A significant portion of stakers use Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs) in DeFi protocols to boost their rewards, most commonly in lending protocols like EVAA and Factorial. Here’s the latest data:
Lido (Ethereum, stETH):
🔴 Total issued — 9.3M stETH
🔴 Supplied to lending protocols — 3.5M stETH (37%)
🔴 In restaking — 1M stETH (11%)
🔴 Supplied to DEXs — 0.2M stETH (0.2%)
Jito (Solana, JitoSOL):
🔴 Total issued — 14.1M JitoSOL
🔴 Supplied to lending protocols — 2M JitoSOL (14%)
🔴 Supplied to DEXs — 0.15M JitoSOL (1%)
Tonstakers (TON, tsTON):
🔴 Total issued — 67M tsTON
🔴 Supplied to lending protocols — 5.5M tsTON (8%)
🔴 Supplied to DEXs — 0.3M tsTON (0.4%)
🏆 Lending protocols are popular thanks to leveraged staking, which can increase staking rewards up to 8% APY while managing the same risks.
In TON ecosystem, leveraged staking is actively expanding and is now available on platforms like EVAA and Factorial, as detailed in this post.
📌 Please note that using external DeFi protocols carries additional risks.
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