Staking in 2022 Ethereum’s Merge

Staking is seemingly set for a big 2022. With Ethereum (ETH) planning an eventual move to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism this year, it will bring staking to thousands if not millions of users who’ve never tried it before, with the growth of ETH staking likely to feed into similar growth elsewhere.

But according to industry figures speaking with Cryptonews.com, general growth is not the only trend that staking can look forward to in the coming months. We can also expect to see increased institutional interest in staking, as well as the growth of liquid staking, staking via layer-2 protocols, and via GameFi (decentralized applications (dapps) with economic incentives) and NFT platforms.