Rocket Pool vs. the Competition - Liquid Staking Insights & Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade

In this video, Darren Langley, General Manager at Rocket Pool, explains Ethereum staking and liquid staking in under 6 minutes. He discusses the competitive landscape between Rocket Pool, Lido, and Coinbase, and the upcoming Ethereum Shanghai upgrade that will allow potentially unstaking $33.8 billion worth of ETH. After the upgrade, it is expected that Ethereum's staking ratio will increase to around 40%, which could benefit liquid staking providers like Rocket Pool. Darren also talks about the role and functions of the Rocket Pool Token (RPL) as a backstop collateral and incentivization mechanism for staking. With the release of Atlas, the barrier of entry for staking has been lowered from 16 ETH to 8 ETH for node operators.
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00:00 Introduction
01:40 Difference between liquid staking and normal staking
07:20 How does Rocket Pool work? How does Rocket Pool compare to Lido and Coinbase?
11:25 Explaining permissionless validators on Rocket Pool
12:05 Rocket pool node operator yield vs staker yield
13:55 Effect of Shanghai Upgrade on price of ETH
18:49 Rocket Pool on withdrawal delay and allowing unstaking
23:40 US Crypto Staking Crackdown Kraken $30M settlement effect on Rocket Pool market share
24:26 RPL utility and upcoming plans
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Asymmetry Finance is also worthy of a mention. Asymmetry’s safETH is an index-style of multiple LSTs including Lido and Rocketpool. It’s more diversified and diffusing the risk of liquid staking.”