Lido V3 & Chorus One: Expanding Institutional ETH Staking with stVaults
Product Overview
Ethereum staking continues to mature, and institutions with significant ETH holdings are increasingly looking for secure and yield-competitive strategies. Chorus One are building solutions that combine simplicity, flexibility, and performance – allowing their clients to participate in Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem without added complexity.
Chorus One’s latest staking product leverages Lido stVaults to deliver two complementary strategies:
- Vanilla staking: a straightforward ETH staking experience tailored for institutions seeking reliable yield.
- Looped staking: a strategy that compounds rewards by re-deploying staked ETH into lending and borrowing protocols, thereby maximizing yield potential while maintaining access to liquidity.
This dual approach positions Chorus One to better meet the diverse needs of institutional clients – whether they value simplicity, capital efficiency, or higher yield.
Why stVaults and stETH?
Several factors make stVaults and stETH a natural fit for Chorus One’s institutional staking product:
- Strategic alignment with Lido: As an early Lido Node Operator and DAO contributor, Chorus One has deep familiarity with the protocol and its governance.
- Risk-aware infrastructure: stVaults are designed with robust safeguards, making them well-suited for institutions with high security requirements.
- Liquidity advantage of stETH: stETH is one of the most liquid staking tokens in the market. Its use of ETH-based liquidation oracles on lending platforms reduces the risk of premature liquidations during market volatility, making it particularly effective for looped staking.
- Full autonomy over vaults: Chorus One can now design, deploy, and manage vaults end-to-end, ensuring tighter control over product design, client relationships, and revenue flow.
Integration and Security Approach
Security remains foundational to the approach. Chorus One is actively testing vanilla and looped staking strategies on testnets to validate reliability, scalability, and client safety.
If custom smart contract development is required, they will follow strict transparency standards by publishing fully public audits. Institutions can also review our broader security framework in Chorus One Handbook and Security documentation.
Expected Outcomes
By integrating stVaults into staking product suite, Chorus One is unlocking several benefits for institutions:
- Optimized rewards: competitive yield strategies that balance security, liquidity, and capital efficiency.
- Operational flexibility: faster product iterations and the ability to adapt strategies as markets evolve.
- Direct client alignment: institutions can now work exclusively with Chorus One, reducing reliance on multiple operators.
- Scalability: a foundation for both vanilla and advanced strategies, with optional curator partnerships for more complex vault designs.
The launch of stVault-based staking products marks a significant step forward in Chorus One’s institutional offering. By combining the liquidity of stETH with the flexibility of stVaults, they are empowering institutions to access yield opportunities that are both secure and scalable, without unnecessary dependencies.
At Chorus One, they believe the future of ETH staking lies in making institutional participation seamless, capital-efficient, and reward-optimized, and stVaults are a key part of that vision.