Liquid staking solves a common frustration: normally, staked tokens are locked and cannot be used. With liquid staking, you deposit tokens into a protocol and receive a liquid staking token in return, a receipt that represents your stake plus accruing rewards. You can hold, trade, or use that receipt while the underlying tokens keep earning.<\/p>\n
This matters because it improves flexibility. You keep exposure to staking rewards without giving up all liquidity, which is useful if you want to stay nimble.<\/p>\n
Example: you stake and receive a derivative token; later you can swap that token or use it elsewhere in DeFi, and when you want out, you redeem it back for the original staked amount plus rewards.<\/p>\n
Safety note: liquid staking adds a smart contract layer, so you take on the risk that the protocol has a bug or that the receipt token trades below its backing value during stress. Favour audited, well-established protocols, and understand redemption and unbonding rules before committing. Related terms include staking, restaking, unbonding, and smart contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Staking that gives you a tradable receipt token representing your staked position, so your value is not fully locked up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-73","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}