The Technology Partener
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has held discussions with Everstake, one of the largest non-custodial staking providers globally, to explore clearer regulatory definitions around staking in blockchain networks. The meeting, which also involved the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, comes at a time when over $193 billion in digital assets are staked across major…
Coinbase’s emergence as the Ethereum network’s largest node operator raises concerns about network centralization that could worsen as institutional adoption accelerates, industry executives told Cointelegraph. On March 19, Coinbase published a report disclosing that the US cryptocurrency exchange controlled more than 11% of staked Ether (ETH), more than any other Ethereum node operator. According to…
SSV Network proposed a new permissionless staking module for Lido, aiming to improve decentralization and staking infrastructure for institutional participants. SSV Network proposed a permissionless staking module that leverages SSV’s Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) to integrate node operators (NOs) into the operator set of Lido on Ethereum. If approved, the proposal would add the first…
