Marinade v2: Optimizing SOL Staking Returns

Marinade, one of the largest Solana liquid staking protocols, has announced a v2 revamp that aims to consolidate its standing in the space by optimizing staking returns. This piece summarizes three initiatives that Marinade v2 offers.

Liquid (delegated) staking offers numerous advantages over native staking, as stakers do not need to operate hardware-intensive node software and their tokenized stake can be deployed elsewhere, such as using it as collateral for borrowing.