Liquid staking has overtaken lending as the second-largest sector in the DeFi space. Turns out, the upcoming Shanghai upgrade for Ethereum has a lot to do with it. Galaxy Digital research associate Christine Kim joins Ash Bennington to discuss the rise of staking through her report on Maximal Extractable Value (MEV). Plus, Solana suffers new outages, the IMF says a crypto ban is “not off the table,” and several Japanese conglomerates are working on a joint metaverse project. Then, we’ll hear about Real Vision’s new NFT initiative: The Real Vision Collective.
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Liquid staking has overtaken lending as the second-largest sector in the DeFi space. Turns out, the upcoming Shanghai upgrade for Ethereum has a lot to do with it. Galaxy Digital research associate Christine Kim joins Ash Bennington to discuss the rise of staking through her report on Maximal Extractable Value (MEV). Plus, Solana suffers new outages, the IMF says a crypto ban is “not off the table,” and several Japanese conglomerates are working on a joint metaverse project. Then, we’ll hear about Real Vision’s new NFT initiative: The Real Vision Collective.

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