ChainCatcher message, in the past seven days, the liquid staking protocol has accumulated an inflow of 110,000 ETH. Last week, Lido held 9.81 million ETH, which has now risen to 9.82 million, an increase of 10,000 ETH. Currently, Lido's ETH accounts for 71.67% of the locked ETH market share. Meanwhile, Rocket Pool has seen almost no change this week, maintaining a supply of 1.18 million ETH.Of the 110,000 ETH deposited, 88.27% flowed into the Binance Staked ETH protocol, with its ETH holdings rising from 912,902 to 1.01 million.The ETH supply on Mantle has also increased, rising from 488,734 to 507,452, an increase of 18,718 ETH.

ChainCatcher news, OKX Ventures announced an investment in the MEV-supported liquid staking platform aPriori based on the Monad network. aPriori is a liquid staking platform built on Monad, planning to use the new funds to expand the team, invest in security, and promote community development. Monad's high-performance parallel Ethereum Virtual Machine creates a new design space for node-level infrastructure, and the aPriori team chose to build on the EVM-compatible L1 Monad due to its portability and high performance.aPriori focuses on reducing gas fees, optimizing network traffic, and providing sustainable incentives for validators. OKX Ventures founder Dora stated, "We are excited to participate in the investment in aPriori, which reduces spam transactions and increases validator incentives through the redistribution of MEV, achieving decentralization of the Monad network. aPriori is committed to building a transaction-centric infrastructure for Monad, enhancing throughput and user experience, and preparing for the future ecological explosion of Monad."

ChainCatcher news, the multi-chain liquid staking platform Kelp DAO has now integrated with the OKX Web3 wallet. Users can perform multiple staking of ETH and liquid staking tokens through the OKX Web3 wallet on Kelp DAO, as well as provide liquidity and earn rewards. Kelp DAO is a triple-yield re-staking protocol based on EigenLayer. rsETH is the liquidity re-staking token (LRT) issued by Kelp DAO, designed to provide liquidity for non-liquid assets deposited into the re-staking platform.It is reported that the OKX Web3 wallet is an industry-leading one-stop Web3 entry point, now supporting over 85 public chains, with a unified experience across app, extension, and web. It covers five major areas: wallet, DEX, DeFi, NFT marketplace, and DApp exploration, and supports Ordinals marketplace, MPC and AA smart contract wallets, gas exchange, and hardware wallet connections, among others.

ChainCatcher news, the CEO of the non-custodial liquidity staking platform Ether.Fi, Mike Silagadze, issued an open letter stating that OpenSea has halted trading of its NFT series ether.fan, which is supported by staked Ethereum. The NFT series was launched on July 11, with all 3000 NFTs minted on the first day, and over 6200 ETH staked. However, after the NFT went live on OpenSea, it disappeared from the trading list, and the new listing seems to be disabled, with no notifications or warnings received.The response received by Ether.Fi after contacting OpenSea was that NFT collections are not allowed to engage in any financial activities that require registration or licensing. Mike Silagadze stated that the ether.fan NFT is ETH wrapped in PFP.

ChainCatcher news, the bankrupt crypto lending company Celsius is suing the liquid staking platform StakeHound, accusing the platform of failing to return $150 million worth of ETH, MATIC, DOT, and other tokens.According to court documents, Celsius entrusted StakeHound to stake 60,000 ETH, 40 million MATIC, and 66,000 DOT in 2021. A court filing submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York states that after Celsius's bankruptcy, StakeHound initiated an arbitration agreement against Celsius in Switzerland, arguing that Celsius had no obligation to exchange stTokens for other tokens. StakeHound also claimed to have lost 35,000 keys related to Celsius's ETH, thereby absolving itself of the obligation to return these tokens.

ChainCatcher news, the non-custodial liquid staking platform ether.fi has launched the first phase of its mainnet, primarily involving delegated staking. A loyalty points membership program will also be introduced soon, allowing early adopters program (EAP) participants to migrate their ETH.Currently, the ether.fi smart contract audit is nearing completion and will be released shortly. At the same time, ether.fi will incorporate slashing insurance into the protocol through Nexus Mutual. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the non-custodial liquid staking platform ether.fi announced that it will launch its mainnet in the week of May 1st. ether.fi allows users to maintain control over their keys while delegating Ethereum validator operations to node operators. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, blockchain company RockX has launched an institutional liquidity staking platform called Bedrock. Bedrock provides institutional-level KYC and AML compliance services for institutions looking to stake more than 32 Ethereum. RockX founder and CEO Chen Zhuling stated that the company's initial target is exchanges and wealth management platforms, aiming to further attract large funds and banking institutions.According to previous reports, crypto trading company Amber Group led RockX's Series A financing and will be one of the first clients of Bedrock. (source link)