I was looking at staking my ethereum. The interest rate seems good and I found BlockFi.com which seems to be around 10% (not guaranteed rate though). Is there a risk of losing coins and is staking recommended? For Ethereum, which site pays the highest APR and is the most reliable/safest?
Thanks!
If you strongly believe in Ethereum you can try Ethereum 2.0. staking. And now you are not to have at least 32 ETH and you even can return your money from staking earlier than Ethereum 2.0. launches. It is available because of different new projects, now I will tell you how.
To become a validator you can:
Launch your own node by staking 32 ETH;
Via non-custodial validators (p2p.org);
Via custodial services (crypto exchanges);
decentralised pools.
Lido creates an on-chain asset, stETH (staked ETH), which is issued in exchange for ETH sent for staking on Eth2. stETH can be bought, sold and used as collateral in DeFi protocols, increasing capital efficiency and the ability to generate increased income. So your Ethereum will not be locked.