ChainCatcher news, Swell Network announced that users can now check their eligibility for receiving SWELL tokens through its platform and encourages users to collect "White Pearls".In addition, Swell also introduced the re-staking feature for SWELL tokens, allowing users to stake their tokens as rSWELL to help secure the Swell L2 network.

ChainCatcher news, the liquid staking protocol Amnis Finance on the Aptos blockchain has completed a $2 million financing round, led by Borderless Capital and OKX Ventures. Aptos Labs, Arkgrow Pte Ltd, Ambush Capital, Gate Ventures, Sky Vision Capital, Old Fashion Research, Chorus One Venture, Re7, and Flowdesk also participated.This new funding will enable Amnis Finance to accelerate the integration of its liquid staking solutions within the DeFi ecosystem of Aptos. The platform will continue to focus on enhancing its services within Aptos while expanding its influence through strategic partnerships.According to RootData, Amnis Finance is a liquid staking protocol that allows users to easily maximize the returns on APT tokens while unlocking liquidity.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Lido Alliance has announced the launch of a liquid staking protocol called Drop, designed specifically for Interchain assets. Drop is built on Neutron and allows users to stake their Interchain assets and receive dAssets in return. Currently, it supports liquid staking for ATOM and plans to add support for TIA soon.According to Drop's tokenomics model, it will allocate 10% (100 million) of the liquid staking asset rewards to a dedicated pool, with the usage determined by the DROP DAO after the launch of the DROP token, which may include distributing rewards to DROP stakers or creating an insurance fund.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Unisat wallet has now integrated the Bitcoin liquid staking protocol pStake Finance, allowing users to stake BTC through pSTAKE to earn future rewards.BlockBeats previously reported that on May 15, the liquid staking protocol pSTAKE Finance, supported by Binance Labs, launched a Bitcoin-based liquid staking solution. This solution is built on Babylon's Bitcoin staking protocol, aiming to simplify the Bitcoin staking process and provide BTC holders with additional yield generation opportunities. Previously, the protocol primarily built its liquid staking solution on Cosmos.

ChainCatcher news, the liquid staking protocol pSTAKE Finance has announced the launch of a Bitcoin liquid staking solution, which is based on Babylon's Trustless BTC staking protocol. To ensure the security of the protocol, the deposit limit is set at 50 BTC. This product allows users to earn rewards from idle BTC holdings while maintaining full liquidity.It is reported that pSTAKE Finance is a Bitcoin yield and liquid staking protocol. With pSTAKE Finance, users can liquid stake BTC and earn rewards from Babylon's trustless BTC staking, protecting other application chains while maintaining their liquidity.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Solana liquid staking protocol Marinade has launched a Staking Auction Market (SAM) aimed at increasing yield and promoting decentralization in Solana.It is reported that the SAM simulation will open for testing at the end of June, with live auctions starting in August, and bid allocation taking place in the fourth quarter.

ChainCatcher news, the Polkadot liquidity staking protocol Equilibrium has announced the launch of a brand new Q token economics. The token swap program will start on January 2, 2024, with acceptable swap assets being EQ and DOT. The swap rate is 1Q = 500 EQ, 1Q = 0.001 DOT + 300 EQ; the exercise period is a 90-day cliff + 270 days of linear release.It is reported that Equilibrium is the liquidity DOT hub in the Polkadot ecosystem, allowing users to create EQD stablecoins using various DOT derivatives. EQD is the first decentralized interest-bearing stablecoin in the Polkadot ecosystem, providing a novel dimension for DeFi, backed by a diversified basket of assets.

ChainCatcher news, Sui will inject 25 million SUI into 3 liquid staking protocols and their respective liquid staking tokens (LST) to increase liquidity in the DeFi space.It is reported that the selected LSTs accepting token delegation are from the winners of the Sui Liquid Stake hackathon held from August 16 to October 2, 2023, namely afSUI from Aftermath Finance, haSUI from Haedal Protocol, and vSUI from Volo.

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum Layer2 network Mantle has launched a liquid staking protocol on the Ethereum mainnet. This protocol allows users to deposit ETH and participate in network staking through validator nodes, enabling users to stake Ethereum and receive mETH as a certificate of their staking share.It is reported that the main feature of the Liquid Staking Protocol (LSP) is to allow users to free up capital from staked assets, but its widespread application on Ethereum has also led to the concentration of Ethereum staking among major providers (such as Lido, Coinbase, Binance, etc.). The Mantle team stated that they hope to address this staking concentration issue by increasing the range of available solutions.

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum liquid staking protocol StakeWise has announced the mainnet launch of StakeWise V3, allowing users to select specific operators for ETH staking in the Vaults Marketplace and explore DeFi opportunities using the liquid staking token osETH.

ChainCatcher message, the Sui community has improved the proposal through SIP#6, and the upgraded protocol allows trading and transferring of wrapped tokens received from staking, as well as wrapping them into another object. Adding this feature will enable developers to provide liquid staking and create applications that offer financial products using liquid staking tokens.It is reported that the protocol upgrade supporting liquid staking is now live on the testnet, and assuming all testing and compatibility issues are resolved, it will be added to the mainnet in the next upgrade.

ChainCatcher news, based on the Cosmos liquid staking protocol Stride, officially announced that Stride has successfully transitioned to the Inter-Chain Security (ICS) system of Cosmos Hub, which is powered by the ATOM token.ChainCatcher previously reported that the transition to ICS will increase Stride's economic security from approximately $25 million to $2.3 billion, making the protocol more resilient against hacking attacks. (source link)

ChainCatcher message, based on the Cosmos liquid staking protocol Stride, plans to transition from the existing STRD token model to the Inter-Chain Security (ICS) system driven by ATOM tokens. Stride contributor Ian Unsworth stated, "The transition may occur between Wednesday 17:00 and 21:30 (UTC), at block height 4616678."Unsworth added, "While Stride's TVL has reached over $35 million, it only has $19 million in economic security through bonded network tokens. After the ICS transition, block production/security will be passed to the ATOM validator set, which will increase the economic security of the network by approximately 11,935.2%."According to the official blog, the transition to ICS will raise Stride's economic security from about $25 million to $2.3 billion, making the protocol more resilient against hacking attacks.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block Research, the liquid staking protocols in the Solana ecosystem, such as Marinade Finance, Lido, Jito, JPool, and Socean, have accumulated a total of $187 million in staked Solana (SOL) tokens, representing a 91% increase compared to the initial investment of $98 million at the beginning of the year. Currently, these protocols account for 69% of the total value locked in the network, approximately $270 million.Among them, Marinade holds a 62% market share in Solana's liquid staking, Lido Finance accounts for 27%, and Jito Labs represents 6.9%. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Layer1 public chain Sui Network has released the SIP 6 improvement proposal, which specifies improvements to the "StakedSui" structure and related functions. This SIP also needs to pass the review.Sui states that through SIP 6, developers will be able to build liquid staking protocols. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the liquid staking protocol Lido has deployed a fix for the off-chain oracle code, and the rebase has successfully occurred as the oracle report is completed.It is reported that Lido yesterday stated that the rebase of stETH would be delayed due to an error in the off-chain oracle code. (Source link)