Lido Ecosystem Foundation Allocates to Origin’s stETH ARM

We’re pleased to share that the Lido Ecosystem Foundation (LEF) has allocated $3M USD from its treasury to the stETH Automated Redemption Manager (ARM). This marks a significant step in strengthening stETH peg stability while generating sustainable returns for the LEF treasury.

Why This Matters

The ARM is designed to stabilize liquid staking tokens by arbitraging small price discrepancies between market values and underlying collateral. By adding liquidity to the stETH ARM, the Lido Ecosystem Foundation is helping reinforce stETH’s peg while putting its treasury assets to work in a transparent, yield-bearing strategy.

• For stETH holders: The ARM provides a stronger backstop to help support stETH’s peg to ETH across secondary markets.
• For the LEF treasury: The allocation delivers exposure to a differentiated yield stream powered by arbitrage, offering sustainable yield above liquid staking rates.
• For the wider DeFi market: This partnership demonstrates how institutions and foundations can deploy capital into mechanisms that improve both asset stability and capital efficiency.

Expanding the Role of the ARM

Since its launch, the ARM has delivered yields that outperform base staking rates while improving the health of LST markets. Growing participation from entities like the Lido Ecosystem Foundation underscores the ARM’s role as a key piece of yield infrastructure in DeFi.

We’re excited to continue expanding access to the ARM and to collaborate with leading ecosystem partners that share our focus on stability, efficiency, and sustainable yield.

Interested in earning with the stETH ARM? You can make deposits directly from the Origin Dapp.