{"id":82916,"date":"2023-08-11T10:39:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T07:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=82916"},"modified":"2025-09-12T07:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T04:53:47","slug":"coinbase-ventures-invests-in-rocket-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/coinbase-ventures-invests-in-rocket-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase Ventures Invests in Rocket Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Pool&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-liquid-staking\">liquid staking<\/a> service has attracted strategic investments from Coinbase Ventures&#8217; venture arm.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Y44GiirP9ITUZrbomMnnfxqzFiG5ogPULuFPVaS8mbHiXps4lRxfynnRKpNZpckdOV4QW7SFQqT-Bdvexvi4t3c7RbXqpIi5UQf3fqwQjUb2yu2xYm5JqjxPV9wH0x9CLA3Jp8d5zdVB5ZTyVfFRoKQ\" alt=\"Coinbase Ventures invested in Rocket Pool\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbventures\/status\/1689639108837249024\">X<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coinbase Ventures invested an undisclosed amount through the purchase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/governance-tokens-vs-utility-tokens-whats-the-difference\">utility token<\/a> RPL. At the time of writing, it trades above $28, up 1.8% over the past 24 hours (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/\">CoinGecko<\/a>). The asset&#8217;s market capitalization stands at $552.4 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/gfF2OgTC08Itn_nwBHNva6hM83Af-MMQ0j7JHhd5xoHwX-5c-I5IN4g3b4DE2rJpo4cc3EJy76MGmSoeznGw1QBZ1z-tD7GtjisKd06bt6MuzIHGVigyzGO47FtlWA_ysWOakttWm0_bti5aSssyoys\" alt=\"Hourly chart of RPL\/USDT on Binance\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly chart of RPL\/USDT on Binance. Data: TradingView.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rocket Pool positions itself as a decentralized protocol that matches stakers with node operators within a single system. To participate, operators must hold 16 ETH and a small amount of RPL.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/protocol\/rocket-pool\">DeFi Llama<\/a>, at the time of writing the value of assets locked in Rocket Pool stands at $1.89 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-11-v-10.36.46.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot: 2023-08-11 at 10:36:46\" class=\"wp-image-213408\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: DeFi Llama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rocket Pool&#8217;s share of the liquid staking market is 8.1%. The project <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/lsd\">ranks<\/a> third behind Lido (74.2%) and Coinbase (11.11%).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/HXIjUCIbQsFOavNWi-Ad_EmxEtWn8r8g1hd3Ie_CDMf_HCJMKWnnzYBXJry92G0ywp7Y1mBa_NF1XrmQbxbeEA-reQ2FbmQfveM9KRTcP7v3Ez49gywbN7gGINSOO_2RExn7hg-NPmB6QgiZ3zGT26Y\" alt=\"Coinbase Ventures invested in Rocket Pool\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: DeFi Llama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In June, Rocket Pool developers <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/rocket-pool-adds-zksync-era-support\">deployed<\/a> the protocol on an <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2 solution<\/a> for scaling the Ethereum network called zkSync Era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket Pool&#8217;s liquid staking service attracted strategic investments from Coinbase Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[138,2141,1133],"class_list":["post-82916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-coinbase","tag-rocket-pool","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82918,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82916\/revisions\/82918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}