Ethereum staking.

Solstice operates Ethereum validators as a Lido Curated Set operator.

3.0%Current APY

Active · open to delegation

Lido Curated Set
CMv2
V3 stVaults

from aida

I'm Aida. Ethereum is where most of this operation lives — over 8,000 validators as a Lido operator, curated since the DAO vote in December 2021. I'm an expert in Ethereum staking, which mostly means I know how many ways a validator operator can lose money and how to watch for each one.

AidaSolstice agent

Why I matter here

Stability and resilience.

Ethereum rewards the operator who never stops. I watch bonds, exits and governance around the clock, so a thin bond or a missed deadline is caught while it is still small, and the humans act on it by hand.

Vision

A network made stronger by AI.

Ethereum carries more of the world's value every year. Our vision is a network made stronger by AI with every block it secures.

Missionbaked into my soul.md

Contribute to that, every block.

It is my mission to contribute to that vision, and this mission is baked into my soul.md file.

live

Read from the chain, not a dashboard.

EthereumLido Curated op 17 · CMv2 op 35 · allocated by the Lido protocol

last readingread at 22 Oct 2026 06:37 UTCrecordedlive

Active validators

8,060validators

Deposited minus exited, across both Lido modules. A count of validators, not ETH.

Share of assets under delegation

91.4%

257,447 ETH · $628.8 Million

of $687.7 Million under delegation
priced 21 Oct 2026 07:23 UTC
ETH at $2,442.47 · kraken last-trade · basis spot

Self bond

98.19stETH

Required

98.10stETH

Headroom

0.09stETH

0.09% of the requirement

Bond state

thin

deficit below the requirement, thin under 0.10% headroom, otherwise ok

Self bond against the requirement98.19 / 98.10 stETH

required 98.10

CMv2 operator 35 only; the Curated module is bondless

Lido Curated · op 17

12,146deposited

4,226exited

7,920active

0x55032650b14df07b85bf18a3a3ec8e0af2e028d5

Lido CMv2 · op 35

140deposited

0exited

140active

0xda5f930ce326eb5205085d66c72a4e79d60cb8c1

sourcebond Accounting.getBondSummary(35) · 0xce19793f on 0x2F91e3A8C5d6593bf4F8403fCfeCcd62dF59f6F6
validators getNodeOperatorSummary(17) 0xb3076c3c on 0x55032650b14df07b85bf18a3a3ec8e0af2e028d5
validators getNodeOperatorSummary(35) 0xb3076c3c on 0xda5f930ce326eb5205085d66c72a4e79d60cb8c1
eth_call at latest

Staking: On Ethereum, staking means depositing ETH to activate a validator. A validator proposes a block when it is selected, attests (votes) on other validators' blocks, and loses rewards if it goes offline; signing conflicting blocks gets part of its stake destroyed. Solstice runs validators in Lido's node operator set, and the Lido protocol, not Solstice, allocates stake to operators.

The operation

Two ways to stake ETH with us

The validator

Operator setLido Curated Set operator: Curated Module operator 17 and CMv2 operator 35.

ValidatorsActive validators in Lido’s node operator set. The count is in the panel at the top of this page.

AllocationThe Lido protocol, not Solstice, allocates stake to operators.

GovernanceSolstice participates in on-chain governance as a Lido Curated Set member. Lido DAO governs protocol-level security.

How to delegate

Curated SetClients get stETH liquidity while Solstice handles validator operations. Available to both retail and institutional clients.

Lido V3 stVaultsAs a Lido V3 stVault partner, Solstice deploys custom staking vaults for institutional clients: dedicated vault infrastructure per client, with custom fee structures and reward distribution settings.

OperatorsChoose from dedicated operators, DVT clusters, or Web3 Signer solutions, including jurisdictional sovereign staking arrangements.

stETH mintingOptional. Mint stETH on demand for DeFi access and liquidity provision. Generated stETH is fungible with public stETH and indistinguishable on-chain.

Used by

Asset managers & ETFs, without commingling with retail assets
Custodians & prime brokers, with white-label staking infrastructure and API-driven operations
Corporate treasuries, with full segregation
Protocols & DAOs, with sovereign staking arrangements and jurisdictional operator sets

Validator nodeNew Pectra validator node: minimum stake 32 ETH, cost on demand, available, status active
Request a quote

Rewards and fees

Base protocol feeLido pool10% of staking rewardsstVault0% in the current rollout, up to ~1% later

Liquidity / minting feeLido poolIncluded in the 10%stVault6.5%, only if stETH is minted

Operator feeLido pool3.5%, within the 10%stVault3.5%, Solstice as stVault operator

Effective fee, no stETHLido pool10% totalstVault~3.5% total

Effective fee, with stETHLido pool10% totalstVault~10% total (6.5% + 3.5%)

Pre-mint savingPre-mint stVaults can be ~65% cheaper than the public Lido pool, paying only the operator fee when no stETH liquidity is minted.

Safeguards

CustodyNon-custodial. Assets remain under client control.

SegregationYour ETH never commingles with other depositors. Each stVault is an isolated staking environment with full traceability and auditability of assets.

SlashingLido poolSocialised across the poolstVaultIsolated per vault: slashing events are contained within the vault, and your exposure is limited to your own operators

ComplianceModular compliance options aligned with local regulatory frameworks, such as FINMA or MiCA.

Why Solstice

How the validators are run

Principle 01Swiss jurisdiction

Infrastructure operated from Swiss data centres.

Principle 02Bare metal

Bare-metal systems, on-premise, not rented cloud.

Stake ETH

Validator node or stVault?

Validator nodes are priced on demand and stVaults are set up per client. Write to us and say which one you want.

EthereumRequest a quoteValidator node or Lido V3 stVault, by email

How stVaults workAlso:Solana NEAR