What you need to know about staked ether, the token at the center of crypto’s liquidity crisis

Another controversial cryptocurrency is causing havoc in the digital asset market — and this time, it’s not a stablecoin.

Staked ether, or stETH, is a token that’s supposed to be worth the same as ether. But for the past few weeks, it has been trading at a widening discount to the second-biggest cryptocurrency, fanning the flames…