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Bitwise, Canary to list first U.S. Solana, Litecoin, HBAR ETFs
Bitwise Asset Management and Canary Capital will introduce the first U.S. exchange-traded funds tied to Solana, Litecoin and Hedera on Tuesday. Bitwise’s Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) will list on the New York Stock Exchange Arca, while Canary’s Litecoin ETF and HBAR ETF will begin trading on Nasdaq. 
Restaking: A Strategy to Boost Capital Efficiency
April 2023 marked a pivotal update in the Ethereum blockchain with Shapella (Shanghai + Capella), enabling the withdrawal of ETH from staking. This innovation gave rise to restaking, a method that allows locked ETH to be utilized both within the Ethereum main network and across various protocols. -ie3yh3cQ.png "VanEck seeks approval for first ETF using Lido’s stETH collateral")
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Starknet rolls out BTC staking with 100M STRK push
Starknet has switched on what it calls the first trustless way to stake Bitcoin on a Layer‑2. Holders of wrapped BTC (WBTC, tBTC, Liquid BTC, SolvBTC) can delegate on Starknet and earn rewards without giving up custody, while those balances also help secure the network. 
At Ethereum Singapore 2024, ETH co-founder Vitalik Buterin urged for more individual staking, highlighting its importance for the security and decentralization of the network. He noted that independent and diverse stakeholders can counterbalance centralized entities and reduce their control. 
