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Case study

Stakingverse: liquid staking on LUKSO and Ethereum, built by Sigmatic

Stakingverse is the liquid staking product Sigmatic builds and operates: LYX staking on LUKSO with sLYX as the liquid staking token, and Ethereum staking through an integration on StakeWise V3 infrastructure.

It reached $14M peak TVL and runs live at stakingverse.io and app.stakingverse.io.

The problem

Native staking is a validator problem before it is a usable product.

Staking on LUKSO and Ethereum asks a lot of the person doing it. Running validators, managing keys, meeting minimums, and tracking rewards is operational work most holders do not want and should not have to take on. The result is capital that sits idle because the path to staking it is heavier than the payoff.

Liquid staking is the usable answer. You deposit, receive a liquid token that represents the staked position, and keep that token free to move through DeFi while validators run underneath. Stakingverse exists to make that path clean on LUKSO first, then Ethereum, without pushing validator complexity onto the person staking.

That framing sets the whole product. The hard parts, keys, validators, minimums, reward accounting, and uptime, sit with the operator. What the user touches is a deposit, a liquid token, and a position that keeps earning while staying movable.

What Sigmatic built

Stakingverse is Sigmatic's liquid staking product layer.

Stakingverse is Sigmatic's liquid staking product layer. It leads LYX staking on LUKSO, with sLYX as the liquid staking token, and extends into Ethereum staking through integrations using StakeWise V3 infrastructure.

The two networks are not two separate products bolted together. They share one deposit-to-liquid-token model, one app, and one operating team, so LYX staking on LUKSO and ETH staking on Ethereum read as one coherent surface rather than two disconnected stacks.

sLYX and LYX staking on LUKSO

LUKSO is an open Layer 1 EVM blockchain for social, culture, and creators (chain ID 42, currency LYX), running an unmodified Ethereum protocol stack. Stakingverse leads LYX staking there: deposit LYX, receive sLYX, and hold a transferable claim on the staked position and its rewards instead of a locked validator balance. sLYX keeps staked LYX liquid enough to move through the same DeFi surface the rest of the network already uses.

ETH staking on StakeWise V3

On Ethereum, Stakingverse extends the same model through an integration built on StakeWise V3 infrastructure, so ETH staking runs on established vault mechanics rather than a bespoke stack. Both networks share one product surface across stakingverse.io and app.stakingverse.io, with the Ethereum position exposed through the StakeWise vault.

View the StakeWise V3 vault

Operating role

Built and run by the same team.

Sigmatic works across product direction, staking UX, infrastructure operations, validator and node maintenance, DeFi mechanics, and the technical translation layer between protocols and users.

The infrastructure does not stop mattering at launch. Validators have to stay alive under production load, nodes need maintenance, and the vault mechanics need monitoring. Sigmatic keeps that layer running, and offers white-glove node, server, validator, and maintenance services for clients who want the same operating discipline applied to their own setup.

LUKSO · Ethereum · LYX · sLYX · StakeWise V3 · Validator ops

Proof

$14M peak TVL, live on LUKSO and Ethereum.

Shipped product, not a pitch deck. The apps are live and the staking flows are in production.

  1. 01$14M peak TVL on Stakingverse.
  2. 02LUKSO staking through stakingverse.io and app.stakingverse.io.
  3. 03ETH staking integration using StakeWise V3 infrastructure.
  4. 04White-glove node, server, validator, and maintenance services for clients.

Related

The infrastructure behind Stakingverse.

Contact

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