At a time when the market needs it most, liquid staking giant Lido Finance has partnered with KyberSwap, a leading next-gen DEX, to enhance wstETH liquidity on Ethereum.
KyberSwap’s ongoing Lido wstETH and stMATIC campaigns on Polygon, Arbitrum and Optimism have yielded excellent results, with up to $15m in daily trading volume across all Lido pools so far.
And now, Lido Finance and KyberSwap are advancing their partnership together to bolster the Ethereum ecosystem with more diverse wstETH liquidity.
On November 18th, KyberSwap launched its first phase of wstETH pools on Ethereum mainnet
Important Details
In order to bootstrap wstETH liquidity across more diverse pairs, Lido Finance and KyberSwap have launched two farms. These farms and their corresponding pools will also complement the new wstETH/ETH pool, in which Kyber has seeded over $10 million.
More pools will be added over the next phases with more rewards.
Eligible Pools for Farm Incentives:
- wstETH-USDC (0.04%) ➡ (Pool rewards: 100,000 LDO + 180,000 KNC)
- wstETH-LDO (0.3%) ➡ (Pool rewards: 7999.92 KNC)
What is wrapped stETH (wstETH)?
Via Lido Finance, users stake any amount of ether and receive a derivative token called stETH, which can then be traded or lent on other platforms. Lido’s wrapped stETH (wstETH) is stETH which is deposited into the stETH wrapper to create a new token called wstETH.
wstETH is a non-rebasing token that remains stable instead of changing daily to reflect staking rewards – staking rewards are only actualized when wstETH is unwrapped.
Wrapping stETH creates a DeFi-compatible version of the stETH token which allows for easier integrations with DeFi protocols such as KyberSwap.
What’s the difference between stETH and wstETH?
stETH: stETH is a rebasing token, which means its supply automatically adjusts algorithmically to maintain a constant value. So when the peg is 1:1, Lido stakers’ rewards will come in the form of an increased amount of stETH via rebasing when you hold stETH.
wstETH: To mitigate this rebasing effect for pools and different contracts, there is wstETH. As mentioned above, wstETH is a non-rebasing token that remains stable instead fluctuating to reflect staking rewards. This ensures stETH does not get arbitraged out or cause issues as a result of the rebasing.
In summary:
- wstETH goes up against stETH due to the staking rewards
- wstETH goes up in ETH value
- stETH is pegged to the ETH value on Ethereum 2.0 as stETH is a derivative of ETH staked on the beacon chain, which is Ethereum 2.0
How to get wstETH?
The easiest way to get wstETH would be to buy directly on KyberSwap. KyberSwap users can also bridge wstETH assets across supported chains (Optimism, Arbitrum, and Ethereum) using our Multichain bridge.
Alternatively, stETH holders can wrap the tokens here.
Did you know?
stEth is a derivative token that allows Lido stakers to use their staked ETH.
Unlike stablecoins which are pegged to a USD value, stETH bears more similarity to an IOU, whereby stETH holders can redeem their tokens for an equivalent amount of ETH at Eth 2.0.
Eth can always be staked 1:1; stEth historically has an APR of 4-12% depending on network conditions.
The stEth price is supposed to be close to 1 eth but is possible to decrease against eth as its price is only held by the available liquidity.
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