<h2>Origin Ether x Frax Finance</h2><p>Origin Ether (OETH) recently launched, and liquid staking protocol Frax Ether (frxETH) is one of the protocol’s initial yield strategies. Integrating Frax’s liquid staking token marks a major milestone on OETH’s quest to deliver the best risk-adjusted ETH yield in DeFi.</p><h2>Efficient Capital, Premier Collateral</h2><p>Frax Finance has innovated relentlessly to cement its place as one of DeFi’s blue-chip platforms. The stablecoin protocol launched its own liquid staking product for ETH in late 2022, which has enjoyed significant adoption since.</p><p>Origin Ether users will be able to mint OETH by depositing either frxETH or sfrxETH. In order to maximize yield, frxETH held in the OETH treasury will be staked as sfrxETH. In doing so, frxETH will play a key role in earning yield for OETH holders.</p><h3>How it Works</h3><p>Frax’s&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/intotheblock/frax-eth-a-novel-liquid-staking-derivative-model-fbf755565d81">liquid staking model</a> utilizes two tokens: frxETH (Frax Ether) and sfrxETH (Frax Staked Ether).</p><p>frxETH&nbsp;maintains parity to ETH and can be minted using ETH. However, <strong>frxETH does not accrue staking rewards.</strong> Instead, frxETH holders accrue rewards from LP positions on Convex and Curve when staked, which utilize the frxETH-ETH pool. As Frax is one of the largest holders of Convex’s CVX, extra rewards are easily directed to users.</p><p>On the other hand, <strong>sfrxETH is a&nbsp;yield-bearing token</strong> that represents a user’s initial capital and proof-of-stake&nbsp;staking rewards. The sfrxETH token increases in value as rewards are earned.</p><p>Frax users deposit ETH in order to mint frxETH. frxETH holdings can then be deposited to the sfrx vault in exchange for sfrxETH.&nbsp;</p><p>This two-pronged approach isolates the non-yield bearing token (frxETH) from the yield bearing token (sfrxETH) when staking ETH. Under this model, users are granted more flexibility compared to a single LST token design.&nbsp;</p><h3>Impressive Adoption</h3><p>In the space of just a few months, Frax Ether has risen to the fourth largest LST protocol by total value locked (TVL). In excess of 171K ETH has been staked via Frax across more than 4,000 validator nodes. This adoption has seen Frax Ether’s TVL skyrocket to ~$320M.</p><p>Despite having grown exponentially, Frax still offers some of the highest ETH yield among LST issuers. At the time of writing, the frxETH-ETH pool&nbsp;<a href="https://facts.frax.finance/frxeth">generates</a> 5.26%&nbsp;APR from LP rewards on Curve and Convex, with additional incentives boosting APY with FXS. Meanwhile, sfrxETH records&nbsp;6.40% APR in staking rewards.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/image_c5acaf27c4.png"><figcaption>frxETH TVL and Median APY since launch (<a href="https://defillama.com/protocol/frax-ether">DeFiLlama</a>)</figcaption></figure><h2>Stack ETH Faster With OETH</h2><p>With over 66K ETH being burned since The Merge, the race to accumulate ETH has never been more urgent.</p><p>Origin Ether has been expressly designed to aggregate the best ETH yield in the space with groundbreaking strategies, giving you best-in-class yield with full capital retention. As always, security is at the forefront of Origin’s product development. While many LSTs are cropping up, we’re only concerned with integrating the sector’s most battle-tested blue-chip protocols.&nbsp;</p><p>Even with our stringent criteria, integrating frxETH is a no-brainer. Frax Finance’s robust, multi-chain ecosystem is the first to offer all three key DeFi domains under one roof – stablecoins, liquidity, and lending. The protocol’s ceaseless innovation has rendered it a staple in DeFi.&nbsp;</p><p>frxETH’s unique architecture generates some of the highest LST yield currently available. Accepting frxETH as OETH collateral and staking these reserves to Frax allows Origin Ether to further maximize yield via sfrxETH, while also creating a fresh and seamless investment avenue for Frax stakers.</p><p><i>OETH is about to take the space by storm. Stay tuned as announcements continue to roll out. Learn more at&nbsp;</i><a href="https://www.oeth.com/"><i>oeth.com</i></a><i>.</i></p>

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Frax Ether Integration With Origin Ether

<p>Origin Ether (OETH) has integrated Rocket Pool ETH (rETH) into its suite of yield-generating assets and strategies, providing OETH holders with blue-chip safety and elevated yields.</p><p>As a premier asset with proven security, decentralization, and effective liquid staking mechanics, rETH optimizes OETH yield on a risk-adjusted basis. With OETH’s auto-compounding and active rebalancing, holders will be able to&nbsp;<a href="http://oeth.com">stack ETH faster.</a></p><h2>ETH Staking</h2><p>Ethereum staking was introduced to transition from the proof-of-work consensus model to proof-of-stake. Holders may now stake their ETH in order to become a validator, securing the network to earn ETH staking rewards and transaction fees.&nbsp;</p><p>However, staking ETH and maintaining validators are typically not simple tasks. Stakers would have to manage their private keys, have a minimum of 32 ETH to deposit, and maintain validator hardware and software. However, Rocket Pool changes this dynamic completely. Rocket Pool’s rETH was popularized through diminishing the barriers of entry for node operators. With Rocket Pool, nodes can be spun up with just 8 ETH and RPL collateral, aiding in the decentralization of Ethereum’s network.</p><h2>Liquid Staking Pools</h2><p>Liquid staking pools allow a bunch of different holders to pool their ETH together to meet the minimum deposit requirements. Once the 32 ETH threshold is met, the staking service or staking protocol will stake it and provide a validator instance along with it. Depositors will receive tokens representing their staked ETH, also known as liquid staking tokens (LSTs).</p><p>Staking pools usually charge a 10% to 25% fee on staking rewards, providing them with incentives to act honestly and income to maintain validators. In exchange, holders passively earn ETH staking yield.</p><h2>Rocket Pool ETH</h2><p>Rocket Pool is a liquid staking protocol that differentiates itself by having extra mechanics that increase the health of the Ethereum network and provide additional security for depositors.</p><p>In order to become a Rocket Pool validator and earn fees from depositors, the validators themselves have to deposit their own ETH and RPL tokens as collateral. In the event that these validators engage in malicious behavior, their own collateral will be penalized. By making it economically unviable to act maliciously, the security of depositors holdings is enhanced.</p><p>Since anyone can become a Rocket Pool validator, a wide variety of operators are able to help validate transactions, increasing Ethereum’s decentralization. The network will thus be more censorship-resistant and immutable thanks to Rocket Pool.</p><h2>Origin Ether and rETH</h2><p>By incorporating rETH into OETH’s suite of yield generating assets and strategies, the overall risk of OETH strategies is maintained at a blue-chip level. Rocket Pool also charges a lower fee compared to certain centralized exchanges, giving back more yields to holders.&nbsp;</p><h2>Origin Ether: Liquid Yield Aggregator for ETH</h2><p><a href="http://oeth.com">OETH</a> is a liquid yield aggregator for ETH, helping holders earn and compound the best risk-adjusted LST yields in DeFi. The protocol auto-compounds and rebalances assets between strategies regularly, helping users bypass prohibitive gas fees to maximize their ETH yields. OETH does not require staking, as yields are directly accumulated in holders’ wallets, saving users gas fees.&nbsp;</p><p>The Origin Ether DAO actively audits and curates new LST strategies, ensuring OETH provides safe yet boosted yields for holders. The protocol’s holdings and strategies are all fully on-chain, ensuring the health and solvency of the underlying assets can be monitored 24/7.&nbsp;<a href="https://curve.fi/#/ethereum/pools/factory-v2-298/swap">OETH can be traded for ETH</a> or redeemed for its underlying collateral through Origin’s&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">dapp</a> or on a DEX at all times.&nbsp;</p><p><i>To start earning interest on your ETH, head over to </i><a href="oeth.com"><i>OETH.com</i></a><i> today.</i></p>

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Rocket Pool ETH (rETH) Integration With Origin Ether

<h2>Origin Ether and Lido's stETH</h2><p>Origin Ether (OETH) has integrated the most liquid LST on the market, Lido Staked ETH (stETH)! As the market leader among LSTs, stETH’s wide adoption allows OETH to increase its scope of strategies and optimize risk-adjusted yields. With OETH’s auto-compounding yield strategy, holders will be able to&nbsp;<a href="http://oeth.com">stack ETH faster.</a></p><p>With its proven functionality and liquidity, it is no surprise that stETH has remained as the market leader among LSTs. Its status as a LST blue-chip continues to attract new stakers, and OETH is proud to support it.&nbsp;</p><h2>ETH Staking</h2><p>Since Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade, there has been an impulse of demand to stake ETH with the network due to the lower perceived risk after withdrawals have been enabled. A surge in activity in the network has also elevated yields with transaction fees, bloating demand even further.&nbsp;</p><p>That said, not everyone has the capacity nor capability to stake ETH and maintain their own validators. Solo stakers have to provide their own 32 ETH, manage and maintain private keys, validator hardware, and software. Many potential stakers are not able to meet these requirements, hence, liquid staking pools were popularized.</p><h2>Liquid Staking Pools</h2><p>As the name suggests, liquid staking pools allow depositors to pool and stake their ETH together, receiving a liquid token that acts as an IOU for their underlying ETH. The staking service or protocol will then stake deposits once they reach the 32 ETH threshold, providing a validator instance together with it.&nbsp;</p><p>As compensation to maintain validators and incentives to act in the interest of depositors, staking pools charge a fee on staking rewards, usually varying between 10% to 25%. In exchange, depositors passively earn ETH staking yield and are able to trade their liquid token whenever they would like.&nbsp;</p><h2>Lido Staked ETH</h2><p>Lido is a liquid staking protocol that is optimized for user experience, scalability, liquidity, and DeFi integrations.&nbsp;</p><p>As one of the earliest liquid staking protocols, Lido turned its immediate attention towards ensuring there was liquidity to swap from stETH to ETH, doing this by providing LDO tokens as incentives to stake in stETH/WETH liquidity pools. The optionality of being able to liquidate staked ETH when Ethereum did not support withdrawals was extremely valuable, leading many depositors to Lido.</p><p>This investment had evidently paid off in spades, as 31.48% of all staked ETH is on Lido. Though there are criticisms on how centralized Lido’s validator set is, it was essential to quickly scale and support more stakers. The upcoming Lido V2 addresses this criticism, as their new architectural design allows for a more diverse set of validators.</p><p>Lido’s commitment to the health of Ethereum and safety of its users on top of its liquidity makes it a top choice for many users looking to earn yield on their ETH.</p><h2>Origin Ether and stETH</h2><p>Not only is stETH a popular choice for many potential stakers, the wide adoption of stETH into DeFi protocols allows OETH to widen its scope of strategies, allowing the DAO to further optimize the risk-adjusted yield of OETH.&nbsp;</p><p>Lido not only charges a lower fee but also passes on yields from MEV and transaction fees to stakers, unlike certain centralized exchanges. Therefore, integrating stETH is not only optimal for keeping risk low, but for yields as well.</p><h2>Origin Ether: Liquid Yield Aggregator for ETH</h2><p><a href="http://oeth.com">OETH</a> is a liquid yield aggregator for ETH, helping holders earn passive compounding ETH income with the best risk-adjusted LST strategies in DeFi. With its economy of scale, the protocol is able to auto-compound and rebalance between strategies regularly. This allows yield to be optimized between strategies with negligible gas fees, whereas individual yield farmers would need hundreds of thousands of dollars to justify the gas costs.</p><p>To ensure the best user experience, OETH does not require staking, as yields are directly compounded and accumulated in holders’ wallets, increasing their balance over time. All holdings and strategies are fully on-chain, enabling holders to monitor the health of their underlying assets 24/7. OETH can be traded on DEXs or redeemed for its underlying assets through Origin’s dapp at all times.&nbsp;</p><p>To start earning interest on your ETH, head over to&nbsp;<a href="http://oeth.com">OETH.com</a> today.</p>

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Lido Staked ETH (stETH) Integration With Origin Ether

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Origin Ether (OETH) Litepaper

<p>Origin DeFi is proud to announce its next foray into sustainable, elevated yield generation with <a href="app.oeth.com">Origin Ether (OETH).</a></p><p>The Ethereum liquid staking token (LST) market is the fastest growing sector of DeFi, yet these assets lack optionality for earning yield. Liquid staking tokens earn yield from validator rewards, but holders can stack ETH faster by optimizing ether between validator rewards and DeFi staking.</p><p>Origin Ether is a next generation yield aggregator for Ethereum. Fully backed by ether and ETH LSTs, OETH earns yield by optimizing between ether liquidity provision strategies and liquid staking tokens. Taking advantage of Origin Protocol’s unique rebasing function, boosted yield is sent directly to holders’ wallets with no gas fees required––similarly to how stablecoin rewards operate for Origin Dollar (OUSD).&nbsp;</p><h2>Our Reasoning Behind OETH</h2><p>Much of Origin DeFi’s yield strategy for Origin Dollar can be applied to other tokens through forking OUSD’s smart contracts. While the underlying strategies for each token are different, much of the core code remains the same. This allows for robust security while providing users boosted yield on tokens such as ether.&nbsp;</p><p>With Lido and Coinbase dominating the LST market, centralization risks are becoming an increasingly large concern for Ethereum’s blockchain. Through optimizing yield between various staking providers, Origin Ether helps decentralize Ethereum’s network. In the mid to long-term, Origin DeFi anticipates creating a native LST for Origin Ether, further decentralizing Ethereum’s proof-of-stake network.&nbsp;</p><p>Moreover, Origin DeFi believes it is the right time to enter the liquid staking market. With Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade now complete, it’s anticipated that staking participation will increase. Consequently, liquid staking tokens will become more popular, presenting new opportunities to earn yield on these tokens through DeFi. In the same vein, native LST yields will compress as more users stake their tokens. As these yields compress, investors will seek yield aggregators that offer elevated yields on their ether.&nbsp;</p><h2>How Origin Ether Works</h2><p>Yield on OETH is generated in a similar manner to OUSD, using proven strategies that have seen hundreds of millions of dollars flow through them. The three main sources of yield come from validator rewards, trading fees, and rewards tokens.&nbsp;</p><p>This yield is sent to OETH holders, growing their token balances daily.</p><p><img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/image_87a927c715.png"></p><p>Users can deposit ETH, wETH, stETH, rETH, sfrxETH, or frxETH on the&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">Origin Ether dapp</a> to mint new OETH. The vault accepts most of these assets directly, but sfrxETH and ETH are sent to Origin’s Zap contract before being deposited into the Origin Ether Vault.&nbsp;</p><p>More simply, users can visit a decentralized exchange, such as&nbsp;<a href="https://curve.fi/#/ethereum/pools/factory-v2-298/deposit">Curve</a>, to swap ETH for OETH to begin earning yield. Once you hold Origin Ether, there’s nothing left to do! Rewards are sent to holders’ wallets via token rebasing at least once per day; OETH is a truly passive strategy. Since rewards are distributed through rebasing, no gas fees are required to harvest rewards.&nbsp;</p><p>Origin Ether earns boosted yield through its rebasing mechanism, as not all OETH tokens rebase. Since OETH in smart contracts doesn’t earn yield, the yield generated by these tokens’ collateral is compounded in regular wallets, boosting holders’ APY.&nbsp;</p><p><img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/image_63414ad6fb.png"></p><p>You can buy or sell OETH at any time. Users have the option to redeem Origin Ether for its underlying collateral on the OETH dapp at any time, receiving a basket of tokens that can include WETH, stETH, rETH, and frxETH. The amount of each token received is proportional to the amount of tokens in each underlying strategy at the time of redemption.&nbsp;</p><h2>Origin Ether Launch Strategies</h2><p>Origin Ether uses three high-level strategies for earning yield: liquidity provision, exposure to liquid staking tokens, and harvesting rewards tokens.&nbsp;</p><p>The initial liquidity provision strategy utilizes Curve and Convex, and Origin DeFi can boost yield through its large treasury of CRV and CVX tokens. Origin Ether will be used with ETH to provide liquidity to the AMM, earning trading fees and token rewards for doing so.</p><p>Origin Ether will also use an Algorithmic Market Operations Controller (AMO) strategy within the Curve and Convex liquidity pools. The AMO strategy permits protocol-owned OETH to be used for additional liquidity on the AMM. This allows OETH to perform open market operations while helping OETH maintain its OETH-ETH peg.&nbsp;</p><p>Lido Staked ETH, Rocket Pool ETH, and Frax ETH will also be used as part of OETH’s yield strategy. These LSTs allow Origin Ether to earn the best validator rewards by optimizing between the most compelling yield offerings in real time. LSTs could also be paired with ETH to provide liquidity on AMMs when market conditions are favorable, further boosting yield earned on Origin Ether.&nbsp;</p><p>Lastly, OETH holders earn yield through rewards tokens. Rewards tokens are harvested by the OETH protocol and sent to holders via rebasing OETH. Origin Ether rebases at least once per day, growing holders’ token balances directly in their wallet.</p><h2>Origin DeFi Governance (OGV)</h2><p>Origin DeFi Governance, previously Origin Dollar Governance, is the value-accrual and governance token for Origin DeFi’s products. The token was initially airdropped to OGN holders on a 1:1 basis to distinguish Origin’s NFT offerings from its DeFi offerings.</p><p>OGV holders can stake their tokens for <a href="https://www.ousd.com/governance">veOGV</a>, allowing them to earn protocol revenue and vote on proposals that determine the future of OETH and OUSD. OGV stakers also vote on weekly collateral allocations, helping optimize yield between LSTs and AMMs. 20% of the yield earned on Origin Ether is sent back to the DAO, allowing token holders to determine how to best use these funds.&nbsp;</p><p>At launch, the OETH protocol will use these funds to accrue more CRV and CVX tokens to further boost yield on its AMO strategy. However, these funds can be used to buy back OGV, sent to OGV holders as extra yield, or used for other strategic investments, subject to approval by veOGV holders.</p><h2>What’s Next for Origin DeFi&nbsp;</h2><p>Origin DeFi will continue to develop new strategies for both Origin Dollar and Origin Ether. With security as our number one priority, all strategies receive rigorous internal and external audits.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.openzeppelin.com/">OpenZeppelin</a> is Origin’s primary auditor, and all new strategies have passed audits from them before being deployed on Ethereum Mainnet.&nbsp;</p><p>Origin Ether’s roadmap will roll out in phases, with new strategies being implemented to further boost yield in the mid term. The team anticipates adding new liquidity provision strategies on leading AMMs, enabling diversified yield from trading fees and various rewards tokens. In the mid to long term, Origin DeFi anticipates creating a native LST for Origin Ether, further boosting yields and optionality for the protocol.&nbsp;</p><p>We’re thrilled to expand Origin DeFi’s product offerings to include an ether-based token. Ether is the most important primitive in DeFi, and creating a superior yield-bearing token denominated in ether lays the foundation for endless integrations across the industry. To follow along with Origin Ether’s roadmap, join our&nbsp;<a href="https://discord.gg/ogn">Discord</a> or follow us on&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/OriginDollar">Twitter</a> for the latest developments.&nbsp;</p>

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Introducing Origin Ether (OETH): A Next-Generation ETH Yield Aggregator

<h2>Where to Stake Ethereum</h2><p>Ethereum staking has garnered significant attention since the network began its transition to proof-of-stake (PoS). The new consensus mechanism allows anyone to participate in securing the network in exchange for rewards, ushering in a new era for crypto. While it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the many staking options available, a few stand out as the most popular in the space.</p><h2>What Is Ethereum Staking?</h2><p>Before we dive in, it's first important to understand how staking works.&nbsp;</p><p>Staking is one of two common methods used to validate transactions on a blockchain. This is used by blockchains adopting proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus. Ethereum only recently transitioned to PoS, marking a drastic change for the leading smart contract network.</p><p>Previously, Ethereum was a proof-of-work (PoW) chain. Under this design, transactions were validated by miners. Miners competed to solve increasingly complex algorithms to create the next block and earn rewards in doing so.&nbsp;</p><p>With PoS, anyone can validate transactions by staking their ETH to the network. Users may either run their own validator node by depositing 32 ETH or stake their ETH to another node. When one node proposes a transaction, the transaction is verified by other nodes in the network.&nbsp;</p><p>This means that overall network security increases with the amount of ETH staked.&nbsp;</p><p>Users are incentivized to stake their tokens by the offer of staking rewards, which range between 4-6% for ETH.&nbsp;</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/image_fe9467c927.png" alt="Detailing the differences between the consensus mechanisms as explained above"><figcaption>Comparing PoW to PoS (<a href="https://blockgeeks.com/guides/proof-of-work-vs-proof-of-stake/">BlockGeeks</a>)</figcaption></figure><h2>Where to Stake ETH</h2><p>Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade has officially unlocked withdrawals for stakers, making staking more attractive for users in general. While there are countless options when it comes to staking ETH, leading DeFi protocols offer tremendous value.</p><h3>Lido Staked Ether (stETH)</h3><p>Lido Finance is the most popular staking service at present. Launched just weeks after staking began in December 2020, the protocol accounts for roughly a third of all Ethereum staked.&nbsp;</p><p>Lido was built to democratize the staking process. Despite being more accessible than mining, ETH staking in its purest form has a high barrier to entry. Users need a minimum of 32 ETH to run their own node. Further increasing the need for liquid staking derivatives, staking withdrawals were locked until April 2023’s Shanghai upgrade.</p><p>Noting these pain points, Lido introduced liquid staking derivatives (LSDs) in the form of staked Ether (stETH). Lido users stake their ETH in return for a proportionate amount of stETH, which represents their staked holdings. stETH stays pegged to ETH, with balances growing as rewards are earned. Stakers are able to use their stETH in the same way as normal ETH, thus bolstering liquidity and mitigating the risks of locked withdrawals.</p><p>Crucially, users only need a minimum of 0.01 ETH to stake via Lido’s staking pools. This design vastly broadens accessibility to ETH staking.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><h3>Rocket Pool ETH (rETH)</h3><p>Lido’s dominance has faced significant competition from other DeFi protocols, including Rocket Pool.&nbsp;</p><p>Rocket Pool also offers liquid staking services with competitive rewards rates. Users can stake their ETH to the platform in exchange for rETH, which represents their investment. Unlike stETH, the price of rETH grows as yield is earned, rather than a users’ balance increasing. Rocket Pool allows users to run a full node while only staking 8 ETH, lowering the barrier to entry for those who’d like to run a full validator node.</p><h2>Ethereum Staking In DeFi</h2><p>While running a full node can offer increased rewards, staking ETH via a DeFi protocol can provide more flexibility.</p><p>Beyond the 32 ETH required to run a node, validators are responsible for their node’s performance. This means significant time and cost investments in hardware, backup power supplies, and strong internet. In order to safeguard the network’s integrity, nodes that perform poorly or go offline are penalized.</p><p>This makes running your own node a highly resource-intensive process. By opting to use DeFi platforms instead, investors can enjoy passive rewards without the same commitments.</p><p>Beyond liquid staking, users can stake their ETH to DeFi protocols like Convex Finance in order to earn rewards in the form of CVX. This is done by depositing staked ETH to Convex’s ETH/CRV pool to provide liquidity for the pair. Since&nbsp;<a href="http://oeth.com">Origin Ether</a> owns a large sum of CVX tokens, yield for holders is boosted above typical rates on the platform.</p><p>Liquid staking and liquidity provision offer different avenues to generate yield using ETH. These options are far more flexible than choosing to run your own node or staking to a centralized exchange.&nbsp;</p><h2>Origin Ether (OETH): Ethereum Staking Aggregator&nbsp;</h2><p>Origin Ether (OETH) is an ETH-pegged token that generates yield by harnessing the space’s best ETH staking opportunities. Users can&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">mint OETH</a> by depositing reserves of ETH, wETH, and LSDs – stETH, rETH, and frxETH.</p><p>The protocol puts this underlying collateral to work via a number of DeFi strategies. The LSDs mentioned are staked to earn validator rewards while ether is used to earn token rewards. OETH further bolsters this yield by supplying collateral to Curve pools in order to provide liquidity.&nbsp;</p><p>By holding LSDs, OETH offers at least the same APYs as liquid staking services. Thus, OETH is likely to deliver higher yield through its additional strategies, even at scale.</p><h2>Best Place to Stake Ethereum</h2><p>Choosing where to stake ETH is a very personal decision informed by your investment goals.&nbsp;</p><p>For investors with a lot of disposable capital and faith in Ethereum 2.0’s long term success, running a full validator node can be an appealing option. However, for those simply looking to enjoy the rewards on offer while retaining control of their funds, DeFi protocols offer tremendous opportunity.</p><p>OETH’s unique design provides arguably the best option for investors looking to maximize their rewards. By turbocharging LSD yield on offer, OETH outpaces other staking services while retaining the same usability and capital efficiency.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><h2>Is Staking Ethereum Worth It?</h2><p>Staking ETH allows you to directly participate in strengthening the Ethereum network, while being rewarded for your contributions.&nbsp;</p><p>Given that withdrawals have now been unlocked, the incentive to stake is even higher. Additionally, ETH staking is arguably the safest blockchain bet. The network is poised to grow substantially, with further upgrades in the works and the largest developer base in crypto.&nbsp;</p><p>With staking options like OETH and Lido available, staking can be a low-risk and potentially highly lucrative opportunity.</p><h2>FAQs</h2><p><strong>Where can you stake Ethereum?</strong></p><p><i>Ethereum can be staked via centralized exchanges, liquid staking protocols, and directly via the Ethereum blockchain. Direct staking is only an option for those looking to run a validator node using 32 ETH.</i></p><p><strong>Where is the best place to stake Ethereum?</strong></p><p><i>DeFi protocols offer the best staking options for ETH. Lido Finance is the market leader, accounting for over 30% of all ETH staked. However, Origin Ether (OETH) can offer even greater rewards, backed by a veteran team with battle-tested strategies.</i></p><p><strong>Can you unstake Ethereum?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Yes! Unstaking ETH became possible with the Shanghai upgrade on April 12, 2023.&nbsp; However, liquid staking services allow you to retain full control of your capital while your underlying ETH remains staked. This arguably offers users the best of both worlds.&nbsp;</p>

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Where to Stake Ethereum (ETH)

<h2>How to Stake Ethereum</h2><p>Decentralized finance (DeFi) has made tremendous strides since 2020’s DeFi summer. From theoretical concepts just a few years ago, Ethereum now boasts a blossoming ecosystem with thousands of apps and billions of dollars worth of tokens.</p><p>Ether staking commenced with Ethereum’s beacon chain in 2020, and withdrawals have just begun following Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade. With high rewards from becoming a validator on Ethereum’s proof-of-stake network, billions of dollars have been staked to reap 4-6% APY on ETH. Let’s take a look at how you can stake Ethereum, whether through your own validator node or via a liquid staking derivative (LSD).</p><h2>How to Stake Ethereum as a Validator Node</h2><p>While there are many ways to participate in ETH staking, running a validator node provides the greatest autonomy and potential rewards. However, there are certain factors that need to be considered. For instance, individuals need 32 ETH in order to run a full node. Additionally, setting up a node requires more technical expertise than other forms of ETH staking.&nbsp;</p><h3>Step 1: Source Your Hardware</h3><p>Ideally, you’ll need a dedicated machine to run your node. This could be a PC or server. While the machine does not require very expensive processing power, keep in mind that strong specs will reduce the chances of downtime. This is important as validators are penalized for going offline or failing to process transactions properly.</p><p>You can check out a list of recommended specs&nbsp;<a href="https://kb.beaconcha.in/staking-and-hardware">here</a>.</p><p>To ensure stability and efficiency, it’s also vital that you maintain a stable internet connection and include a battery backup in your build.&nbsp;</p><h3>Step 2: Create Wallets and Deposit ETH</h3><p>You should create 2 on-chain wallets when starting a node – one for the validator and one for withdrawal. Segregating access in this way increases the security of your staked funds.</p><p>Next, you’ll need to deposit 32 ETH into the Ethereum 2.0 Deposit contract. Visit the&nbsp;<a href="https://launchpad.ethereum.org/">official Ethereum launchpad</a> in order to do this.</p><h3>Step 3: Install A Client</h3><p>After depositing your ETH, ensure that you have an Ethereum 2.0 client installed to run your node. There are a number of clients to choose from, including&nbsp;<a href="https://prysmaticlabs.com/">Prysm</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://lighthouse.sigmaprime.io/client/get-started">Lighthouse</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://nimbus.team/">Nimbus</a>.</p><h3>Step 4: Run Your Node</h3><p>Once you’ve set up your preferred client software, you’ll need to register your node using the deposit data from the official launchpad. After successfully registering, it’s time to start your validator software!&nbsp;</p><p>Keep in mind that nodes require constant monitoring and maintenance. You should regularly be checking your node’s performance and ensuring that it’s keeping pace with updates as they release.&nbsp;</p><p>Alternatively, liquid staking services have emerged to provide more accessible routes for users to stake ether. Without needing as much technical knowledge or capital, using a liquid staking derivative makes it easier to&nbsp;<a href="http://oeth.com">stake ethereum</a>, while allowing investors to maintain liquidity.&nbsp;</p><h2>What Is Liquid Staking?</h2><p>Traditional staking mechanisms often carry significant limitations. Users generally need to lock up their tokens in order to earn interest on their capital.&nbsp;</p><p>Liquid staking offers a far more seamless alternative. Under this model, users earn rewards on their staked assets while also being able to freely use their capital. As the name suggests, this design allows users to retain their liquidity.</p><p>This design gained popularity following Ethereum’s transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism.&nbsp;</p><p>This transition means that miners are no longer responsible for validating transactions. Instead, anyone can secure the network by staking ETH as a validator. In exchange, stakers enjoy 4-6% APY on their staked capital.&nbsp;</p><p>However, standard staking on Ethereum requires a minimum of 32 ETH to run a validator node. This high barrier to entry has made it difficult for ordinary investors to participate. Liquid staking breaks down these barriers and allows anyone to stake their ETH, regardless of size. At present, liquid staking makes up over 33% of all ETH staking.</p><h2>How Does Liquid Ethereum Staking Work?</h2><p>Despite the intimidating terminology, liquid staking is a fairly straightforward process.&nbsp;</p><ol><li>A user stakes their crypto assets to a staking service or smart contract</li><li>In exchange, users receive a liquid staking derivative token (LSD). This represents their staked tokens and rewards earned from staking.&nbsp;</li><li>Users are able to trade, transfer, and use their LSD tokens as desired. This means that stakers can take advantage of other DeFi protocols while still earning rewards on their staked capital.</li><li>Users can redeem their staked assets by exchanging their LSD tokens for ether on a decentralized exchange.</li></ol><p>Liquid staking has been live since the Beacon chain launched in late 2020. Since then, over 15% of ETH’s supply has been staked to the network. This figure is lower than other PoS networks as stakers were unable to withdraw their staked ETH until the network’s&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/125186/ethereum-shanghai-upgrade-means-you-eth-sec">Shanghai upgrade</a> that went live on April 13, 2023.&nbsp;</p><h2>Lido Liquid Staking (stETH)</h2><p><a href="https://lido.fi/ethereum">Lido finance</a> claims the title of the largest overall ETH staking protocol with $11.2B in total value locked (TVL). Investors who stake their ETH to Lido receive an LSD in the form of Staked-ETH (stETH) at a 1:1 value. Token holders’ balances increase to reflect the rewards earned from their underlying ETH.</p><p>At present, Lido stakers enjoy a 4.8% APR on their capital. Lido claims 10% commission fees for offering the service. Lido currently runs 27 node operators for its ether deposits, which is 26 more than Coinbase but still far less than other decentralized options.&nbsp;</p><p>Coupled with Lido’s early launch in December 2020, this structure has seen the platform rise to become the largest liquid staking protocol in the space. According to Dune analytics, Lido comprises over 93% of the decentralized liquid staking market share. Overall, the protocol accounts for around 30% of all staked ETH.&nbsp;</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/image_1a48bfe6d8.png" alt="Leading entities by number of ETH staked"><figcaption>Lido has staked more ETH than any other entity, including centralized exchanges (<a href="https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking">Dune</a>)</figcaption></figure><h2>Other Ethereum Liquid Staking Derivatives&nbsp;</h2><p>While Lido makes up the lion’s share of liquid staking protocols, there are a number of alternatives available for traders.&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.rocketpool.net/overview/">Rocket Pool</a> offers liquid staking through its own LSD, rETH. In addition to regular staking, users can stake 8 ETH to Rocket Pool to run their own node, instead of the usual 32 ETH.&nbsp;</p><p>Rocketpool currently offers an estimated 4.6% APY and claims 15% in commission fees. Investors that stake 8+ ETH and RPL tokens to run their own node can earn elevated yield.&nbsp;</p><p>Frax Finance is a multifaceted DeFi platform with its own LSD solution. Frax utilizes a two token structure for liquid staking. Users can deposit ETH to receive frxETH, which remains pegged to ETH. In order to earn interest, this frxETH needs to be converted to sfrxETH (Staked Frax ETH).</p><p>Frax has opted for this model as two eth tokens provide increased versatility and separate the underlying capital from the yield being generated.&nbsp;</p><h2>Origin Ether: Liquid Yield Aggregator for ETH</h2><p><a href="http://oeth.com">Origin Ether (OETH)</a> has been developed to take advantage of the yield being generated via liquid staking protocols. The cutting-edge protocol aggregates yield by putting users’ ETH to work with carefully tailored strategies.&nbsp;</p><p>By optimizing yield between Lido, Rocket Pool, Frax, and DeFi strategies, Origin Ether earns <strong>significantly higher yields than using a liquid staking derivative alone.</strong> What’s more, users don’t need to pay gas fees to accrue rewards––they’re compounded directly to OETH holders’ wallets, daily.&nbsp;</p><p>Anyone holding ETH, wETH, stETH, rETH, or frxETH can&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">deposit their funds</a> into the Origin Ether Vault. In return, users receive OETH, which accrues value as rewards are earned. Deposited ETH may be redeemed at any time by trading OETH for ETH on&nbsp;<a href="https://curve.fi/#/ethereum/swap">Curve</a>, or through redeeming directly on the&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">Origin Ether dapp.&nbsp;</a></p><h2>Should You Stake Ethereum?&nbsp;</h2><p>Locking up funds is always a stressful experience, especially with novel protocols.&nbsp;</p><p>However, Ethereum has solidified its place as crypto’s most dominant smart contract platform, making it primed for tremendous long-term growth. It’s likely that staking will become even more popular now that withdrawals have commenced on staked ether.</p><p>The flexibility offered by liquid staking allows users to benefit from the rewards of staking while also retaining control of their capital. These services could hold major benefits for those who take the time to thoroughly research them.&nbsp;</p>

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How to Stake Ethereum

<h2>Proof-of-Stake Ethereum Staking</h2><p>The Ethereum network’s transition to proof-of-stake has led to the emergence of liquid staking derivatives (LSDs). Due to the difficulty of self-staking, many token holders prefer to use service providers like Coinbase or Lido to stake their ether.&nbsp;</p><p>Self-staking requires 32 ETH tokens, a validator setup, consistent internet connection, and is just becoming liquid following Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade. ETH liquid staking derivatives solve these problems, enabling anyone to&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">stake ether</a> while keeping their funds liquid.</p><h2>What Is Liquid Staking?</h2><p>Liquid staking allows users to stake their ETH (or other tokens) without minimum deposit requirements and their own validator set up. Stakers receive a tradeable derivative token that represents ownership of the underlying staked asset, allowing users to remain liquid while earning staking rewards. Users can also purchase LSDs on exchanges like Uniswap, Balancer, and Curve instead of minting new tokens directly from LSD protocols.&nbsp;</p><h2>How Does Liquid Staking Work?</h2><p>Firstly, liquid staking providers pool together ETH from depositors. When the 32 ETH threshold is met, the provider will deposit into the ETH staking contract and pair a validator instance with it. Note that different staking providers will have different processes. For example, Coinbase uses an internal validator set, while Lido has an approved set of external validators.</p><p>Once the staked position passes the activation queue, validators will receive Ethereum blocks to validate, earning ETH rewards. Staking providers typically charge a fee on staking rewards, generally ranging from 10% to 25%. This provides incentives for validators to act honestly, and provides them with income to upkeep the necessary infrastructure.</p><h2>Lido Liquid Staking (stETH)</h2><p>Lido Finance is a liquid staking protocol that issues the stETH token. Lido is the most popular staking provider by far, having 31% market share of all staked ETH and 74.44% share among LSDs. Lido staking’s popularity stems from a number of factors, such as the ease of staking, elevated yields, and depth of liquidity.&nbsp;</p><p>Lido’s commitment to maintaining a 1:1 peg between stETH and ETH took the form of LDO incentives given to stETH/ETH liquidity providers. Liquidity providers in these pools received elevated APYs due to the value of LDO tokens, resulting in a deep liquidity base for stETH holders to sell their tokens for ETH when they want to exit their position.&nbsp;</p><p>The assurance of liquidity not only attracted potential stakers, but allowed DeFi applications to incorporate stETH into credit markets and yield derivatives. With deep liquidity, lending applications could liquidate collateral confidently. The increase in utility for stETH further fueled demand for the LSD.&nbsp;</p><h2>Other Ethereum Liquid Staking Derivatives&nbsp;</h2><p>While Lido is the most popular LSD, there are several other competitors that have gained traction over the last 12 months. Here are some stETH alternatives that may be a good fit for you.&nbsp;</p><h3>Coinbase ETH (cbETH)</h3><p>After stETH, the next most popular LSD is Coinbase ETH (cbETH). Being a publicly listed company and household name for crypto asset trading and holding, Coinbase was able to attract stakers due to its convenience, strong customer base, and brand name. Notably, cbETH fees come in at the high end, charging a 25% cut of yield generated.&nbsp;</p><h3>Rocket Pool ETH (rETH)&nbsp;</h3><p>By differentiating its product, Rocket Pool became a top liquid staking protocol. When staking services were first incepted, many Ethereans were concerned by centralization risks. If the top staking providers colluded, they could potentially exploit the network by making fraudulent transactions if they had a 51% share of validating power. Decentralizing the validator set was extremely important for ETH holders.&nbsp;</p><p>By allowing anyone to become a validator permissionlessly, Rocket Pool was able to do just that. Before they are allowed to use depositors’ staked ETH, validators are required to post 8 ETH and RPL as collateral, ensuring they are positively aligned with Rocket Pool and their ETH depositors. Rocket Pool’s mechanics resonated with many Ethereans, and thus attracted a base of stakers.&nbsp;</p><p>Later, Rocket Pool mimicked Lido by similarly incentivizing rETH/ETH pools with RPL tokens, allowing liquidity providers to earn elevated yields, enabling more DeFi integrations and fueling demand.</p><h3>Frax ETH (frxETH)</h3><p>Frax, a stablecoin protocol, recently launched its own ETH LSD product and quickly became the 4th largest LSD provider. By leveraging their influence over the Curve ecosystem, frxETH was quickly onboarded onto Curve liquidity pools and had highly incentivized yields.&nbsp;</p><p>By having its own USD stablecoin, FRAX, the protocol was also able to incorporate frxETH into its own lending market; holders are able to use frxETH as collateral to borrow FRAX.&nbsp;</p><h2>Origin Ether: Liquid Yield Aggregator for ETH</h2><p>The variety of LSDs are undoubtedly confusing for most users. Though Coinbase may be the easiest option for many users, other LSDs on the market offer much higher yields on their liquidity pools. However, many investors struggle to navigate through the various strategies, leading them to Origin Ether (OETH).</p><p><a href="http://oeth.com">OETH</a> is a liquid yield aggregator for ETH, helping users earn the best risk-adjusted LSD yields in DeFi. With audited and curated LSD strategies, Origin ensures OETH provides safe and elevated yields for holders. Furthermore, OETH auto-compounds and rebalances assets between strategies, maximizing holders’ ETH rewards and saving them gas fees.</p><p>Origin Ether optimizes yield between Lido, Rocket Pool, Frax, and DeFi strategies to earn higher yield than staking on any one of these protocols directly. Users can&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">deposit ETH</a>, wETH, stETH, rETH, or frxETH to the Origin Ether Vault to receive OETH, or swap for OETH directly on Curve.&nbsp;</p><h2>Is Staking Ethereum Worth the Risk?&nbsp;</h2><p>Thanks to Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade, withdrawals for ETH stakers are now enabled. However, staked ether is still not fully liquid, and won’t be for several months. Self-stakers are unable to redeem all their ETH, while LSD holders can only trade for ETH via liquidity pools. Due to the nature of markets, LSDs do not always trade 1:1 with ETH, causing holders to sell at a discount if they exit. With withdrawals being enabled, however, the LSDs should be able to maintain a more stable ETH peg.</p><p>If stakers are concerned about liquidity risks, it is recommended they wait until staked ether is fully liquid. In contrast, many long-term holders are unconcerned by the short-term illiquidity. Coupled with the option to hold LSDs which have high yields, many holders believe staking ETH is worth the risk.</p>

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Ethereum Liquid Staking Derivatives, Explained

<h2>Earning Interest on Ethereum</h2><p>ETH, the second largest crypto asset by market cap, has proven itself to be the premier smart-contract platform and attracted a large investor base. As ETH is required to pay for transaction fees when using the Ethereum network, many crypto investors value it as a commodity. Since the network can be used for valuable services like global remittances or lending and borrowing, many investors believe ETH has real intrinsic value.&nbsp;</p><p>With staking and yield products, ETH holders can earn interest on their potentially deflationary asset, making it even more attractive for potential and existing investors.&nbsp;</p><h2>How to Earn Interest on Ethereum</h2><p>The simplest way to earn interest on ETH is to lend the asset on centralized lending platforms, or on more transparent options like DeFi protocols. These platforms generally facilitate lending and borrowing between various crypto holdings, including BTC and ETH. Demand to borrow such assets usually stems from traders’ desire to short the asset, or from yield farmers using them on other platforms to earn higher yields.&nbsp;</p><p>The other alternative to earn interest on ETH is to participate in Ethereum staking.&nbsp;</p><h2>Where Does Interest on Ethereum Staking Come From?</h2><p>After its transition to proof-of-stake, Ethereum emits ETH rewards to people that help secure the network via staking. By depositing 32 ETH into Ethereum's staking contract, the user puts their ETH at “stake” and can now act as a validator for blockchain transactions.&nbsp;</p><p>Validators add transactions into Ethereum’s blocks and check the validity of other transactions put into blocks, and will start earning rewards as they do so. If they fail to validate transactions, or worse, purposely try to include fraudulent transactions into blocks, the network will apply a penalty on their stake. These mechanisms encourage validators to act in the best interest of the network.</p><p>With the transition to proof-of-stake, Ethereum also becomes more sustainable and less energy-intensive than proof-of-work.</p><h2>Staking Ethereum as a Validator Node</h2><p>There are a few ways to stake ETH, via solo staking or through staking service providers like liquid staking solutions or through crypto exchanges such as Kraken.&nbsp;</p><h3>Solo staking&nbsp;</h3><p>Though solo staking carries the least counterparty risks, it requires the staker to have at least 32 ETH and the technical ability to set up and maintain their own validator. Since solo staking improves the decentralization of the network, many Ethereans try to encourage people to do so.&nbsp;</p><h3>Liquid Staking</h3><p>Since most holders do not have 32 ETH or the technical knowledge to set up their own validator, so many of them opt to stake via liquid staking solutions. Currently, the most popular liquid staking solution is Lido Finance.&nbsp;</p><p>Lido Finance provides a validator instance from an approved set of external parties, and it pools together ETH deposits from various depositors. This allows depositors to earn ETH staking rewards without 32 ETH and their own validator instance. After depositing their ETH, investors receive the stETH token, a liquid staking derivative (LSD) that represents ownership of the underlying staked ETH.</p><p>Other LSD providers include Rocket Pool, Coinbase, Frax, Stakewise, and more. Each of these providers/protocols have different mechanics, and carry varying amounts of counterparty risks.</p><h3>Exchange Staking</h3><p>Though certain exchanges like Binance and Coinbase issue ETH LSDs to stakers, many others like Kraken do not. Though there are many compliant companies offering ETH staking, users could also run into high risk exchanges like Celsius.</p><p>When staking ETH with third-parties, it is important that the user does their own due diligence and is comfortable with the risks involved.&nbsp;</p><h2>DeFi Yield on Ethereum vs Interest on Ethereum Staking</h2><p>Though there are certain opportunities in DeFi that offer higher yields than Ethereum staking, most of them carry elevated amounts of risk or are not long-term sustainable. For example, DeFi yield farming platforms may offer elevated yields but have a high risk profile due to smart contract risks.&nbsp;</p><p>If we look at DeFi blue-chips like Aave and Compound, Ethereum interest rates usually vary between 1.5% to 2.5%. Since Ethereum staking interest rates usually vary between 3.5% to 5.5% depending on your provider, staking would be a better option for most users. However, there are exceptions, such as liquidity provision on Curve and Convex, given one owns enough CRV/CVX tokens to boost rewards.</p><p><a href="http://oeth.com">Origin Ether</a> holds substantial CRV and CVX tokens, often making DeFi staking with ether even more profitable than holding LSDs. OETH optimizes yield between LSDs and DeFi, offering users&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">higher yields</a> than offered through either option alone.&nbsp;</p><h2>Staking Plus DeFi Yield</h2><p>Just like ETH, ETH LSDs can be used on supported DeFi applications like lending platforms. Due to incentives from Lido and other LSD providers, many decentralized exchanges offer yields above staking rewards.&nbsp;</p><p>When providing liquidity between an LSD and ETH, liquidity providers receive extra yield in the form of governance tokens like LDO or RPL. These yields can vary between 3% to 20%, depending on Ethereum’s prices compared to the governance tokens received. The variance in yields is also a result of lesser known LSD protocols trying to bootstrap adoption with token incentives.</p><h2>Earning Interest on Ethereum with OETH</h2><p>The number of different LSDs and their strategies is definitely confusing for most users, requiring time and effort from them to understand the risk and benefits of each product. Though sticking to vanilla staking would be much simpler for them, the loss of potential yield may not be agreeable.&nbsp;</p><p>To solve this market gap, Origin has created Origin Ether, a liquid yield aggregator for ETH. The Origin Ether DAO helps curate an audited list of LSD strategies, ensuring the products used to generate yield are as safe as possible, while also providing elevated yields for holders.&nbsp;</p><p>OETH also uses the governance tokens earned to auto-compound more ETH for users. Since OETH pools together a large amount of ETH, rebalancing between strategies is incredibly gas efficient, as compared to individual yield farmers.</p><p>OETH is redeemable for ETH at all times, and yield is directly credited to the holders’ wallet, acting like a high-yield savings account for ether.</p><h2>Highest Ethereum APYs In DeFi</h2><p>To recap yield options for our readers, we have compiled a list of low risk yield strategies and their properties.&nbsp;</p><h3>Lowest risk</h3><p>For most users, lending on AAVE and Compound is the easiest and safest way to earn yield on ETH. Since both of them have proven their product via live battle-testing, they are considered to be one of the safest DeFi protocols in existence. Like a crypto interest account, users simply have to deposit their ETH to earn a variable interest rate which currently sits between 1.5 to 2.5%.</p><p>Solo staking is also considered “risk-free” if the staker has the technical knowledge to maintain his validator node. Current staking yields are approximately 4.5%, which can be further boosted by 1% to 2% by incorporating MEV boost.</p><h3>Low risk</h3><p>Using trusted liquid staking protocols or aggregators like Lido,&nbsp;<a href="http://oeth.com">OETH</a>, and frxETH are generally considered as low risk strategies. Due to the involvement of third-parties, they cannot be considered as safe as solo staking, but are still regarded as one of the safest strategies. Lido currently offers approximately 4.5% APR, while Coinbase offers 3.84%––OETH beats both of these strategies by a significant margin.&nbsp;</p>

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Earn Interest on Ethereum (ETH)

<h2>Best Staking Pools on Ethereum</h2><p>When Ethereum’s beacon chain introduced the new proof-of-stake model, many holders were excited to earn yield by staking their ETH. However, certain requirements for self-staking, such as needing at least 32 ETH and their own validator set up, had proven to be prohibitive for regular holders. Some of Ethereum’s developers had foreseen this issue and came up with the idea of pooled staking for ETH. Staking pools quickly found product market fit and became the most popular ETH staking medium among users.</p><h2>What Is Ethereum Staking?</h2><p>Most decentralized blockchains rely on an incentive system to secure and generate transactions on their network. While Bitcoin pioneered the cryptocurrency industry with the proof-of-work model, Ethereum has transitioned to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.&nbsp;</p><p>When users deposit their ETH into Ethereum’s staking smart contract, their ETH is put at “stake” to enable the staker to act as a validator of the Ethereum network. Stakers earn rewards by validating transactions and blocks to be added onto the Ethereum blockchain, but can also be penalized if they do not perform appropriately.&nbsp;</p><p>If validators fail to verify transactions, or worse, try to include fraudulent transactions, their stake will be slashed according to the severity of their actions. These mechanisms act as an incentive system to encourage behavior that supports the network.</p><h2>Staking Pools on Ethereum, Explained</h2><p>There are various staking options for ETH holders, such as self-staking or using staking services. Staking services include staking-as-a-service providers, pooled staking providers, and centralized exchanges. The most popular option is currently with pooled staking protocols, as they issue liquid staking derivative (LSD) tokens that represent ownership of the underlying staked ETH, and these tokens can be traded on the secondary market.&nbsp;</p><p>By pooling depositors’ ETH together, staking providers do not require a minimum amount of ETH. Users simply deposit their ETH and receive an LSD token in return. Pooled staking services also provide validators for stakers, taking a percentage of staking rewards as a fee to maintain validator infrastructure.</p><p>Essentially, Ethereum staking pools abstract the difficulty of staking for users, allowing them to easily earn yield on their ETH for a fee.</p><h2>Ethereum Staking Pool Rewards</h2><p>Depending on the provider, the LSD tokens depositors receive either increases in balance or represents higher ownership of staked ETH over time. With Shanghai, users can redeem their LSDs for ETH if the staking pool supports withdrawals.&nbsp;</p><h3>Lido stETH</h3><p>Lido Finance is by far the <strong>most popular staking pool on Ethereum</strong>, capturing a 31.21% market share of all staked ETH. Depositors who send ETH to Lido receive the stETH token, which is also the most liquid LSD token in DeFi, largely due to token incentives given by Lido to stETH-ETH liquidity providers.&nbsp;</p><p>Before Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade, staking withdrawal was not enabled, meaning staked ETH could not be redeemed for the ETH. During this period, the ability to swap stETH for ETH with deep liquidity was a huge competitive edge for Lido, allowing it to attract more stakers than any other service.&nbsp;</p><p>Furthermore, its deep liquidity resulted in many DeFi integrations, such as on Aave and Compound. Holders use the yield-bearing ETH as collateral to borrow other assets, driving increased adoption for the LSD. Though it is presumptuous to proclaim stETH as the best LSD, its network effects and popularity is certainly a cut above the rest.</p><p><i>Lido’s staking APR currently sits at approximately 4.8%.</i></p><h3>Rocket Pool (rETH)</h3><p>Rocket Pool is the second most popular liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, aimed not only to make staking easier for users, but also increase the health of the Ethereum network. When staking was first introduced as an idea, many Ethereans were concerned by potential centralization risks. If staking services could collude and hold more than 51% of the network’s validating power, they would be able to make fraudulent transactions by rewriting existing transactions.&nbsp;</p><p>By creating a mechanism that allows anyone to become a validator for Rocket Pool ETH stakers, they could decentralize the validator set and improve the health of the network. Rocket Pool validators are <strong>required to deposit 8 ETH and some RPL as collateral</strong> to the protocol, ensuring they act in the best interest of ETH depositors.&nbsp;</p><p>Rocketpool’s staking APR currently sits at approximately 4.99%, but it offers higher yields for validators that stake 8+ ETH and RPL collateral.</p><h3>OETH</h3><p><a href="http://oeth.com">OETH</a> is a liquid staking yield-aggregator that allows holders to passively earn highly competitive yields on their ETH. <strong>OETH deploys its assets into LSDs and a curated set of yield-earning DeFi strategies. </strong>For example, OETH could provide ETH liquidity on Curve to earn token emissions and compound rewards into more ETH. These rewards will provide extra yields on top of the ETH staking APY from LSDs.</p><p>Since OETH automatically sends yields into holders’ wallets, holders do not have to spend gas fees to stake, unstake, compound rewards, or rebalance between strategies. OETH can be traded for ETH or redeemed for its underlying collateral through&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">Origin’s Dapp</a> at all times. OETH’s holdings and strategies are all fully on-chain, allowing holders to monitor the health and solvency of their assets 24/7.</p><h2>Ethereum DeFi Staking APYs vs Proof-of-Stake Staking Pools&nbsp;</h2><p>There are a number of DeFi yield products for ETH, such as lending, options-selling, providing liquidity, or even copy trading. However, many of these strategies bear directional risks, and could lead to loss of ETH in exchange for potentially high yields. Strategies on blue-chip DeFi protocols can carry less risks, but generally have lower yields than staking.</p><p>With the composability of LSD tokens, many DeFi protocols are able to integrate LSDs into new strategies. Certain strategies, such as those employed by OETH, can earn boosted yields with token rewards on Curve and Convex, on top of staking yields.&nbsp;</p><p>By integrating LSDs into DeFi strategies, yield can be optimized to&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">stack ETH faster</a> than just staking or using DeFi alone.</p><h2>Is Staking Ethereum Worth It?</h2><p>For holders who are passively holding ETH in their wallets or crypto exchanges, staking Ethereum is definitely worth it. With the abundance of options that abstracts Ethereum staking work from holders, users can passively earn yield on their ETH without the requisite technical knowledge.&nbsp;</p><p>The main concerns of these users stem from counterparty risks, which is justified due to the incidents involving Celsius and Voyager. However, these risks can be mitigated via proper due diligence and research.&nbsp;</p><p>If holders are not confident in their ability to research or simply do not have the time to, using OETH would be highly recommended. Instead of managing yield, paying gas fees, and optimizing rewards, Origin Ether’s code does&nbsp;<a href="http://oeth.com">automates these tasks for you.</a></p><p><i>To start earning interest on your ETH, head over to&nbsp;</i><a href="http://oeth.com"><i>OETH.com</i></a><i> today.</i></p>

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Best Staking Pools on Ethereum

<h2>Should You Stake Ethereum?</h2><p>Ethereum’s transition to&nbsp;<a href="https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/pos/">proof-of-stake (PoS)</a> has been one of the most highly anticipated events in crypto’s history. The upgrade was the largest decarbonization event in history, reducing the network’s energy consumption by over 99.95%. The Merge also lays the groundwork for Ethereum scaling, arguably the largest barrier for mass adoption of blockchains.&nbsp;</p><p>The Merge brings with it big changes. The new consensus mechanism removes the need for miners to validate blocks, as was the case with proof-of-work (PoW). Instead, anyone can now help to secure the network by staking their ETH. Many investors are asking, should you stake Ethereum? Follow along for an in depth discussion on whether or not you should stake ether on the network's new proof-of-stake chain.&nbsp;</p><h2>Should You Stake Ethereum?</h2><p>Deciding whether to stake Ethereum can be a daunting task. For individuals committed to the network’s long-term vision, this can be seen as a viable investment in a decentralized future.&nbsp;</p><p>However, staking is more challenging for those with limited disposable income. The yield offered by staking rewards could be overridden by the market’s volatility. While current staking rates for ether hover around 5% per annum, the price of ether commonly sees 10%+ swings in much shorter time frames.</p><p>In order to make an informed decision, it’s important to explore the benefits and risks of staking your ETH.</p><h2>Pros of Ethereum Staking</h2><h3>Passive Income</h3><p>The most tangible benefit of staking ETH comprises the yield on offer. All stakers enjoy <strong>4-6% APYs</strong> for their contributions. Users who run a full node by staking 32 ETH or more can benefit from even more rewards, as staking services will take a cut of yield. Another option to earn higher yield is <a href="oeth.com">Origin Ether</a>, as yield is optimized between LSDs and DeFi.</p><p>In a macro climate where USD is losing almost 10% in value per year, these rewards can provide a sustainable source of passive income.&nbsp;</p><h3>Low Barrier to Entry</h3><p>Under proof of work, earning rewards on Ethereum was a highly technical process. Miners needed to use expensive hardware to solve each block, consuming massive amounts of energy in the process.&nbsp;</p><p>Staking has democratized this process. Anyone with an internet connection can stake ETH and thus help to secure the network. Users who do not meet the Ethereum Foundation’s 32 ETH threshold can stake their ETH through a staking pool or&nbsp;<a href="http://oeth.com">LSD yield aggregator.</a></p><h3>Enhanced Network Security</h3><p>The proof-of-stake architecture is vastly different from proof-of-work. ETH is staked to validator nodes, which are responsible for confirming transactions. When one validator proposes a new block of transactions, the other nodes verify its validity.</p><p>This means that network security grows in proportion to the amount of ETH staked and the number of nodes on the network. With some staking services only running a few nodes, however, the centralization risk of proof-of-stake Ethereum has been questioned in comparison to proof-of-work.</p><p>At present, only 15% of ETH is staked to the network. This figure is far below other PoS blockchains, which regularly see the majority of tokens staked. By staking ETH, users increase the network’s value proposition. In turn, the value of ETH should rise. This makes staking mutually beneficial for the network and its users.</p><h3>Voting Rights</h3><p>Ethereum validators may be granted governance powers. This would allow stakers to have a direct say in the Ethereum network’s ongoing development. Individuals passionate about Ethereum’s vision may place special emphasis on voting rights to influence future network decisions.&nbsp;</p><h3>Early Adoption</h3><p>Ethereum remains in development, and staking is still a new feature. Learning how to stake early can result in larger rewards than those available once the network matures.&nbsp;</p><h2>Cons of Ethereum Staking</h2><p>While there are many benefits to staking Ethereum, drawbacks are still relevant and should be considered. Here are the main drawbacks to Ethereum staking.&nbsp;</p><h3>Slashing</h3><p>Slashing is a self-governing mechanism that ensures validators are participating correctly and efficiently.&nbsp;</p><p>Should a validator node display malicious or negligent behavior, a portion of the node’s staked Ethereum is forfeited as a penalty. Slashing ensures that validators are acting in the best interests of network security at all times. Self-regulating strategies such as this are vital components of strong decentralized networks.&nbsp;</p><h3>Technical Knowledge</h3><p>Despite staking being more inclusive than mining, users still need a high level of technical knowledge should they decide to run their own node. Even users who stake to a shared node should be able to assess the health of the node they’re using.</p><p>This can require a greater time investment than many investors can afford. However, understanding how to monitor a node’s health is worthwhile for the peace of mind you can attain. On a high level, nodes that maintain their uptime and process blocks efficiently can be considered reliable.&nbsp;</p><h3>Secondary Costs</h3><p>While validators don’t need to maintain massive, expensive mining rigs, nodes still require substantial resources.&nbsp;</p><p>Validators need to ensure that they have strong internet connections that are immune to downtime, ideally with power backups in place. Further, validators need to understand how to spin up, deploy, and maintain their node to avoid being slashed.&nbsp;</p><p>These considerations are part of the reason that validators earn greater rewards than simple pooled staking. However, users can still stake to another validator’s node in order to earn rewards, without needing to incur the same costs.</p><h3>Price Volatility</h3><p>The crypto space remains a highly volatile speculative market. Users who stake their Ethereum may find that the volatile price action may outweigh the benefits of steady rewards. Thankfully, ETH staking services in DeFi offer Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSDs), which represents your staked ETH and can be traded on the open market.</p><h2>Staking Ethereum In DeFi</h2><p>There are a number of ways to participate in ETH staking. While centralized crypto exchanges now offer staking services, there are a number of decentralized alternatives.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Liquid staking</strong> has emerged to democratize Ethereum’s consensus layer, which allows users with less than 32 ETH to earn staking rewards. Users who are looking to run a node can do so by interacting with the staking smart contract, but this requires 32 ether.</p><p>Recognizing the exclusionary nature of this threshold, staking platforms have developed Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSDs).&nbsp;</p><p>Simply put, users who participate in liquid staking are issued a synthetic ETH token that represents their staked ETH and rewards earned. When staking with Lido Finance, for example, a user deposits their ETH in exchange for a 1:1 allocation of staked ether (stETH). As mentioned above, these can be traded just like standard ETH. Users can also use their stETH to participate in DeFi services while still earning yield on their capital.</p><h2>Origin Ether (OETH) Boosts DeFi Yield</h2><p><a href="http://oeth.com">Origin Ether (OETH)</a> is a yield-bearing, ETH-pegged token that allows users to stack more ether, faster. Instead of solely earning yield through ethereum validator rewards, OETH optimizes APYs across both staking services and DeFi liquidity.</p><p>Users can&nbsp;<a href="http://app.oeth.com">mint OETH</a> by depositing ETH, stETH, rETH, frxETH, or wrapped ether to the Origin Ether vault. The protocol currently supports LSDs from the space’s three largest liquid staking service providers. Rewards are earned daily by Origin Ether’s collateral. By rebasing the token balance in user wallets as rewards are earned, no gas fees are required to claim staking rewards with Origin Ether.&nbsp;</p><p>OETH’s <strong>yield is generated via three sources:</strong> liquidity provision, exposure to LSDs, and harvesting rewards tokens. These combine to offer significantly higher yields than LSD protocols.&nbsp;</p><h2>Is Staking Ethereum Worth It?</h2><p>Staking Ethereum offers individuals a way to meaningfully participate in the next evolution of web3. In return for directly helping to secure the network, stakers enjoy 4%-6% APY on their staked ETH.</p><p>While risks like slashing need to be considered, these can be easily mitigated by using robust, trusted, and healthy staking pools.&nbsp;</p><p>With far more development planned for Ethereum 2.0, stakers can still enjoy the benefits of early adoption.</p><h2>FAQs</h2><p><strong>What is Ethereum staking?</strong></p><p><i>Ethereum staking is the process of securing the Ethereum network by locking up ETH to validate transactions. Staking is also used in reference to providing liquidity to smart contracts in DeFi.</i></p><p><strong>Should you stake Ethereum?&nbsp;</strong></p><p><i>Staking ETH is a flexible endeavor that can generate great yield. Stakers can reduce the risks of staking by conducting due diligence on their chosen provider.</i></p><p><strong>What are ETH APYs for Ethereum staking?</strong></p><p><br><i>At present, stakers can expect to enjoy 4-6% APYs on their staked Ethereum.&nbsp;</i><a href="http://oeth.com"><i>APYs on OETH</i></a><i> are significantly higher, as yield is optimized between DeFi and LSDs.</i></p>

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