Should a new niche be considered for crypto gems?

[AlphaBeta]

I don't know if it's just me, but I've noticed that we've been getting a lot more projects centered around liquid staking and restaking.

I understand that BTC itself does not generate yield, and traditional staking can be very limiting as regards the amount of rewards you get, so I see why there'd be demand for these kinds of projects.

What I'm interested in knowing is if these project's tokens make good investments, they seem to get a lot of visibility, take projects like LIDO, AAVE, Babylon, even projects that have not listed like PumpBTC are already getting exposure.

So now that everybody is looking for the next gem, you think these kinds of projects can be considered, especially the new ones?

[target]

You'd be left guessing which one will suddenly rise amidst the chaos in crypto while Trump announces just about anything to keep the hype running. Although he is saying that there will be crypto reserves, it didn't suffice to make crypto bubble again.

nothing much but there are several memecoins that pops out that seem to be making the prices rise. Defi isn't one of them anymore.

[hugeblack]

I don't know if it's just me, but I've noticed that we've been getting a lot more projects centered around liquid staking and restaking.

With each correction, a significant amount of liquidity is removed from the market, either converted to stablecoins or stored in wallets. Liquidity providers increase their APY to ensure more tokens are available. However, the problem is that these services are poorly programmed and may fail/go bankrupt in fulfilling their obligations, in which case they will bear the full cost.

[Gurujebs]

What I'm interested in knowing is if these project's tokens make good investments, they seem to get a lot of visibility, take projects like LIDO, AAVE, Babylon, even projects that have not listed like PumpBTC are already getting exposure.

So now that everybody is looking for the next gem, you think these kinds of projects can be considered, especially the new ones?

People that trust Defi protocols and don't want their Bitcoin to sit idle loves most of this things but as for me, I wouldn't risk my Bitcoin chasing any liquidity. When you see people chase most of this protocols, it's mostly because of the new coins they want to have at early stage and when they are done getting there allocation, they run to the next projects.

Most of the protocols you see there aren't too different from each other. What differentiate them from each other is probably the name and some kind of rebranding. I saw Babylon and I went through some of there documentations and it's similar thing but different approach.

[rdluffy]

There are many stake and reStake projects
I'm using some, but to farm the airdrops of future tokens, and not for the income from the stake itself
The projects I'm using at the moment are Mitosis on the Linea network and Fragmetric on the Solana network
I've already used Renzo, EigenLayer and EtherFi

So far at least there have been no exploits in the contracts or hacks, for me this is the biggest risk that Stake and Restake have
If you believe strongly in the future of a coin or project, staking is very interesting, especially if you can receive an LST (Liquid Stake Token) to stay liquid in the market.

[taufik123]

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So far at least there have been no exploits in the contracts or hacks, for me this is the biggest risk that Stake and Restake have
If you believe strongly in the future of a coin or project, staking is very interesting, especially if you can receive an LST (Liquid Stake Token) to stay liquid in the market.

Only use money that you can afford to lose to stake because of some of the risks that can occur.
But some of the top exchanges also provide a staking feature for some tokens with a fairly lucrative APY, but it takes a lot of money to make bigger profits.

[Stompix]

What I'm interested in knowing is if these project's tokens make good investments, they seem to get a lot of visibility, take projects like LIDO,

You mean that project that is down -95% from it's ATH 3 years ago and has costed investors billions?
I don't know what it will make for people to understand that making money out of money by doing nothing is not going to work when you run out of other's people money.

[bhadz]

No one knows and it's hard to get into these because you'll never know if they'll be up for something and could show somw good pumps after all. What you can do is to research more about them and make sure that you'll take that risk basedo n how you know about that. Because asking for some advises might not work for you even if you have read some good ones and you don't agree with them.

[TomPluz]

So now that everybody is looking for the next gem, you think these kinds of projects can be considered, especially the new ones?

Yes, we are always looking for ways and means to increase our wealth but at the same time we should also be really careful in choosing the programs we get into especially so in the cryptocurrency industry. One of the many things I love is passive income and staking/restaking can be worth considering into but things really depend a lot on how credible the platform offering such an opportunity. There are many opportunities as well as risks involved so we need to be balance these concerns so as not end crying like a river. Good luck and more power to your journey OP.

[bayu7adi]

So now that everybody is looking for the next gem, you think these kinds of projects can be considered, especially the new ones?

Yep, the memecoin hype will have an end, and after that, there will be a new trend... this is a tough job, and even this is a field that CEOs of companies handle.. seeing the future and embracing it to make big profits...

There is a possibility that the old trend might be wrapped in a new wrapper, and that could be the next trend... IMO, it has something to do with AI..

[Nheer]

So now that everybody is looking for the next gem, you think these kinds of projects can be considered, especially the new ones?

Yep, the memecoin hype will have an end, and after that, there will be a new trend... this is a tough job, and even this is a field that CEOs of companies handle.. seeing the future and embracing it to make big profits...

There is a possibility that the old trend might be wrapped in a new wrapper, and that could be the next trend... IMO, it has something to do with AI..

Exactly have been seeing much things about AI and bot a lot lately. The new trend will surely be things about AI helping in trading and helping the investors with more potential over his / her investment. We just hope this come with big benefits to the crypto world and the individuals who are in the crypto world also, if bot can help analyze and do many things for us I think trading will be easy and also investment will be much fun and the crypto world will really grow unimaginably

[Findingnemo]

Literally every project that has been launched claim it as next Bitcoin, not something new but no.It can give good returns for some but never been considered good for long term so you can never trust these projects that are just created only with the purpose of hype then dump it hard. Save your hard earned money and invest on something that deserves to take the risk.

[MrSpasybo]

Yes, we are always looking for ways and means to increase our wealth but at the same time we should also be really careful in choosing the programs we get into especially so in the cryptocurrency industry. One of the many things I love is passive income and staking/restaking can be worth considering into but things really depend a lot on how credible the platform offering such an opportunity. There are many opportunities as well as risks involved so we need to be balance these concerns so as not end crying like a river. Good luck and more power to your journey OP.

Well, I don't think staking/restaking is still a hot trend in the market. We haven't heard news about LSD & LRD projects in DeFi for a long time, they seem to have disappeared from the media even though they're still operating quite stably with acceptable profits for investors.

I was waiting for the return of projects in this field to create a DeFi trend to help the crypto market grow strongly again in Q1 & Q2. However, things didn't go as expected, we had a pretty boring Q1, all expectations are placed on Q2 even though I haven't figured out which trend will lead the market's growth in the near future.

[Z-tight]

I don't know if you are shilling for these projects and promoting them here, however, projects like these are just pump and dump projects and there is nothing special about them. If you like to gamble with your funds, then you can accumulate funds like this, but if not, i will recommend you stay away.

[joniboini]

There is a possibility that the old trend might be wrapped in a new wrapper, and that could be the next trend... IMO, it has something to do with AI..

I feel like AI is vaporware for most users. Other than using GPT to help them answer or find stuff, the tangible benefits aren't there. Sure, so many companies are pushing hard to supply the market with Nvidia or AMD openly promoting AI capabilities on their new GPUs, but I don't think the average joe enjoys the benefits. If anything, most of them seem to think this new product is a scam, whether it's related to crypto or not.

Btw OP, liquid restaking or any new trend will come out sooner or later. The biggest winner is usually the early buyers, so if you just started hearing it after it pumps there's a high chance that you're late to the party. DYOR.