Liquid staking survived with minimal outflows in Q2
The post Liquid staking survived with minimal outflows in Q2 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Liquid staking is one of the crypto sectors to survive almost unchanged in Q2. Protocols only lost 1.3% of their ETH, as long-term holders still showed confidence in Ethereum. Liquid staking holds 14.5M ETH, based on Cryptoquant data. The staked ETH lost just 1.3% from its all-time high, when 14.7M were locked for liquid staking. In the past three years, liquid staking deposits increased from 8.6M ETH to 14.5M ETH, a net gain of 68%. Liquid staking is a key source of reserves for DeFi lending, trading, and other operations. While almost all other crypto sectors have declined sharply in Q2, liquid staking shows its position as key infrastructure in the crypto space. Ethereum staking overall accelerated in the past quarter, adding another 1M ETH in June alone. Another 2.7M ETH are waiting to be staked in the validator queue. The recent staking inflows are also seen as an indicator of smar