The idea of staking is nothing new in the financial world. A good example of this concept comes in the form of Fixed Income Assets. These assets – they could be bonds, exchange-traded funds, or a number of other assets – function by being bought by investors with the understanding that they will be paid a fixed amount of interest and these funds will be “locked” until they reach maturity at which point the initial investment will be returned. Not a revolutionary concept by any stretch of the imagination.