Lido is the leading liquid staking solution - providing a simple way to earn rewards on digital tokens. By staking with Lido, your tokens remain liquid and can be used across a range of DeFi applications, earning additional rewards.

Traditionally, staking in projects based on proof-of-stake (PoS) protocols involves locking one's tokens into a project long-term and expecting to receive fixed, predetermined staking rewards in return. While it guarantees returns on staked tokens like a bond, it also limits the opportunity to generate higher returns from these tokens in the DeFi ecosystem. If you have staked all your cryptocurrencies, you cannot invest or trade more profitable cryptocurrency pairs on the exchange. Liquid staking allows for additional trading opportunities, allowing users to get the best of both worlds - rewards for your staked tokens, as well as access to new trading opportunities. Liquid staking brings a variety of essential benefits by: making the staking process simple - no need to worry about hardware setup and maintenance; enabling users to earn rewards with the smallest possible deposit (i.e. Ethereum requires a minimum of 32 ETH to stake) ; Provide st[token] building blocks for other applications and protocols (e.g., as collateral for loans or other DeFi trading solutions). Liquid Staking offers the opportunity to maximize your potential while having the best of both worlds; offering alternatives that even cover exchange staking, solo staking, and its other semi-custodial and decentralized protocols.