Mara Schmiedt

Expert Mara Schmiedt discusses institutional liquid staking in crypto, focusing on Ethereum's staking landscape, risks, restaking opportunities, and Alluvial's ultrasound infrastructure. The episode explores staking dynamics, regulatory challenges, LS-Eath product stack, ETF impact, and the importance of validator distribution for decentralization in blockchain technology.

Mara Schmiedt, co-founder and CEO of Alluvial, discusses the role of liquid staking in the crypto market, the introduction of service level agreements (SLAs), the target customer segment, and the future of liquid staking. They also touch on the significance of KYC in the minting process and the potential expansion of the protocol into other chains and networks.