Staking

Coinbase Custody CEO Sam McIngvale (CoinDesk archives)
Coinbase Custody to Support Polkadot Staking With up to 20% Returns
Coinbase Custody is partnering with Bison Trails to add staking support for Polkadot’s native DOT tokens in anticipation of the network’s mainnet launch.
Coinbase Custody CEO Sam McIngvale (CoinDesk archives)

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How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar
In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital...
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Coinbase Custody CEO Sam McIngvale speaks at Invest: NYC 2019. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)
Coinbase Custody Goes International With New Entity in Ireland
Coinbase has launched Coinbase Custody International Inc., a European entity for handling cryptocurrency deposits.
Coinbase Custody CEO Sam McIngvale speaks at Invest: NYC 2019. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley
Binance US Now Offers Staking Rewards for These Two Cryptocurrencies
Binance US has joined other major exchanges in the staking game, adding staking rewards for cryptocurrencies algorand (ALGO) and cosmos (ATOM).
Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley

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Do Custodians Wield Undue Influence on Crypto Market Prices?
Noelle Acheson warns of the consolidating power of crypto custodians, and the influence this could have on asset prices.
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Kyber Network Aims to Improve DeFi Liquidity With ‘Katalyst’ Protocol Upgrade
Kyber Network, the ethereum-based protocol focused on aggregating liquidity and facilitating swaps for ERC-20 tokens, is about to launch a major upgrade.
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Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.
Coinbase Will Now Reward Users for Holding This Cryptocurrency
Coinbase is for the first time allowing general users to earn rewards by simply holding cryptocurrency, starting with the Tezos (XTZ) token.
Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.

stakerdao
There's Now a DAO for Deciding Which Blockchains to Stake On
StakerDAO will allow participants to vote on where to best earn rewards as validators in a given proof-of-stake network.
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Flexa SPEDN
New Flexa Tech Will Let You Spend Bitcoin From Other Apps Too
Mobile wallets and other apps will soon be able to plug into Flexa's payment rails and offer crypto payments to retailers.
Flexa SPEDN

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This Crypto Asset Doesn't Exist Yet, But Soon You'll Be Able to Stake It
Perlin's PERL cryptocurrency looks to make shipping easier, but could also democratize the proof-of-stake model.
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