Persistence Launches pSTAKE, Offering Liquidity for Billions of Staked Crypto...
Staking cryptocurrencies on proof-of-stake blockchain networks has become one of the popular methods to generate consistent returns on crypto. Whereas DeFi offers the potential for spectacular yields at very high risk, staking offers a more steady return of around 15% on average, according to the current numbers on stakingrewards.com. Still considerably higher than anything you’d […]
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Across the proof-of-stake (PoS) industry, a vast number of users and protocols have been long reaping the benefits of the PoS consensus mechanism. It is not only an easy and practical way to secure blockchain networks but also a fool-proof way for users to earn high APYs in exchange for their participation via staking. However, the fact that staked assets remain locked for extended periods of time, limits their usability and deters many users from staking altogether. This is precisely why liquid staking as a means of unlocking liquidity of staked assets is being explored within DeFi, and....
Twelve venture capital firms and three angel investors have joined in to fund the DeFi protocol. On Tuesday, pSTAKE, a liquid staking protocol from decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Persistence, announced in a statement provided to Cointelegraph that it had closed a $10 million strategic funding round from venture capital firms. Tendermint, the core developer behind the Cosmos network, powers Persistence blockchain with its consensus engine.Liquid staking is the practice of users “double-dipping” with their crypto assets — i.e., allowing them to stake their crypto in one pool and use....
Similar to Lido and Anchor Protocol, pSTAKE brings liquid staking to the Cosmos ecosystem and allows ATOM and XPRT holders to integrate with DeFi on a deeper level. One of the most significant transitions to occur for the cryptocurrency ecosystem since the launch of Bitcoin (BTC) has been the increasing dominance of proof-of-stake (PoS) protocols over the proof-of-work (PoW) model, primarily due to energy requirements of the PoW model and growing concern over its environmental impact. As more projects launch or transition to the PoS model, a new class of protocols have emerged that are....
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of Persistence tokens (XPRT) under the pair USDT/XPRT on Apr 1 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. There will be an auction on Mar 31 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Persistence is an interoperable protocol built to facilitate the creation of next-gen financial products. It is an ecosystem of financial products serving both institutional and crypto-native users. Persistence One has a growing suite of core product features, including pStake, Comdex, pLend,....
Liquid staking protocol pSTAKE just broke a record and everyone in the DeFi sector of crypto should be talking about it. Not only did the project raise $10 million on CoinList, it broke a record for the fundraising platform. More than 949,000 people registered for the token sale, easily the most ever in comparison to […]