Liquid staking explained in three sentences:
After the Shanghai upgrade (Shapella) in April 2023, staked ETH on Ethereum could finally be withdrawn.
The secondary-market price of an LST may not exactly match the ETH it represents: redeeming through the protocol requires waiting in a queue, and if many people are in a hurry to sell, the market price may trade at a discount.
Some DeFi protocols are incompatible with tokens whose balances change automatically; in these cases, wrapped tokens such as wstETH are typically used.
$LDO 0.3865(-3.11%)
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For reference only. You are responsible for your own profits and losses.
After the Shanghai upgrade (Shapella) in April 2023, staked ETH on Ethereum could finally be withdrawn.
The secondary-market price of an LST may not exactly match the ETH it represents: redeeming through the protocol requires waiting in a queue, and if many people are in a hurry to sell, the market price may trade at a discount.
Some DeFi protocols are incompatible with tokens whose balances change automatically; in these cases, wrapped tokens such as wstETH are typically used.
$LDO 0.3865(-3.11%)
#LDO
For reference only. You are responsible for your own profits and losses.