Liquid Staking: What Is It And Why Is It Taking Over The Ethereum Blockchain?

Ep. 31: Liquid Staking: What Is It And Why Is It Taking Over The Ethereum Blockchain?

Just as many of us are starting to get our heads wrapped around the concept of staking in cryptocurrency, Liquid Staking has now become one of the most talked about and fastest growing protocols on the Ethereum network.  

In this episode, Ian Andrews (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis) is  joined by Mara Schmiedt, the new Chief Growth Officer of Alluvial. She talks about the early conversations of Bitcoin and family dinners and explains the fundamentals and nuances of liquid staking. 

Mara and Ian go deep into the mechanics of liquid staking and something called the Liquid Collective, that Mara describes as the secure liquid staking standard, a protocol designed to meet the needs of institutions.

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

• (2:45) – Mara’s crypto origin story: From discussing bitcoin at a family event in 2014 to growing one of the biggest liquid staking companies in the industry. 
• (6:39) – Understanding staking and the core principles behind the liquid staking ecosystem 
• (10:07) –Comparing the methodologies of liquid staking to taking out a home equity line of credit 
• (17:05) – What does it mean to be an “first enterprise focused organization” in the liquid staking space 
• (22:15) –What is the liquid collective and how does Alluvial and its team contribute to these industry standards
• (24:35) – What are some of the implications on the industry of Coinbase and other stakeholders offering liquid staking to its customers 
• (26:55) - The future of liquid staking and evolution to more blockchains 
  

Related resources

Check out more resources provided by Chainalysis that perfectly complement this episode of the Public Key.

• Blog: The State of Crypto Markets After An Extremely Hectic WeekKorean Hackers To Profit
• Website: Alluvial: Building the enterprise-grade liquid staking standard
• Website: Liquid Collective: Collective of leading web3 teams including The Liquid Foundation, Alluvial, Coinbase Cloud, Figment, Kiln, Rome Blockchain Labs, Kraken, Staked
• Article: Institutions are getting serious about staking
• Blog: How The Ethereum Merge May Impact the Crypto Ecosystem: On-chain Indicators to Watch
• Liquid Staking Tracker: Dune Ethereum Liquid Staking dashboard
• Contact Alluvial: For general, media or collaboration inquiries - email Alluvial 

Speakers on today’s episode

• Ian Andrews * Host * (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis) https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianhandrews
• Mara Schmiedt (Chief Growth Officer, Alluvial Finance) https://twitter.com/maraschmiedt

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