{"id":179488,"date":"2023-08-03T13:39:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=179488"},"modified":"2023-08-03T13:39:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:39:25","slug":"how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/","title":{"rendered":"How liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report"},"content":{"rendered":"

As it continues to grow, liquid staking brings considerable risks to the space and needs better decentralization, according to a report published by digital asset firm HashKey Capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the report, the overall liquid staking derivatives (LSD) market has surged to more than $22 billion in total value locked in 2023. In addition, the market capitalization of LSD projects has reached $18 billion. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

While the growth of LSD protocols may be good for their respective communities and tokenholders, it also could be a double-edged sword. According to the report, it could harm the Ethereum ecosystem in various ways. <\/p>\n

As the table above shows, many LSD protocols rely on a small number of node operators that centralize a large number of validator nodes. According to the report, the number of node operators should be a \u201cpoint of concern for centralization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Liquid staking claims top spot in DeFi: Binance report<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The report notes that centralization in liquid staking can have several harmful effects on the ecosystem, such as reduced competition and increased risk of censorship. According to the report: <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a heightened possibility of censorship with centralized staking players, as they may be subject to incentives or regulatory pressure to censor transactions. This can potentially result in a disruption of the trust within the network.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition, as it gets further centralized, there are risks of decreased security, as big staking players can make it easier for attackers to carry out 51% attacks. Moreover, there\u2019s also an increased risk of collusion. <\/p>\n

\u201cCentralized stakers can collude to carry out actions that go against the decentralization ethos and against the users, such as malevolent MEV extraction and frontrunning,\u201d the report reads. <\/p>\n

While there are centralization risks, HashKey also recognizes that most protocols are very recent and have made plans to decentralize and add distributed validator technology to their protocols for better decentralization and resiliency. <\/p>\n

Magazine: <\/em><\/strong>SEC reviews Ripple ruling, US bill seeks control over DeFi, and more: Hodler\u2019s Digest, July 16-22<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As it continues to grow, liquid staking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":179487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As it continues to grow, liquid staking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-03T13:39:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/How-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-Ethereum-ecosystem-HashKey-report.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/\",\"name\":\"How liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report - Pre Coin News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-03T13:39:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-03T13:39:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crypto\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/crypto\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"How liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Pre Coin News\",\"description\":\"precoinnews.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report - Pre Coin News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report - Pre Coin News","og_description":"As it continues to grow, liquid staking","og_url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/","og_site_name":"Pre Coin News","article_published_time":"2023-08-03T13:39:25+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/How-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-Ethereum-ecosystem-HashKey-report.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/","name":"How liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report - Pre Coin News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-08-03T13:39:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-03T13:39:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/how-liquid-staking-can-potentially-harm-the-ethereum-ecosystem-hashkey-report\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crypto","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/crypto\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How liquid staking can potentially harm the Ethereum ecosystem: HashKey report"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/","name":"Pre Coin News","description":"precoinnews.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}