# Without staking, institutional crypto investors cannot escape inflation
“# Without staking, institutional crypto investors cannot escape inflation ” By 2021, proof-of-stake (PoS) anchored itself as the consensus mechanism of choice for new and innovative blockchains. Ethereum 2.0, Cardano, Solana, Polkadot, Terra Luna — five out of the top 10 base layer blockchains run on PoS. It’s easy to see why PoS blockchains are…