Cactus Custody and Chorus One partnership promises the integration of Cactus Link with ETH Vaults, offering a unified interface for institutional Ethereum staking with MEV Max and Obol support.
More on the Integration Between Cactus Custody and Chorus One and the Ethereum Staking Opportunity
To understand the potential of this integration, let’s take a closer look at the projects behind it. Cactus Custody, part of the Matrixport ecosystem, offers the multichain extension Cactus Link, which allows organizations to interact with decentralized financial infrastructure without the need to directly manage private keys. Chorus One, in turn, provides ETH Vaults – an interface for convenient and efficient Ethereum staking.
Thus, the integration of Cactus Link with ETH Vaults enables low-friction staking: clients select their preferred participation type – MEV Max or Obol – and gain access to functionality through a secure and verified environment that meets audit and KYC requirements.
MEV Max offers pooled staking mechanisms, where clients participate in collective validation with the potential to receive MEV rewards, and the inclusion of the MEV component implies operation based on technologies similar to MEV-boost, which allow validators to collect additional fees for priority transaction inclusion. Obol implements a slightly different architecture, with decentralized validator coordination, aiming to increase fault tolerance and minimize slashing risks.
Note that all of this includes simultaneous support for both EVM and non-EVM networks within an infrastructure that does not require storage of seed phrases or private keys while maintaining control over access, authorization, and audit of operations.
Conclusion
A rather flexible staking opportunity with enhanced simplicity, reliability, and compliance – sounds like a win of technology over bureaucracy. We’ll see whether it truly performs as efficiently as claimed, but at this stage, it certainly appears promising.
