CRYPTO GLOSSARY

Liquid staking token

Also called: LST

A token that stands for your staked ETH and can be traded at any time. Its market price can differ from the value of the ETH behind it.

Liquid staking token in more detail

Staked ETH is locked behind an exit queue. A liquid staking token is a way around that: a token that stands for your staked ETH and can be traded at any time.

A liquid staking token carries everything in ordinary staking and adds more.

FROM LESSON 48 · 4 MIN READLiquid staking tokens explainedA liquid staking token stands for staked ETH and can be traded or used in DeFi. Learn how tokens like stETH work, why they can trade below ETH, and the risks stacked inside them.Read the lesson

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