James Slazas, founder and CEO of LiquidStake and DARMA Capital, describes their retail and institutional offerings for customers who want to stake on Ethereum 2.0 but still access the locked-up capital. In this episode, we discuss: 
  what problem LiquidStake solves and how 
 what happens if the dollar value of someone’s stake drops below the amount that they’ve borrowed
 who keeps the ETH in a liquidation 
 how LiquidStake makes money 
 how they determine the price of ETH to make the loan and what it does in the event of a flash crash on an exchange
 how LiquidStake and DARMA Capital are also serving institutional clients
 how total return swap agreements with DARMA work 
 why they offer more tax and regulatory clarity
 why LiquidStake currently offers USDC for its stablecoin
 the pros and cons of a centralized loans on staked ETH 2 over decentralized ones 
 the other crypto systems LiquidStake is partnering with
 how LiquidStake and DARMA Capital are able to make these loans from a regulatory perspective
   
 Thank you to our sponsor!
 Crypto.com: http://crypto.com/
  
 Episode links:
 James Slazas: https://twitter.com/DARMA_Slazas
 Liquidstake: https://liquidstake.com
 DARMA Capital: https://darma.capital
  
 LiquidStake announcements:  https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-heavyweights-launch-liquidstake-loans-to-ease-eth-2-0-lockup
  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/84277/eth2-liquidstake-borrow-eth-validators
  
 LiquidStake blog post: https://liquidstake.com/blog/1
  
 Link to the Crypto News Recap:
 https://unchainedpodcast.com/this-is-pushing-up-the-price-of-bitcoin/

How to Get Your ETH2 Yield and Take Out a Loan on It - Ep.154

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