Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
With the Ethereum Merge on the horizon, everybody is talking about staking – a process whereby crypto holders put their digital assets to work and earn passive income without needing to sell them.
Episode 30 of CopperCasts welcomes Lorien Gabel, CEO of Figment, one of the most important players in the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) space. Founded in 2018, Figment is a Canadian-based PoS infrastructure provider, offering institutional staking and supporting various projects with infrastructure and services.
In the above Show & Tell, Lorien explains why over the past two years, PoS has been gaining traction on Proof-of-Work (PoW), and why going forward, he expects PoS to remain the dominant consensus mechanism.
To hear Lorien's full interview with CopperCasts host, Tyler Kenyon, head over to our Spotify, Audible or Podbean channels. In this conversation, the two discuss all things staking and the misconceptions around it, what the Ethereum Merge really means for investors, and also how regulations around staking are evolving.
With the Ethereum Merge on the horizon, everybody is talking about staking – a process whereby crypto holders put their digital assets to work and earn passive income without needing to sell them.
Episode 30 of CopperCasts welcomes Lorien Gabel, CEO of Figment, one of the most important players in the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) space. Founded in 2018, Figment is a Canadian-based PoS infrastructure provider, offering institutional staking and supporting various projects with infrastructure and services.
In the above Show & Tell, Lorien explains why over the past two years, PoS has been gaining traction on Proof-of-Work (PoW), and why going forward, he expects PoS to remain the dominant consensus mechanism.
To hear Lorien's full interview with CopperCasts host, Tyler Kenyon, head over to our Spotify, Audible or Podbean channels. In this conversation, the two discuss all things staking and the misconceptions around it, what the Ethereum Merge really means for investors, and also how regulations around staking are evolving.
