Plans to stake up to 6,000 ETH, London Stock Exchange-listed company KR1 launches Ethereum validators

Odaily: London Stock Exchange-listed blockchain infrastructure company KR1 plc has launched its own Ethereum validators, operated by P2P.org within Lido V3's stVaults. KR1 recently plans to stake up to 6,000 ETH, with the first batch of 10 validators going live, and the specific rollout pace depends on the Ethereum validator entry queue. KR1 retains control over deposits and withdrawals, validator fee arrangements, and vault role permissions, and has the option to mint stETH for liquidity. Lido stated that stVaults resolve the trade-off between native staking and liquid staking, allowing stakers to both select validators and retain ownership while maintaining liquidity through stETH. Lido disclosed that the stVaults smart contracts have been audited by firms including Certora, MixBytes, Consensys Diligence, Ackee Blockchain, and Sigma Prime, and offer a bug bounty of up to $2 million.