Rocket Pool x RockSolid: rETH Liquid Vault

RockSolid Launches rETH Liquid Vault For Rocket Pool

Ethereum stakers in Rocket Pool can now generate higher rewards on their rETH with actively managed DeFi strategies from RockSolid, offering a first of its kind opportunity to the Rocket Pool community.

RockSolid has recently launched the first official rETH vault for the Rocket Pool community, following a $2.8M pre-seed fundraise from prominent investors, developing institutional-grade liquid vaults and securing a foundational partnership with Rocket Pool. The Rocket Pool rETH vault is now open for deposits.

Generating Higher Rewards For rETH

Rocket Pool secures over $2.6B in staked ETH and currently generates around 2.5% APR, making it Ethereum’s second largest liquid staking protocol. Rocket Pool stakers can maintain their existing rETH exposure and generate additional rewards through exposure to a variety of DeFi strategies, and exclusive opportunities, from RockSolid.

RockSolid is helping to create more opportunities for rETH and provides a single entry point for rETH holders to access various DeFi strategies. RockSolid is committed to supporting Rocket Pool's mission of keeping Ethereum’s validator network distributed, while providing avenues for ETH stakers to maximise their rewards. 

Even though there are DeFi opportunities available for rETH today, managing allocations requires actively monitoring positions, constantly being online, back testing strategies, identifying new and emerging opportunities, and more. With the official Rocket Pool rETH vault, RockSolid will take care of all of this for you.

Even when these onchain strategies are executed well, many of the best deals in DeFi today are negotiated offchain, with regular token holders getting left out. With the rETH vault quickly increasing in TVL, RockSolid is able to open up new markets for rETH and actively source new opportunities for rETH holders. RockSolid can use its significant TVL to negotiate preferential incentives for rETH holders on targeted DeFi protocols, and negotiate the integration of rETH into protocols where the asset isn’t currently supported. This democratises access to opportunities that are typically reserved only for whales and private networks. The rewards collected through RockSolid’s allocation strategies flow back to depositors automatically, and any allocations are recorded on chain for anyone to verify.

RockSolid’s liquid rETH vault benefits the Rocket Pool community in the following ways:

1. Increased demand for rETH: Deposited ETH, WETH and stETH will be automatically swapped for rETH. 
2. Increasing rETH TVL: The vault allocates a percentage of all deposits to acquire more rETH via leveraged looping. 
3. Single-click rETH Deposits: RockSolid gives the community access to a simple, single-click deposit experience (an experience that other LSTs have offered, and Rocket Pool has lacked, until now). 
4. Dedicated BD Support for rETH: The RockSolid team will provide dedicated BD support for the Rocket Pool community, opening up new opportunities for rETH listings and access to private offers.
5. Rocket Pool pDAO revenue: A percentage of vault revenue is allocated back to the Rocket Pool pDAO and core team.

RockSolid Gets Its Start In The Rocket Pool Community

RockSolid has emerged organically from the Rocket Pool community as a solution to a problem faced by RockSolid’s founders. Attracted to Rocket Pool because of the key role it plays in the Ethereum community, RockSolid’s founders identified a need for rETH to remain a prominent DeFi asset in the Ethereum ecosystem. By supporting rETH and opening new opportunities through active business development, RockSolid can help grow the utility of rETH, making it a more attractive asset for Ethereum stakers, while maintaining the decentralization and security of Rocket Pool.

As a Rocket Pool home staker, and with years of experience in traditional finance, banking, and technology, RockSolid’s CEO Steve Pack and co-founder Ben Ward decided to do something about it. Launching RockSolid in 2025, Steve and Ben have begun opening new doors for the Rocket Pool community across DeFi. 

RockSolid will actively increase the adoption of rETH throughout DeFi and generate optimal returns for rETH holders through diverse DeFi strategies.

Deposit rETH Into The Official Rocket Pool Liquid Vault

The Rocket Pool rETH vault is now open with a 3 month boosted rewards period. RockSolid is contributing $150k worth of rETH over the course of three months. The rETH will be added to the vault each week. Depositors in the vault will automatically receive their pro-rata share of those incentives (no need to claim). The earlier you deposit, the greater your share of the incentives! See an estimate of potential APRs below:

The vault targets base rewards of 7.50-10.0%*. The boosted rETH incentives add proportionally more to the vault rewards depending on how much APR is currently deposited during that weekly period.

rETH holders can simply deposit into the rETH liquid vault by visiting the Rocket Pool website, rocketpool.net or navigating to the RockSolid rETH vault. 

A full list of strategies, RockSolid’s technical architecture, associated risks and more can be found in RockSolid’s documentation.

* Targeted APRs are illustrative targets, not commitments, and actual returns are not guaranteed; for full details, please see our Terms of Service.

About RockSolid

RockSolid offers institutional-grade liquid vaults with managed DeFi strategies to help asset issuers and custodians generate higher rewards for token holders. Rewards are generated through active DeFi management, optimising DeFi positions and securing the best private deals available.