# A Liquid Staking Future w/Persistence

**URL:** <https://forum.shadeprotocol.io/t/a-liquid-staking-future-w-persistence/406>\
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**Created:** [February 1, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.shadeprotocol.io/t/a-liquid-staking-future-w-persistence/406 "2024-02-01T22:57:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarterWoetzel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.shadeprotocol.io/carterwoetzel/32/14_2.png) [@CarterWoetzel](https://forum.shadeprotocol.io/u/CarterWoetzel)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.shadeprotocol.io/t/a-liquid-staking-future-w-persistence/406/1 "2024-02-01T22:57:25Z")

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Greetings community,

Today I wanted to take some time to talk about synergies with Persistence & the value of continuing to deepen our relationship with multiple LSTs as opposed to one single provider. A couple of things stand out when you look into Persistence as a protocol:

- Distinct focus on Ethereum very early on their lifecycle compared to a lot of Cosmos (liquid staked BNB)
- Native ecosystem of dApps built around LSTs (such as Dexter)
- Focus on ensuring that their users can receive airdrops even while they are liquid staked
- $5M+ of stkATOM liquidity
- Strong security posture

While protocols like Stride have carved out strong liquidity advantages, over the long haul LSTs with different security/liquidity/& integration protocols will exist & there is no telling where the landscape will evolve within Cosmos over the coming years. Persistence has a great opportunity to show a significant amount of growth in 2024 - there team has excellent communication & ability to coordinate, I’ve been nothing but impressed by there team.

Integration list I foresee with the Persistence team:

- Protocol Liquidity Matching on a SHD/XPRT pool (pending)
- stkATOM for SILK minting (complete)
- stkOSMO for SILK minting (pending)
- **stkATOM as accepted collateral on the Shade Money Market** (imagine lending out stkATOM & passively earning both staking yield & lending fees!)
- Integration of the pWallet into the Shade App
- More intentional marketing surrounding Persistence products to improve volume profile (which will convert to better liquidity)
- Supporting new Persistence assets on the Shade Bridge, empowering privacy for these assets
- Co-marketing / events where it makes sense

Overall, I consider Persistence an excellent set of builders and am excited to see where they head with their platform. Diversifying our risk across multiple partners allows Shade to neutrally & objectively benefit from the growth of the entire LST ecosystem without accidentally over hedging into any single protocol. Cheers to a continued bright future with Persistence.

Be sure to show some support on this proposal as well 🙂

> **[SHD \<\> XPRT $300k Protocol Liquidity Match ShadeSwap Proposal](https://forum.persistence.one/t/shd-xprt-300k-protocol-liquidity-match-shadeswap-proposal/363)**
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> Greetings Persistence community, Today I wanted to carve out some time to talk about expanding XPRT liquidity & accessibility in a way that does not involve any of the following: An OTC Emissions to open market participants Protocol swaps...

-Carter W.