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The popularity of liquid staking tokens could usher in a new age for Ethereum and the rest of cryptocurrency — and play a key role in the new bull market. Before we know it, liquid staking tokens (LSTs) are going to replace Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH). The LST market is already worth approximately $17 billion, and it has grown continuously since Ethereum’s Merge. While LSTs are just beginning to hit their stride, their advantages over traditional ETH will soon become clear to liquidity providers (LPs), toppling ETH from its throne and ushering in a new era of LST domination. Since the Merge, ETH can now be staked to produce a roughly 4% annual yield, depending on factors of network activity, total ETH staked, number of validators and the value captured by maximum extractable value. This development is significant because of the nature of ETH as a generally stable asset. Many cryptocurrencies are more volatile, so owners have to consider both yield and whether the pri...

The Origin Ether app deposits Ether into Curve, Convex, stETH, rETH and sfrxETH. A new yield farming app called Origin Ether has accumulated over $12 million in total value locked (TVL) just 14 days after launch , according to data from blockchain analytics platform DefiLlama. TVL is a metric that measures the dollar value of assets inside an app’s smart contracts. Origin Ether total value locked, May 9-30. Source: DefiLlama The app was launch ed on May 16, according to a representative from the development team. DefiLlama data shows the app already had $793,000 locked inside its contracts before the launch , which team members or other early partners may have supplied. Once the public launch occurred on May 16, deposits to Origin Ether (OETH) rapidly accumulated, leading to a TVL of over $13 million by May 30. This is a gain of approximately $12.6 million over 14 days. According to the app’s official documentation, Origin Ether generates yield from Ether (ETH) by depositing it int...