Protocols for staking ETH, SOL, and other assets — receiving liquid staking tokens you can use in DeFi while earning staking rewards. Covers solo staking, liquid staking, and restaking.
All tools independently reviewed. Updated 2026. Affiliate links marked *.
The largest liquid staking protocol for ETH — stake any amount and receive yield-bearing stETH
Lido is the dominant liquid staking protocol for Ethereum, controlling roughly 28–33% of all staked ETH and making it the largest single DeFi protocol by TVL at…
Decentralized ETH staking with permissionless node operators and rETH for true protocol diversity
Rocket Pool is the most decentralized Ethereum liquid staking protocol, built specifically to distribute validator power as broadly as possible. Anyone can beco…
Restaking protocol that extends Ethereum economic security to new services for additional yield
EigenLayer invented restaking — a primitive that allows Ethereum validators and liquid staking token holders to extend their slashable economic stake to additio…