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Ethan Nelson

Ethan Nelson, a DeFi enthusiast and member of the Ankr Staking team, delves into DeFi topics with expertise. His insightful articles simplify complex concepts, empowering readers to navigate the dynamic world of decentralized finance confidently. Stay informed with Ethan's illuminating content on all things liquid staking and DeFi related.

Ethan Nelson

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Understanding veTokenomics: A Comprehensive Guide

Understanding veTokenomics: A Comprehensive Guide

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In the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), new tokenomic models are emerging that are changing the way that projects are funded and governed. One such...

Understanding Liquidity Pools: The Impact of Concentrated Liquidity

Understanding Liquidity Pools: The Impact of Concentrated Liquidity

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) has revolutionized the financial landscape, offering new opportunities for individuals to engage in open, permissionless, and borderless financial transactions. At the...

Ankr Unlocks the Power of Omnichain Liquid Staking

Ankr Unlocks the Power of Omnichain Liquid Staking

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Through solutions like bridging and liquidity pools on various chains, ankrETH is going truly omnichain.

In this article, we will explore Ankr's flagship product,...

Midas Capital and Ankr: Empowering DeFi Users with Innovative Liquidity Solutions

DeFi Showcase

Midas Capital and Ankr: Empowering DeFi Users with Innovative Liquidity Solutions

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This article is a guest post written by Carlos Mazzaferro, the CTO of Midas Capital.


TLDR: By leveraging Midas’ unique borrowing, lending,...

Ankr and Midas Partner to Launch Innovative Liquidity Pool

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Ankr and Midas Partner to Launch Innovative Liquidity Pool

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The Ankr Liquid Staking Solution

The partnership between Ankr and Midas has resulted in the creation of that addresses one...

Ankr’s New Focus: Growing Liquidity on Fantom Chain

DeFi Showcase

Ankr’s New Focus: Growing Liquidity on Fantom Chain

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Ankr is a leading provider of Web3 infrastructure, dedicated to making the decentralized world more accessible and user-friendly. Liquid staking is one of the...

Ankr Offers First Unstaking Capability for Liquid Staked Ethereum

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Ankr Offers First Unstaking Capability for Liquid Staked Ethereum

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Ankr has become the first provider to offer the ability to unstake liquid staked Ethereum, thanks to the recent Shanghai upgrade that took place...

Liquid Staking Upgrades: Responding to the Shanghai Upgrade

Liquid Staking Upgrades: Responding to the Shanghai Upgrade

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In the near future, Ankr is set to launch a series of updates that will significantly enhance the user experience of liquid staked...

Ankr's Liquid Staking Assets Discount: The Last Chance

DeFi Showcase

Ankr's Liquid Staking Assets Discount: The Last Chance

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Ankr is a blockchain infrastructure platform that offers a liquid staking service that enables holders of Proof of Stake (PoS) assets to earn staking rewards...

Introducing Whitelabel Liquid Staking Solutions w/ Coin98 Partnership

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Introducing Whitelabel Liquid Staking Solutions w/ Coin98 Partnership

Ankr, the leading Web3 infrastructure company, has recently partnered with Coin98, a comprehensive crypto super app, to provide liquid staking services to users worldwide. As...

Introducing Ankr's Partnership with Pendle Finance

DeFi Showcase

Introducing Ankr's Partnership with Pendle Finance

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In this article, we will talk about how we at Ankr are partnering with Pendle to launch a liquidity pool and listing our ETH/AnkrETH Aura...

Liquid Staking as a TVL Multiplier

Web3 Analysis

Liquid Staking as a TVL Multiplier

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In this article, we will explore how works and how it can significantly multiply TVL in DeFi protocols. We will also discuss the...

The Future of Liquid Staking: AnkrETH v3

The Future of Liquid Staking: AnkrETH v3

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Ankr is at the forefront of this revolution with its AnkrETH v3 liquid staking offering, aiming to be the most liquid and decentralized solution in...

Ankr Announces ETH Validator Hub

Announcements

Ankr Announces ETH Validator Hub

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Ankr is launching new features for liquid staking users that will ultimately increase the security of our liquid staking service and provide more functionality and...

Liquid Staking: Understanding the Risks

Liquid Staking: Understanding the Risks

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Staking has become a popular way for cryptocurrency holders to earn rewards by holding and participating in the network security of a blockchain. Ankr has...

Traditional vs. Flash Unstaking: Understanding the Difference

Traditional vs. Flash Unstaking: Understanding the Difference

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Although staking is seen as one of the most reliable ways to earn yield in crypto, the unstaking process is by far the most robust...

Ankr Announces BNB Flash Unstaking, SUI Testnet, and More!

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Ankr Announces BNB Flash Unstaking, SUI Testnet, and More!

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We at Ankr have some exciting updates to announce to you this week.

BNB Flash Unstaking

Ankr has officially released the capability to flash unstake your...

New Midas pool for ankrBNB

DeFi Showcase

New Midas pool for ankrBNB

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Ankr Launches new Midas pool for ankrBNB on Binance Chain

The new Midas pool for ankrBNB is now live, marking the next stage of BNB...

What's the Difference Between RPCs and APIs?

What's the Difference Between RPCs and APIs?

If you are just beginning your journey into the world of Web3 development, you may have come across terms such as "RPC" and "API" and...

What Are The Best Use Cases for AppChains?

Web3 Analysis

What Are The Best Use Cases for AppChains?

Application-specific blockchains are exactly what they sound like: a blockchain network dedicated to one particular application. These application-specific blockchains act like child-chains that are attached...

Everything You Need to Know About Fantom as a Developer

Development

Everything You Need to Know About Fantom as a Developer

Fantom uses a DAG(Directed Acyclic Graph), which is different from how most other layer 1s work. This makes the transactions lightning fast. So fast that...

Ethereum Ultrasound Money: What is and how this MEME came up!

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Ethereum Ultrasound Money: What is and how this MEME came up!

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The concept of "ultrasound money" within the Ethereum community not only showcases the blend of technology and meme culture but also represents a pivotal...

Understanding Patterns of Innovation

Web3 Analysis

Understanding Patterns of Innovation

If you’re interested in crypto and interested in making long-term gains, not just riding the short term hype then this article series is for you....

Why Liquid Staking could be the Answer to More Decentralization

Why Liquid Staking could be the Answer to More Decentralization

Why Liquid Staking could be the Answer to More Decentralization

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Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper was published in 2008 in response to the global financial crisis....

Ankr is Speaking at the Lisbon Staking Summit!

Announcements

Ankr is Speaking at the Lisbon Staking Summit!

Filipe, our Chief of DeFi, will be at the staking event in Lisbon to speak about how trustless liquid staking will influence the validator business....

Trustless Liquid Staking: Removing Intermediary Risk With SSV Technology

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Trustless Liquid Staking: Removing Intermediary Risk With SSV Technology

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If you're new to DeFi, the multiple components of liquid staking might be overwhelming. As a general rule, the more openness and lack of trust,...

Why Depositing Liquid Staked Tokens in Liquidity Pools Doesn’t Add Up

Why Depositing Liquid Staked Tokens in Liquidity Pools Doesn’t Add Up

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The better the capital efficiency of an investment, the more utilizable capital you obtain from it. Consider this: if you invest $1,000 in a Fortune...