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How will LST innovation affect restaking systemic risk? LST (Liquid Staking Token) innovation reshapes systemic risk by abstracting validator exposure into composable DeFi primitives. When LSTs are restaked, users take on slashing risk from both Ethereum consensus and AVS-level behavior—often without direct visibility into validator actions. As restaked LSTs become collateral across lending, derivatives, and LPs, slash events can propagate through multiple protocols. Innovation around modular risk flags, slashing disclosures, and “risk-tiered” LST tranches can help mitigate this. Without such risk plumbing, aggressive LST integration could increase contagion potential, especially during governance failures or mass AVS outages.

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