Dinero's ipxETH as Insitutional DeFi w/ @0xSami

Dinero (formerly Redacted) has unveiled ipxETH, an institutional-grade Ethereum liquid staking product developed in partnership with Nomura's Laser Digital and Galaxy Digital. ipxETH is designed to provide accredited investors and institutions access to Ethereum staking yields using Dinero’s on-chain suite of products while adhering to strict compliance standards.

0xSami, Dinero's founder, explained the significance of this collaboration: "We realized very early on... as we tried to appeal to this new set of users coming in to crypto as a whole... it's all about trust. And if we were to just build ipxETH by ourselves... I don't think we would have been able to get the traction we did."

ipxETH builds upon Dinero's existing Pirex ETH system, which uses a unique two-token model for Ethereum liquid staking first popularized by Frax. This model, consisting of pxETH and apxETH, offers users flexibility while maximizing yield-earning opportunities for their ETH.

pxETH functions as a redeemable wrapper for ETH, maintaining a 1:1 peg to ETH's price. It allows holders to pursue various DeFi opportunities such as providing liquidity across multiple DEXes, borrowing, and lending. apxETH, on the other hand, is an ERC-4626 vault share that users receive when staking their pxETH, offering boosted ETH staking yields.

The institutional version, ipxETH is essentially a wrapper for apxETH that employs segregated infrastructure to keep institutional funds separate from retail deposits, addressing key regulatory concerns. As 0xSami, Dinero's founder, explained: "When it comes into ipxETH... We're stacking up until we get to 32 ETH to spin up a validator. Whereas with deposits from the KYC address, we're stacking up... on a separate tally, to create the validator."

This is the first institutional grade DeFi product and we can’t deny the future significance of what Dinero has built for future unlocking of institutional capital for the Ethereum staking ecosystem. With its compliance-focused approach, competitive yield potential, and the ability to incorporate advanced features like restaking, ipxETH is setting a high standard for our entire industry. 

Dinero’s new product is just one of many new TradFi crypto products released this year, the biggest being the recently launched Ethereum ETFs. Staking is not allowed yet for these products, but its assumed it will be added in the future. 

0xSami expressed confidence in the face of potential competition from Ethereum ETFs adding staking capabilities: "If staked Ethereum is deemed compliant enough to be a part of the ETF, then I think we're in the best position we've ever been because we've just proven that ipxETH is the only institutional grade LSD on the market right now that's working with big names."

As the liquid staking derivatives (LSD) market becomes increasingly crowded, Dinero's approach with ipxETH sets it apart. They aren’t implementing new points systems chasing the meta or making wild claims about the future returns from restaking. The product's ability to offer institutional-grade compliance while maintaining the benefits of DeFi yields positions it uniquely in the market.

As crypto evolves from its roots as a fringe, gray market technology to a global financial powerhouse, products like ipxETH are at the forefront of this transformation. The days of regulatory arbitrage and operating in the shadows are giving way to a new era of institutional adoption and mainstream acceptance. 

ipxETH bridges the gap between the wild west of early DeFi and the regulated world of traditional finance. As 0xSami noted, "We've been able to prove now that [ipxETH] could be used in a variety of different applications." 

This adaptability and compliance-focused design could set a new standard for the industry.

As crypto continues its journey from the fringes to the heart of global finance, projects like ipxETH are not just participating in this evolution – they're actively shaping it, paving the way for a future where decentralized and traditional finance seamlessly coexist.