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Here's How DeFi Protocols Benefit Most With Ethereum Shapella

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However, ever since the Ethereum blockchain underwent the Shapella upgrade, the market share of crypto-staking services providers witnesses a major shift. Post the Shapella upgrade, the decentralized finance (DeFi) applications have been the major beneficiaries. advertisement Ahead of the Shapella upgrade, liquid staking protocols such as Lido, Rocket Pool and Frax Ether have been in major demand. These players also allowed the users to hold Ethereum-based derivatives in a slew of DeFi trading, lending and borrowing apps. Post the upgrade, Lido pool has seen major inflows with Flax Ether seeing the biggest jump. Over the last week, the total value locked (TVL) for the Flax Ether protocol jumped y a staggering 20%. On the other hand, Rocket Pool saw a 17% increase while Lido experienced a 13% jump. Henry Elder, head of decentralized finance at Wave Digital Assets said: “It would be people rotating out of centralized exchanges into more decentralized sol...