GM fellow staker,Crypto markets never fail to be a white-knuckle ride. Three cheers for everyone staking their bags heading into the weekend! 🍺🧵 What to expect:<ul><li>👀 Real Reward Rates</li><li>📰 Weekly Briefing</li><li>🌐 4 New Assets in Town</li><li>🎯 Stake Directly to a Validator</li><li>🗣️ Your Opinion Matters, Anon &nbsp;</li></ul>Read time: 2 minutes&nbsp;This edition is presented by Claystack!Claystack is a modular DVT based Liquid Staking Protocol. Thanks to their Validator Funding Provider (VFP), Home Stakers can join the DVT cluster set without bonding.Early participants can earn CLAY points by depositing ETH, redeemable for CLAY tokens at 1:1, an industry first. Join the staking revolution today!<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://app.claystack.com/stake/ethereum?utm_source=brevo&amp;utm_campaign=Staking%20Insider%2023&amp;utm_medium=email">Stake with Claystack</a>&nbsp;<h2>👀 Let's Talk About Real Reward Rates</h2>This week we’re taking a look at the Real Reward Rate metric.What exactly is it?... and how can you use it?In a nutshell, the Real Reward Rate metric is the nominal reward rate of the network adjusted for inflation.Let's look at a comparison of the Real Reward Rate between ADA &amp; SUI, as shown below.<img src="https://tidy-ball-c49dc59f59.media.strapiapp.com/cardanosui_2953a7cf5b.png" alt="cardanosui.png">As a precursor, there is a lot to consider when looking at both of these assets side-by-side. Their respective blockchains each have very different staking mechanisms and tokenomics. Today we are just considering the Real Reward Rate!On the left you can see that ADA has a Reward Rate of 3.08%, which when adjusted by the inflation of the network (2.49%), leaves a Real Reward Rate of 0.58%.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.stakingrewards.com/asset/cardano">Cardano</a> is a very well-established blockchain, which saw native staking going live back in July 2020. Inflation on the network has seen a steady down trend over the past 90 days, dropping by 0.15%. Cardano's Real Reward Rate of 0.58% may seem low, but it is not being outpaced by inflation on the network and ADA stakers remain resolute. Staking Rewards could increase in the future if the network sees an increase in transactions.In contrast, Sui has a Reward Rate of 4.56%, but a negative Real Reward Rate of -23.59%. This is due to the high inflation rate of the network, which is currently 36.85%.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.stakingrewards.com/asset/sui">Sui</a> is a much newer blockchain, having only launched back in May 2023. Inflation rate on the network is high, but that can be the case with newer networks and it has been trending down, dropping by just over 10% over the past 90 days. There is a planned token unlock later in Q1, so it will be interesting to see how this effects staking in the coming months.In SUI, despite higher nominal staking rewards, token holders face dilution of their share in the total supply. Conversely, in ADA, stakers with lower nominal rewards actually increase their share of the total supply, with only non-stakers experiencing dilution.Compare the Real Reward Rate of other PoS Assets on our website...<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.stakingrewards.com/assets/proof-of-stake?sort=real_reward_rate&amp;timeframe=7d&amp;order=desc&amp;byChange=false&amp;utm_source=brevo&amp;utm_campaign=Staking%20Insider%2023&amp;utm_medium=email">Compare Real Reward Rates</a>&nbsp;<h2>📰 Weekly Briefing</h2>More top news this week from the world of staking…<ul><li>Ethereum devs implement <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theblock.co/post/273050/ethereum-dencun-goerli-proto-danksharding">Dencun upgrade</a> on Goerli testnet</li><li>AltLayer set to launch native token, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://blog.altlayer.io/altlayers-alt-token-launch-f49bf8ac2556">plans airdrop</a> for early supporters</li><li>Ethereum restaking protocol Renzo raises seed round at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theblock.co/post/272679/ethereum-restaking-protocol-renzo-eigenlayer-funding-valuation">$25 million valuation</a></li><li>Uma token sees <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theblock.co/post/273532/uma-token-sees-90-surge-after-hinting-at-mev-focused-solution">90% surge</a> after hinting at MEV-focused solution</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/17/dydx-tops-uniswap-as-largest-dex-by-volume/">dYdX Tops Uniswap</a> as Largest DEX by Volume</li></ul>&nbsp;<h2>🌐 There's a new asset in town (well... 4 actually)</h2>Four new PoS Assets have been added to the website this week. One of which has debuted into the top 5, in terms of Staking Market Cap, with $8.4B worth of assets staked to the network. The token in question is TIA, the native asset of Celestia, a PoS network built using the Cosmos SDK.If you haven’t been initiated into the world of Cosmos, they essentially helped raise the bar when it comes to interoperability within Proof-of-Stake networks. With Cosmos SDK, teams can build application specific blockchains, on top of the Tendermint Core, a battle-tested consensus engine that debuted back in 2014.The other three PoS chains integrated this week were all built using the Cosmos SDK, including Kyve, Agoric, and Fetch.ai. Be sure to check them out!<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.stakingrewards.com/assets/cosmos-ecosystem?sort=staking_marketcap&amp;timeframe=7d&amp;order=desc&amp;byChange=false&amp;utm_source=brevo&amp;utm_campaign=Staking%20Insider%2023&amp;utm_medium=email">View All Cosmos Networks</a>&nbsp;<h2>🎯 Stake Directly to a Validator</h2>We've just made it a whole lot easier to stake PoS Assets on our website.Stake buttons are now displayed next to our Verified Staking Providers (VSPs), linking directly to the "staking checkout" within the indicated wallet.Streamline your due diligence and stake via a VSP. Scroll down to the Staking Provider section on any PoS Asset page i.e. Solana, Osmosis &amp; more.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.stakingrewards.com/assets/proof-of-stake?utm_source=brevo&amp;utm_campaign=Staking%20Insider%2023&amp;utm_medium=email">View All PoS Assets</a>&nbsp;<h2> 🗣️ Your Opinion Matters, Anon</h2>If you made it this far, please help others discover staking! We'd really appreciate your thoughts on our website.Take our short survey (takes 1 min), your feedback means a lot.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://stakingrewards.typeform.com/to/SkCeBLPf?utm_source=brevo&amp;utm_campaign=Staking%20Insider%2023&amp;utm_medium=email">Take the survey</a> &nbsp;

Staking Insider #23: What are Real Reward Rates?