restaking

$EIGEN , the token behind EigenLayer, is quietly regaining attention as Ethereum’s restaking ecosystem matures.
Here’s what’s new and why it matters 👇
🔹 Restaking Adoption Growing
More protocols are exploring Actively Validated Services (AVSs), expanding real utility beyond simple staking rewards. This strengthens EigenLayer’s long-term value proposition.
🔹 Security-as-a-Service Narrative
Instead of launching new tokens for security, projects can leverage Ethereum’s validator set through EigenLayer. This could position $EIGEN as a backbone asset for modular blockchain infrastructure.
🔹 Liquidity & Rotation Signals
After weeks of consolidation, EIGEN is showing early signs of accumulation on higher timeframes. If ETH volatility increases, restaking tokens could see renewed momentum.
🔹 Macro Angle
As institutional interest in Ethereum staking products grows, protocols tied to yield optimization and security layers may benefit indirectly.
📊 What to Watch
AVS onboarding announcementsTVL growth trendsToken unlock schedulesETH price direction
⚡ If restaking becomes a core primitive of Ethereum’s future, EIGEN isn’t just another alt — it’s infrastructure.
Are we looking at the early stage of the next infrastructure cycle?
#EIGEN #Restaking #Ethereum #CryptoUpdate #Altcoins

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INTRODUCTION: THE "FREE MONEY" TRAP
Look, I made this mistake so you don't have to. In 2024, I locked my ETH in a standard staking contract for 5% APY. I felt smart. Then the market pumped, new opportunities appeared, and my capital was... stuck. Dead. Frozen.
Fast forward to 2026. If you are still just "staking" your crypto, you are leaving massive gains on the table. The game has changed. We are in the era of DeFi 2.0, and the biggest narrative right now is Liquid Restaking (LRT).
Imagine depositing $100 in a bank, getting a receipt, and then using that receipt to buy stocks while still earning interest in the bank. That’s LRT. It’s leverage without borrowing. It’s the "infinite money glitch" of 2026 (until it breaks, of course).
Let’s break it down before the suits at BlackRock buy everything.
1. STAKING VS. RESTAKING: THE EVOLUTION
To understand LRT, you need to understand the evolution of yield.
DeFi 1.0 (Liquid Staking - LST): You stake ETH (secure the Ethereum network) and get a token like stETH. You earn ~3-4%. Cool, but boring.DeFi 2.0 (Restaking): You take that staked ETH and stake it AGAIN to secure other protocols (called AVS - Actively Validated Services) via EigenLayer.Liquid Restaking (LRT): Protocols do this for you. You deposit ETH, they restake it across multiple networks, and give you a token (like ezETH or rsETH) that earns REWARDS ON TOP OF REWARDS.
Simple Math:
Staking (3%) + Restaking (5%) + DeFi Yield Farming (10%) = 18%+ APY on ETH.
This is why everyone is rushing in.
2. HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS (UNDER THE HOOD)
When you give your ETH to an LRT protocol (like Ether.fi, Renzo, or Puffer in 2026), three things happen instantly:
Deposit: Your asset is locked to secure the main Ethereum chain.Delegation: The protocol delegates your security power to other apps (Oracles, Bridges, Sidechains) that need trust.Minting: You receive a liquid token (LRT) in your wallet.
The Magic: You can take this LRT token and sell it, lend it on Aave, or use it as collateral for futures trading. Your capital is never sleeping.
Current 2026 Leaders to Watch:
$ETHFI (Ether.fi): The king of TVL. Safest bet.$REZ (Renzo): Aggressive strategies, higher risk/reward.$PENDLE : Not an LRT itself, but the casino where you trade these yields. If you understand Pendle, you understand 2026.
3. THE RISKS: WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU
I’m an optimist, but I’m not blind. This "money lego" tower is tall. If one piece breaks, it gets ugly.
Slashing Risk: If the validator messes up, you lose a portion of your ETH. In Restaking, you are validating multiple networks. More networks = higher chance of failure.De-pegging: If everyone tries to sell their ezETH for real ETH at the same time, the price can crash. We saw this with stETH in 2022. It will happen again during a panic.Contract Risk: You are trusting 3-4 layers of smart contracts. One bug in EigenLayer could wipe billions.
My Rule: Never put 100% of your portfolio in LRTs. Keep 50% in cold storage or standard staking. Greed kills.
THE "SECRET SAUCE": AIRDROP FARMING 2.0 🤫
Here is the Alpha that most guides miss.
In 2026, new AVS (services using restaking) launch every week. They need liquidity. They don't just pay yield; they pay in POINTS and TOKENS.
By holding LRTs, you are automatically qualifying for "hidden" airdrops from these new protocols.
Strategy: Don't just hold the biggest LRT. Split your bag into smaller, newer LRT protocols. They are desperate for liquidity and pay the highest "bribes" (airdrops) to attract you.
YOUR ACTION PLAN (DO THIS NOW)
Don't just read. Execute.
Audit Your Bags: Are you holding idle ETH on an exchange? Move it.Start Small: Deposit 10% of your ETH into a "Blue Chip" LRT like Ether.fi.Use Pendle: Learn how to hedge your yield on Pendle Finance. It’s the pro tool.Monitor the Peg: Set an alert on CoinGecko if your LRT drops below 0.98 ETH. If it does, buy the dip or exit.

DeFi 2.0 isn't just about yield; it's about capital efficiency. In 2026, money that sits still loses value against inflation and tech growth. Liquid Restaking is the engine of this bull run.
Is it risky? Yes.
Is it worth it? If you manage your risk—absolutely.
Stop being a spectator. Become a participant.
Does the risk of "Slashing" scare you, or are you greedy enough to ignore it? Tell me in the comments! 👇
#Write2Earn #defi #restaking #Ethereum #altcoins

Bedrock announced yesterday that its uniBTC smart contract vulnerability was exploited by attackers, which affected its liquidity pool on Uniswap. The vulnerability is now under control.
For those who don’t know Bedrock yet, you can read my article: 再質押協議Bedrock基本介紹&空投教程
The following is the relevant information I compiled about this security incident:
1. The assets exploited by the attacker are in the Uniswap liquidity pool, and the total affected assets are approximately US$2 million.
2. The cause of the vulnerability is a code problem that allows attackers to use native BTC to mint uniBTC.

Karak, which I have mentioned to my friends many times recently, seems to be preparing to send out airdrops!
Yesterday, when Karak's DC Chinese area MOD responded to community questions, it stated that the project boss said Karak would be online before Eigenlayer, and the MOD predicted that it would be before 9/30 at the latest.
I have introduced Karak-related layout methods to you many times before. You can click the link here to be directly sent to the previous article to see how to make Karak. Come and score points in the last month, don’t miss it.
KelpDAO+Karak一魚雙吃策略, Pendel收益+Karak空投積分一魚雙吃策略, Karak介紹, Methamorphosis一魚多吃-Karak

restaking
In this article, you will learn:
➔ What’s Restaking?
➔ Why’s it Useful?
➔ Types of Restaking
➔ The Risks
➔ How do I place my tokens in the restaking?
What’s Restaking?
Restaking is a concept first introduced by the XBANKING project — this is the first project to develop this idea and produce products related to it. The idea of ​​Restaking is to re-stake liquid staked tokens to provide security and make it possible for stakers (users) to receive rewards.
Restaking is a new concept in the world of cryptocurrency security that enables you to use your Ethereum (ETH), The Open Network (TON), Solana (SOL) and others more than once at the consensus layer. For instance, if you’re staking your Ethereum directly or using a liquid staking token (LST), you can opt to use a service like XBANKING to earn additional rewards on your stake. up to 12% APR.
XBANKING is a restaking marketplace that allows you to deposit your LSTs into different pools that support various applications and services on the Ethereum ecosystem. By doing so, you are not only earning staking rewards from your LSTs, but also restaking rewards from the pools you join.
The idea behind restaking is to leverage the security and trust of Ethereum’s validators and staked tokens to benefit smaller and newer networks that need more protection from attacks or failures. By restaking your ETH or LSTs, you are effectively lending your stake to these networks and protocols, and helping them achieve higher security and decentralization.
Why’s it Useful?
Ethereum Proof-of-Stake (PoS) is a system that uses its own token, ETH to secure itself Every validator has to prove that it has a “stake” in the system You can also think of stake as the “trust” placed to secure the network, the higher the stake, the higher the trust.
It’s like when you trust a girl so you give her a lot of money ̶t̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶a̶p̶p̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ Anyhow, ETH staked on Ethereum has been increasing at a rapid pace, from 2.5m ETH in Jan 2021 to 34.5m ETH in the present.

What this means is that there’s a lot of ETH and a lot of trust to secure the network Then one day XBANKING came along and be like “why don’t we take some of these trust and share it with other smaller networks & applications This is called “Restaking”.
Restaking presents an opportunity for these smaller networks “Actively Validated Services (AVS)” to borrow the trust to secure their platform XBANKING acts as a Decentralized Trust Marketplace that gets a cut of the fees on the rewards that flow from the AVS to Restaker.
The liquid staking tokens Ethereum (stETH), The Open Network (tsTON, stTON, wsTON, hTON, Solana (JitoSOL) are now available for restacking on the https://xbanking.org platform.
Types of Restaking
There are 3 main types of restaking — Native, Liquid, and Superfluid 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 MAV 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 — Validators natively restaked their ETH on the Beacon Chain to XBANKING.
𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 — Liquid Staking Token (LST) holders restake their LSTs to XBANKING smart contract directly on XBANKING front-end Native Restaking is operationally more difficult to operate vs Liquid Restaking as it requires operating Ethereum Validator Node
Native MAV Restaking is operationally more difficult to operate vs Liquid Restaking as it requires operating Ethereum Validator Node.
Liquid Restaking protocols (LRT) flow is as follows User deposits an LST token on LRT platform ➙ The LRT protocol takes the LST and restake on XBANKING ➙ LRT protocol offers a derivative liquid restaking token Similar to how Lido gives stETH in exchange for ETH.
The Risks
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 — There could be a risk of mistakenly slashed due to an accident or a smart contract error Given the nature of extending Ethereum’s trust to other networks, the risk of unintentional slashing is higher
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 — operators (validators) colluding to use the same restaked ETH to secure & take control of multiple networks The operators could potentially attempt an attack to take control of the TVL on these networks.
𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — potential risk of computationally-capable validators dominating the restaking space in various networks, Since large computational resources & operational costs are needed to participate effectively in specific modules.
How do I place my tokens in the restaking?
Go to https://xbanking.org.Click “launch app”.Select token (liquid staking token (stETH, wsTON, JitoSOL, tsTON or other), connect wallet, stake!.Done!
Links:
Restaking: https://xbanking.org

#restaking #staking