Liquid Collective

Join industry-leading experts D. Scott Bennett, Jake Chervinsky, Michael Selig, Tiffany J. Smith, and host Evan Thomas for a panel on the current legal and regulatory considerations surrounding staking and liquid staking in the United States. Thursday, Apr 4th at 2pm ET: https://lnkd.in/eW295rVE

NORS is thrilled to welcome Carey Carpenter, Digital Assurance and Transparency Trust Solutions Partner at PwC, as the latest NORS Qualified Assessor 🎉 Carey joins existing Qualified Assessors, including Eric Rae and Chimaobi Ezeibe from KPMG, in a pivotal role for NORS certification, engaging with Ethereum node operators to assess that their infrastructure meets institutional-grade risk management standards for secure and resilient staking practices. The Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS) continues to set the bar for operational excellence, offering stakers and service providers a transparent framework and third-party certification to evaluate ETH staking operators. Welcome to the mission of expanding reliability & transparency in Ethereum staking! 🌐🔒 Learn more about NORS and how to get started: https://nors.global/

Today! Join Obol Association , Liquid Collective and guests on the Blockworks Research X channel (@blockworksres) at 1 PM ET / 18:00 GMT for insights on the institutional staking landscape. https://lnkd.in/eZUp9AQB

NORS has approved its first Qualified Readiness Assessor, Marc Krisjanous of SixBlocks Audit! Qualified Readiness Assessors can be engaged as a first step in NORS Certification, helping node operators ensure they’re fully prepared for attestation. Get started with NORS, the first-of-its-kind certification for Ethereum node operator risk management:  https://lnkd.in/egamSNZW

Liquid Collective has completed formal verification of the protocol’s smart contracts, providing a ninth review of the protocol's security and reliability. The v1.2.1 upgrade also included a security mitigation and key enhancements. Read about the upgrade, and how formal verification validates correctness in a way that traditional testing can’t: https://lnkd.in/eMg-G99r

Anchorage Digital becomes the first US-regulated bank to enable direct access to liquid staking with the integration of Liquid Collective's LsETH. Now, asset managers, funds, and other institutions can seamlessly mint and redeem LsETH directly through their Anchorage accounts—unlocking all the benefits of liquid staking their ETH. Probably nothing... Read here 👇 https://lnkd.in/etAASMAq

Anchorage Digital has launched support for Liquid Collective’s LsETH, making it the first OCC-chartered, US-regulated bank to support participation in liquid staking. Institutions—VC firms, wealth and asset managers, protocols, and others—can now participate in liquid staking using ETH held on the Anchorage Digital platform and receive LsETH directly into their Anchorage Digital accounts.  In addition to staking support and custody, Anchorage Digital clients can now restake their LsETH on EigenLayer directly from the Anchorage Digital platform. This unlocks all-in-one access to innovative onchain participation for institutions. Learn more about how this integration opens opportunities for institutions to participate in ETH staking in the announcement: https://lnkd.in/eC6HrVnp

I had a fantastic time at the NORS NYC Launch event. Thanks to everyone who was a part of it for making it such a great event!

Thank you to everyone who attended and spoke at Monday's NORS / NYC launch event. We are thrilled to see experts from a wide range of companies recognize the importance of the standard for node operator security and excellence! 🎉 Speakers included Amor Sexton, Annalea Ilg, CISSP, Ben Spiegelman, Camyar Matini, Carey Carpenter, Chris Battenfield, Collin Myers, David Michael, Eric Rae, Evan McGowan, Evan Weiss, Frederick Allen, Gaëtan Thabot, Glenn Morgan, Harry Austin, Joshua Faier, CPA, Kunal Bhasin, Mara Schmiedt, Robert Christensen, Vanessa Lee, and Zane Glauber, CFA.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended the Liquid Collective breakfast at Token2049 Singapore!