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Sep 2, 2026 23 min

Institutional ETH Staking Boosted By Rate Hikes?💧Lido INTERVIEW

from The Paul Barron Crypto Show Hosted by Paul Barron Network

Lido joins us with September rate hike odds near 66% ahead of the FOMC decision on the 16th. We get into stablecoin yields versus ETH staking after a hike, the 21-bank stablecoin coming for that yield, and where institutional staking stands after V3. ~This Episode is sponsored by Ether.Fi~ Join Ether.Fi and Earn cashback on trades of tokenized stocks and more!➜ ether.fi/@paulbarron Guest: Kean Gilbert, Head of Institutional Relations at Lido Lido Liquid ETH Staking ➜ https://lido.fi/ Lido USD & ETH Vaults ➜ https://stake.lido.fi/earn 00:00 Intro 00:10 Sponsor: EtherFi 01:20 USD stablecoin yields if Fed Hikes? 02:10 ETH staking if Fed Hikes? 03:30 ETH staking vs Stablecoin staking 04:40 Banks rushing to steal your stablecoin yields? 06:00 Current state of institutional staking 07:50 Bitmine competing against Lido for institutional marketshare? 09:10 What is Lido doing to increase its marketshare? 10:10 What other ways are institutions using liquid staked tokens? 11:20 Institutional Restaking coming? 12:15 Will Rate Hikes exacerbate Morpho growth? 12:50 Looped USD yields: Is 7% too low? 14:15 Vaults: why does Lido now restrict U.S. users? 15:50 DeFi exploits vs Vault adoption 18:30 Automatic Native Yields: is this a good thing or a bad thing? 19:50 Did SEC pave the way for a two tiered DeFi ecosystem? 20:30 Solana proved its capable of voting to lower issuance. What does this signal for ETH? 21:50 When $LDO fee switch? #Crypto #Ethereum #federalreserve ~Institutional ETH Staking Boosted By Rate Hikes?💧Lido INTERVIEW~ ⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paul-barron-crypto-show--4747781/support. Join our community! Barron Market Edge (FREE)➜ https://www.paulbarronnetwork.com/barron-market-edge-signup Private Telegram Group (FREE) ➜ https://t.me/+nISqoMxrok40NTcx Subscribe on YouTube ✅ https://bit.ly/PBNYoutubeSubscribe X/Twitter 📱 http://bit.ly/PBNtwitter Get official PBN merch! ➜ https://merch.paulbarronnetwork.com/ ~ The Best Crypto Exchange ➜ Coinbase, get up to $200 in crypto - coinbase-consumer.sjv.io/BARRON ~ Looking for the best tax havens for Crypto?

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