Product Drop: ETH Validator Consolidation, Now Across Zodia Custody Workspaces

Pectra reshaped ETH staking for institutions: bigger validators, faster withdrawals, and consolidation that turns a sprawl of 32 ETH validators into a handful of 0x02 ones holding up to 2,048 ETH each.

This release takes two more steps in that direction. You can now consolidate validators across Zodia Custody workspaces, not just within one, and we’ve lifted a restriction that was standing between you and faster exits.

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What this means for Zodia clients

Two changes, both aimed at giving large ETH holders more room to move.

Consolidate validators across your Zodia Custody workspaces

Until now, consolidation only worked when the target validator’s withdrawal credentials pointed to another wallet inside the same Zodia Custody workspace. If you operate across more than one, say Zodia Custody in the UK and also in the EU (Luxembourg), your validators were effectively boxed into the space they were provisioned in.

That box is gone. You can now consolidate validators across your Zodia workspaces, so a staked position sitting on one jurisdiction’s platform can be consolidated into a validator on another, provided the target is whitelisted.

• Manage fewer, larger validators across your whole Zodia Custody footprint, not one workspace at a time
• Rebalance staked positions across your jurisdictions without a full exit and re-stake
• The target address must still be whitelisted in the workspace, so the control stays exactly where it should

Faster exits, less ETH sitting idle

Post-Pectra, an auto-compounding (0x02) validator can hold up to 2,048 ETH. Until now, if a consolidation would have taken a validator past that limit, the platform blocked it and returned an error. Source and destination balances simply couldn’t add up to more than 2,048 ETH.

That restriction is gone. You can now consolidate into a validator that’s already at, or close to, its 2,048 ETH limit. Anything above the ceiling is then swept out automatically, and faster than a standard validator exit, giving you quicker access to that ETH.

• Consolidate into full or near-full validators without hitting an error
• The balance above 2,048 ETH auto-sweeps out, with no manual exit required
• A quicker route to a portion of your staked ETH when you need it

How it works

• Protocol: Ethereum, post-Pectra
• Validator type: 0x02 auto-compounding validators
• Minimum deposit: 32 ETH per validator (unchanged)
• Maximum effective balance: up to 2,048 ETH per validator
• Consolidation scope: across your whitelisted Zodia wallets
• Custody model: staked direct from your segregated Zodia DeFi wallet; principal and rewards return to your segregated wallet
• Available staking partners: Blockdaemon, Figment, Twinstake
• Access: Consolidation is available in both the platform UI and API

Getting started

1. Speak to your Relationship Manager to confirm cross-consolidation is enabled for your workspaces
2. Make sure the withdrawal address of the target validators are whitelisted in the workspace of the source validator
3. Initiate the consolidation from Gateway > Staking, with the same maker/checker flow you already use

Already staking ETH with Zodia? Speak to your Relationship Manager to get started.

Not yet a Zodia Custody client? Register your interest and a Zodia representative will be in touch.

 

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