Lido Surges: Promising LSD Tokens that Might Soar in the Next Two Months!
Recently, as the crypto market picks up, altcoins have recorded decent growth along with mainstream coins. In particular, tokens in the Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSD) category on Ethereum surged. LDO, for instance, was up 111% in 30 days, while tokens like SWISE and SSV also grew at varying degrees.
Speaking of ETH LSD, we have to mention the Merge in late 2022. Following the Merge, Ethereum completely shifted from PoW to PoS. Later on, Tornado Cash was sanctioned by the U.S. government. Ethereum was repeatedly questioned after it entered the PoS era. Fortunately, the market turmoil has ended, and Ethereum has gradually become deflationary as the market rebounds.
According to Beaconcha, 16,037,484 ethers are now staked on Ethereum, with 501,176 active validators.
At the moment, liquid staking protocol Lido remains the largest ETH LSD project, accounting for nearly 30% of the total ETH staked; about 2,098,912 ethers are staked through Coinbase, which takes up 13% of the total ETH staked; whales rank third and staked approximately 1,331,488 ethers, 8.26% of the total figure.
Along with the surge of LDO, investors have turned to the ETH LSD category. As Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade approaches, the related tokens may record decent growth. Today, let’s check out some of the promising LSD projects.
1. Lido
Lido is not only the №1 platform in terms of the ETH staked but also the largest DeFi protocol by TVL, accounting for 17.3% of the total market.
Simply put, Lido mainly provides liquidity staking services for users of Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Polkadot, and Kusama. In particular, 4,664,288 ethers are staked through the platform. Although LDO has soared, many whale holders are still dumping the crypto, which makes it hard for the price to keep growing.
2. Ssv.network
Ssv.network accounts for a comparatively small share of the ETH staked, it has gained favorable momentum during the current rebound, which also indicates strong investor confidence. Plus, the project will soon upgrade its mainnet and become fully circulated, and whale holders aren’t dumping SSV tokens.
3. StakeWise
As the market rebounds, the market cap of StakeWise has reached $15.5 million. Also, the project promised to distribute 90% of the profits to the stakers. StakeWise has not been listed on CoinEx for the time being, and tokens are unlocked on a daily basis, which creates some selling pressure.
Although the market has slightly recovered, when we turn to its future prospects, we may find it lacks narratives that can mobilize the hot money in the crypto space. After the shock of consecutive slumps, speculators quit, and investors are waiting for the opportunity while holding “chips”. Still, the rise of the LSD category reminds us that Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade might be a narrative that could stimulate the market in the next two months, and investors should keep track of the latest development of the category.
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