Summary
- Lido said it has officially launched stVaults on mainnet, offering institution- and protocol-specific customization within its Ethereum-based liquid staking protocol.
- stVaults, a core feature of the Lido V3 upgrade, is designed to let users tailor node operator selection, fee structures and risk-management approaches via non-custodial smart contracts.
- Created vaults are staked directly to Ethereum’s proof-of-stake (PoS) network and are linked to Lido’s liquid staking token stETH; Lido added that institutional investors including Linea and Nansen joined as early users.
Lido (LDO), an Ethereum (ETH)-based liquid staking protocol, said on the 30th that it has officially launched “stVaults” on mainnet, enabling institution- and protocol-specific customized staking.
stVaults, a core feature of the Lido V3 upgrade, allows institutions, layer-2 (L2) networks and protocols to design their own staking setups via non-custodial smart contracts. The feature has undergone about a year of testing since it was first unveiled in February 2025.
Specifically, stVaults is designed to move beyond Lido’s existing one-size-fits-all staking product by allowing users to tailor elements such as node operator selection, fee structures and risk-management approaches. Created vaults are staked directly to Ethereum’s proof-of-stake (PoS) network and are linked to Lido’s liquid staking token, stETH.
Alongside the launch, Lido said several institutional investors participated as early users, including Linea and on-chain data analytics firm Nansen.
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