Ignas | DeFi Research
Ignas | DeFi Research

@DefiIgnas

6 Tweets Apr 05, 2023
1/ Rocket Pool started to prepare for #ETH staking already in 2017!
Yet Lido dominates liquid $ETH with 90% market share, despite announcing itself 1 month before the Beacon Chain launch in 2020
Rocket Pool market share is only 4.3%
Why and how can Rocket Pool catch up ๐Ÿงต
2/ When it comes to the overall Lido $ETH staking market share, it stands at 31.3%
โ€ข Coinbase - 14.6%
โ€ข Kraken - 8.5%
โ€ข Binance - 6.7%
Rocket pool?
Only 1.5%
3/ In the so-called liquid staking category, Lido is an absolute beast with 90% dominance
To reduce centralization risks, Lido is working on Distributed Validator Technology, but more (especially liquid) staking solutions are needed
4/ But first, how did Lido gain such dominance?
@Jasper_ETH wrote a great explanation. In short:
โ€ข Lido launched first
โ€ข Allowed unlimited amount of #ETH to be staked
โ€ข Launched aggressive liquidity mining
โ€ข Got integrated into Curve, Yearn etc.
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5/ But not all is lost
To scale Rocket Pool is planning:
โ€ข Less $ETH bonded minipools reducing collateral requirement from 16 ETH to as low as 4 #ETH
โ€ข Staking as a Service for institutions etc.
โ€ข Integrate solo staker migration
Check the full plan
6/ Will be very interesting to follow the liquid staking dynamics
Already at least 3 lessons can be drawn:
1โƒฃ Being first matters
2โƒฃ Liquidity mining DID HELP to attract users
3โƒฃ Yield maximization > other technical or security concerns
#DeFi #theMerge #Ethereum

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