Subsequent week, Index Coop is about to launch dsETH: an index token that gives customers diversified publicity to staked ETH whereas encouraging competitors & decentralization throughout the liquid staking ecosystem
Key factors:
dsETH supplies holders with entry to diversified, sustainable and fewer unstable liquid staking yield through a basket of the highest ETH liquid staking tokens
The index will embody Lido’s stETH, Rocket Pool’s rETH and StakeWise’s sETH2 at launch and can add extra liquid staking tokens as they meet the general public inclusion standards
The product’s methodology is designed to encourage competitors throughout the area by favoring liquid staking protocols with extra node operators, a balanced distribution of stake and decrease charges
dsETH offers market contributors a easy car to help decentralized liquid staking derivatives with out concentrating their threat in a single asset or issuing protocol
The hope that this finally interprets to elevated adoption of liquid staking, decrease charges and higher returns for holders, in addition to a extra strong, decentralized community.
Rocket Pool’s rETH, Lido’s stETH & StakeWise’s sETH2 can be included at launch
Notable Exclusions
Coinbase’s cbETH has not been included as a result of noncompetitive price of 25% of staking yield (versus 10% at different liquid staking protocols)
Frax’s frxETH has not been included on account of centralization of node operators: all validators are at present operated by Frax’s core staff
You possibly can learn extra about dsETH: the Diversified Staked ETH Index on Index Coop’s governance discussion board
disclosure: OP u/theyoungcrews is on the core staff of Index Coop, a DAO constructing on-chain structured merchandise
