locked in the protocol increased by more than 13%
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The decoupling of ether (ETH) and Lido Finance’s staked ether (stETH) is not equivalent to the breaking of the link between terraUSD (UST) and the dollar, and isn’t an example of a stablecoin collapse, according to CoinShares. Source
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As stETH has grown into a hugely popular DeFi primitive, or building block, more users have flocked to Lido. Although Lido started to see competition soon after it launched, it has dominated competitors, such as Rocketpool and Stkr, and now controls nearly 90% of the fast-growing liquid staking market. Source
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