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A Bloomberg article published today, Feb. 1, suggests that proof-of-stake (PoS) token investors have a unique option to survive the protracted crypto market slump: staking their holdings.
In blockchains that use a PoS system — as opposed to proof-of-work (PoW) — nodes in the network engage in validating blocks, rather than mining them. A deterministic algorithm selects block validators based on the number of tokens a given node has staked in their wallet — i.e. deposited as collateral in order to compete to add the next block to the chain.