Question 1

What is StakeStone (STO)?

Accepted Answer

StakeStone is a decentralised omnichain liquidity infrastructure protocol. It is designed to solve liquidity fragmentation across blockchain networks by enabling adaptive and efficient liquidity distribution. The protocol introduces a framework for managing cross-chain liquidity without relying on traditional bridging mechanisms, focusing on yield-optimised and scalable asset deployment.

StakeStone establishes a unified infrastructure layer for omnichain capital allocation. It integrates native liquidity provisioning with a decentralised governance model and introduces products like STONE (liquid, yield-bearing ETH), SBTC (omnichain liquid BTC), and STONEBTC (yield-bearing BTC). These assets are paired with an adaptive architecture that separates token issuance, strategy management, and governance.

Its architecture is powered by Native’s infrastructure, including a Credit Margin Engine (CME) and Professional Market Maker (PMM) networks, which together facilitate automated, price-consistent cross-chain settlements and market-making.

The protocol also includes LiquidityPad, a deployment system for tailored liquidity provision targeting emerging blockchain ecosystems. Through these components, StakeStone supports seamless omnichain liquidity provisioning across networks including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Mantle, Linea, and Scroll.

Question 2

What is StakeStone (STO) used for?

Accepted Answer

STO is the governance and coordination token of the StakeStone protocol. It plays a central role in managing liquidity flows, aligning incentives across participants, and supporting protocol sustainability.

- **Governance and voting**: STO holders can lock their tokens to receive veSTO, which grants voting power. veSTO holders decide on the allocation of incentives across STONE-Fi, BTC-Fi, and LiquidityPad vaults, and participate in protocol-level governance decisions.

- **Yield boosting**: Liquidity providers who also hold veSTO receive yield boosts. The size of the boost depends on the amount of veSTO held relative to their deposit, encouraging long-term protocol alignment.

- **Value capture via fees**: The protocol collects fees on withdrawals across all pools and vaults. These fees contribute to the treasury and are used to support long-term sustainability.

- **Governance incentive contributions**: External protocols can offer governance incentives to veSTO holders in order to direct votes toward specific pools or vaults. These contributions may be made in STO or other tokens. When STO is used, part of the amount is burned, reducing token supply, while the remainder is distributed to veSTO voters. This creates deflationary pressure and aligns rewards with governance participation.

- **Swap & Burn mechanism**: STO tokens can be exchanged for treasury assets during favourable market conditions, supporting price alignment and providing liquidity options for holders.

Question 3

Who created StakeStone (STO)?

Accepted Answer

StakeStone was founded in 2023 by a team of DeFi-native builders led by Charles K, who is the principal founder of the protocol. His role has been central in shaping StakeStone’s design and approach to addressing liquidity inefficiencies across blockchain networks.

The founding team also includes Ivan K, who serves as Chief Marketing Officer and oversees the project’s marketing and communication strategy. Rose Li, as Chief Strategy Officer, is responsible for business development and strategic planning. Sutianne (Sue) Li contributes to ecosystem development, with a focus on multichain payment integrations.

The team brings experience from across decentralised finance, infrastructure development, and protocol operations. Their collective work underpins StakeStone’s objective to create a cross-chain liquidity infrastructure that functions across a range of blockchain environments.

#	Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Score	Price	24h Change	24h Volume	24h Trades	24h Open	24h High
1	STO-TRY STOTRY	binance	AA	1.33TRY	-0.08%	11,916,156.90STO	1,162	1.33TRY	1.33TRY
2	STO-USDT STOUSDT	binance	AA	0.02650USDT	0.00%	8,376,859.10STO	3,422	0.02650USDT	0.02660USDT
3	STO-USDT STO_USDT	gateio	A	0.02645USDT	-0.30%	357,183.51STO	257	0.02653USDT	0.02662USDT
4	STO-USDT STOUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.02655USDT	0.15%	286,034.77STO	476	0.02651USDT	0.02661USDT
5	STO-USDC STOUSDC	binance	AA	0.02650USDC	0.38%	195,381.70STO	169	0.02640USDC	0.02660USDC
6	STO-USDT STO-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.02647USDT	-2.04%	113,717.00STO	104	0.02702USDT	0.02702USDT
7	STO-USDT STOUSDT	cexio	BB	0.02606USDT	-4.77%	1,704.74STO	2	0.02737USDT	0.02737USDT
8	STO-USDC STOUSDC	cexio	BB	0.02581USDC	-6.68%	1,312.53STO	2	0.02765USDC	0.02765USDC
9	STO-USD STOUSD	cexio	BB	0.02625USD	-2.47%	858.16STO	1	0.02691USD	0.02691USD
10	STO-USDT sto_usdt	lbank	C	0.02649USDT	-0.19%	14,883,698.40STO	83,951	0.02654USDT	0.02657USDT
11	STO-USDT STOUSDT	toobit	C	0.02660USDT	0.00%	2,914,671.10STO	4,913	0.02660USDT	0.02660USDT
12	STO-USDT STO_USDT	bitunix	C	0.02655USDT	0.00%	2,758,828.49STO	6,030	0.02655USDT	0.02655USDT
13	STO-USDT STOUSDT	mexc	C	0.02654USDT	0.11%	2,534,006.34STO	3,081	0.02651USDT	0.02659USDT
14	STO-USDT STO_USDT	bydfi	-	0.02657USDT	0.23%	1,795,298.81STO	3,008	0.02651USDT	0.02659USDT
15	STO-EUR STO-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.02366EUR	-0.52%	1,691,150.98STO	260	0.02379EUR	0.02379EUR
16	STO-USDT STO-USDT	bingx	D	0.02650USDT	0.00%	1,257,741.36STO	4,727	0.02650USDT	0.02900USDT
17	STO-USDT STO-USDT	bigone	-	0.02630USDT	-0.75%	442,396.45STO	2,614	0.02650USDT	0.02670USDT
18	STO-USDT sto_usdt	digifinex	D	0.02640USDT	-0.38%	263,790.73STO	1,317	0.02650USDT	0.02660USDT
19	STO-THB THB_STO	bitkub	C	0.8437THB	-5.07%	89,610.73STO	19	0.8888THB	0.8888THB
20	STO-USDT stousdt	huobipro	C	0.02801USDT	3.86%	49,164.83STO	25	0.02697USDT	0.03125USDT
21	STO-IDR stoidr	indodax	E	466.00IDR	-2.92%	12,199.23STO	13	480.00IDR	488.00IDR
22	STO-KRW STO_KRW	coinone	C	35.59KRW	-5.27%	5,979.00STO	5	37.57KRW	37.57KRW
23	STO-USDT STO_USDT	poloniex	C	0.03000USDT	0.00%	0STO	0	0.03000USDT	0.03000USDT
24	STO-USDT STOUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.05319USDT	0.00%	0STO	0	0.05319USDT	0.05319USDT