Thanks for the recap! I jumped to an appropriate section hoping it would answer my main question, but alas it did not! So for anyone reading who could give this noob a lesson...

The question is a minor variant on the idea of “Where does the money come from?” but exclusively to the concept of dens/staking. Liquidity pools I get, as you’re generating income based off the fees taken in by people utilizing the pool for trading. But what exactly do the single asset staking contracts do with those funds? Do those dens loan assets or backstop liquidity in some way? As I’ve started to experiment & learn that’s the biggest aspect I don’t get! Anyone providing clarity would be much appreciated!