Lido Institutional: Q3 2024 Review

Lido Institutional represents a dedicated group of contributors focused on advocating for the use of Lido’s open-source, liquid staking middleware by non-retail users. Lido's middleware provides a way to participate in the blockchain network validation process and get staking rewards for this activity. With a mission to democratize staking, Lido’s middleware lets users connect with node operators and stake their digital assets without the need to individually maintain hardware.

Q3 2024 has seen institutions announcing the independent integration of stETH, thus enabling their users’ access to Lido’s liquid staking middleware. 

These include exchanges and custodians such as: 

• Deribit, a cryptocurrency exchange that has enabled the launch of trading and use of stETH on their platform. 
• Wintermute, an algorithmic trading firm offers stETH OTC and accepts stETH as collateral on their platform.
• Fireblocks, a platform delivering an infrastructure for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets that has enabled its users to stake their ETH through Lido’s liquid staking middleware for Ethereum. Fireblocks has launched this independent integration to provide in-platform access to Lido’s liquid staking protocol and stETH token. Their users can now stake their ETH, get network staking rewards, and use stETH for on-chain activities, including Fireblocks Off Exchange, which allows Fireblocks users to lock their stETH in a self-custodial wallet to trade on exchanges like Deribit and Bybit.

Q4 2024

As we enter Q4 2024, Lido Institutional’s dedicated group of contributors is dedicated to advocating for the continuous use of Lido’s open-source, liquid staking middleware by non-retail users. 

To learn more, visit the Lido Institutional website: lido.fi/institutional.

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