Staking

Lido launches institutional-grade staking vaults during 2025, targeting large capital providers with customized Ethereum staking and restaking solutions.

Babylon protocol launches Bitcoin staking mainnet on August 22, 2024, hitting its 1,000 BTC Phase 1 cap within 74 minutes as over 12,000 early stakers lock coins for security providers.

Ethereum's Shapella upgrade activated on April 12, 2023, enabling validators to withdraw staked ETH for the first time since the Beacon Chain launch.

Kraken agreed on February 9, 2023, to pay $30 million and cease its US staking-as-a-service program after the SEC alleged it constituted an unregistered securities offering.