Etherfi
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Project and Team
Description of Project
A narrative description of the purpose of the project and its operation in layman's terms is provided.
ether.fi started as a decentralized, non-custodial delegated staking protocol with a Liquid Staking token - eETH. The user acquisition from our Stake product enabled us to begin executing on our strategy of vertical integration and launch our second product, ether.fi Liquid. Liquid vaults are automated DeFi strategies that provide ether.fi users with a simple access point to use their tokens in DeFi. Our next product, ether.fi Cash, launched May 2025. This allows ether.fi to enter the final phase of the plan and create a vertically integrated crypto-native banking alternative.
Disclosure of Revenue Streams
A narrative description of the Project's primary sources of revenue is provided, broken out by entity (e.g. Foundation, Labs, DAOs, or other).
Foundation
- % of revenue remitted from the Labs entity on a monthly basis Labs
- staking: protocol fee charged on staked ETH yield
- Liquid: platform fee (varies across vaults)
- Cash: interchange fee on transaction volume Revenue streams are publicly visible. This is a working dashboard that continues to get refined and updated based on actuals / new revenue streams as they get turned on - https://dune.com/ether_fi/ethfi-dao
Equity-Token Relationship
The Project must clearly disclose the rights, value accrual mechanisms, and distinctions between token holders and DevCo equity holders. Any value allocated specifically to equity holders (e.g., dividends, profit-sharing) must be communicated separately from value accruing to token holders.
At this time, there is no intention to accrue value back to equity holders through dividends and share repurchases. Operating Entity The operating entity (Ether.fi Labs) is responsible for day-to-day development, operations, and business functions. It employs core contributors, maintains infrastructure, and supports the protocol’s growth and integrations. Foundation The objective of the ether.fi Foundation is to foster and support the research, development, extension, use and adoption of: (i) the Ether. Fi Protocol; and (ii) any other technology materially related to, necessary for or useful in connection with the Ether. Fi Protocol, and to take any steps necessary in connection with supporting the Ether. Fi Protocol DAO The DAO governs the protocol through community proposals and on-chain voting over the treasury. It votes on treasury resources allocations, and makes key decisions on incentives, and ecosystem support. With respect to token holders, on a monthly basis, a portion of protocol revenue is remitted to staked ETHFI holders (sETHFI). This was a result of a snapshot vote conducted by tokenholders as seen on the ether.fi discourse. The revenue allocation that is contributed to buybacksis communicated through the foundation X account for community awareness and visibility.
Disclosure of Advisory Billings to the Foundation
If core team members are compensated by any Tokens allocated to the Foundation through advisory services or similar agreements, or by any other payment method (i.e. fiat), these payments must be disclosed. Note, foundation team members known and exclusively compensated by the Foundation are excluded.
Beginning March 2024 team and seed (55% of total) were fully locked for the first 12 months after TGE and unlock over months 13 - 36. The ether.fi Foundation has a number of primary service providers. Since inception, the Foundation has paid these service providers approximately $700k total. These payments have occurred through a combination of on and off-chain settlement. Service providers to the foundation include Chaos Labs, Certora, Chainlink, in addition to legal counsel and administrative functions. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ether-fi-ethfi/#token_unlocks
Known Project Team
The identities of key team members (e.g., founders, CEO, CTO, COO of Labs, President of Foundation, etc.) are publicly disclosed.
Token Supply and Allocation
Governance & Token Documentation Provided
The Project must provide publicly accessible documentation covering the Token's governance rights, rights to value accrual, any additional utility, and the mechanism by which token governance is implemented (e.g. an insider multi-sig).
The ether.fi Foundation is focused on decentralization, while blending our commitment to continued innovation with our community. These bylaws are our pledge to uphold transparency, security, and growth of the ether.fi Protocol. https://etherfi.gitbook.io/gov/ether.fi-foundation.https://etherfi.gitbook.io/gov/ethfi-buyback-program.
Initial Allocation
Disclosed information explaining the launch and initial supply that includes: the total number of tokens issued, the category of the recipient (team, investor, foundation, community), the total supply of the token and if it is capped, and the initial vesting schedule.
The ETHFI token has been fully minted with a fixed supply of 1B tokens. There will be no further issuance. Initial allocations at genesis:
- Community 7.5%
- Liquidity and Partnerships 5.9%
- Investors 33.7%
- Core contributors 21.4%
- Treasury 31.5% Investors and core contributors (55.1% of total supply) were fully locked for the first 12 months after TGE and unlock over months 13-36. Vesting concludes on February 18, 2027. As of July 31, 2025, approx. 19.2% of token supply has been allocated to the community. The allocations aim to promote long term, deep engagement in key governance decisions toward the continued success of the ether.fi protocol. This decentralization process ensures that ether.fi will be governed and stewarded by a committed group of contributors, collaborating to ensure that ether.fi is appropriately resourced to achieve its mission and goals for many years to come.
Vesting Insider Tokens
All Insider Token allocations (team, investor, foundation) must be transparent, per the disclosed Initial Allocation. If vesting occurs at a custodian, clearly disclose the employee categories and associated vesting schedules clearly in your documentation.
The ether.fi initial launch announcement contained the relevant vesting schedules (see above). For all post-TGE employees, a 12-month cliff, 36-month vest is applied to each token compensation plan based on the relevant employee’s token grant date. Total unvested tokens for Post-TGE employees is approx. 6M ETHFI.
Labelled Unissued Token Wallets
Addresses that hold any Unissued Tokens (e.g. foundation, future contributors, treasury) must be publicly labelled (address listed in docs) and be held in distinct wallets. This includes the foundation allocation. The party (e.g. team, foundation, DAO) that controls the funds must also be disclosed.
Investor and core contributor tokens are held through numerous unique qualified custodian addresses. These tokens were originally held in the below addresses, and subsequently distributed out to individual addresses per investor / core contributor 0x66FCfC15a40F22Fad40fd6b6B9741EEf4De85721 0x1b577834c6C64B38Bcf1eB2319fBAb6f6E3915c1 Treasury - 0x7A6A41F353B3002751d94118aA7f4935dA39bB53 Treasury - 0x7D4bBE471369a066186c18bAF33622796A08d5Cd Treasury - 0x5ec5e6b4eb6827914ca8bc3ae02c39417242adde Operating - 0x3FB6784E263643656f386A0371644931133D7b78
Airdrop Process
The project must disclose all airdrop eligibility criteria clearly and provide a full CSV list of recipients, including addresses and amount received.
Community airdrops were distributed to users across various seasons, based on user engagement with the protocol. Core eligibility criteria across all seasons
- Earn staking points by staking ETH through Ether.fi
- Engage in ecosystem activities (staking, restaking, NFTs, governance, referrals)
- Meet snapshot thresholds by specific dates These are documented here - https://etherfi.gitbook.io/gov/ethfi-allocations
Locked Staking Reward to Insiders
Disclose information on insiders (Team, Investors, Foundation, Advisors) tokens that are locked and can earn rewards.
n/a, locked tockens are not eligible for ETHFI staking
Future Token Issuance
The project commits that any future token issuance (e.g., minting or emissions outside scheduled vesting) will be publicly disclosed and justified on an official platform (e.g., governance forum, blog, or docs).
The ETHFI token has been fully minted with a fixed supply of 1B. The token issuance was fully disclosed through various channels. The protocol commits to disclose changes to the supply publicly through a defined channel. https://etherfi.gitbook.io/gov
Future & Related Token Launches
The team discloses all tokens launched by its key team members in the past and explicitly lays out its philosophy around launching new tokens, related to the project or otherwise. (e.g. "We do not plan to launch additional tokens" or "Any additional tokens will be given 1:1 to existing token holders who can then vote on proposals submitted by the management team.")
The ETHFI token has been fully minted with a fixed supply of 1B. The token issuance was fully disclosed through various channels. At this time, the ether.fi protocol does not have plans to any plans to launch additional tokens https://etherfi.gitbook.io/gov
Transactions & Market Structure
Insider & Related Person Transactions
The project commits to disclosing any material Related Party & Insider Transaction within 30 days and includes: The nature of the transaction, the Related Person, the basis on which the person is a Related Person, and the number of tokens involved in the transaction. This includes tokens issued by the foundation.
The project commits to disclosing related party transactions within 30 days.
Prior Token Sales & Fundraising
Disclosed information of previous fundraising rounds, material OTC rounds to investors, or discounted market maker sales involving the Project and its Token that includes: the date of sale, number of tokens sold, and the vesting schedule of these tokens. The Project commits to disclosing any material OTC deal involving token sales and purchases by the foundation within 30 days.
Approximately $32.7M of total equity financing has been raised for ether.fi. The vesting schedule has been noted above for these investors. The prior funding rounds are approximately:
- March 2023: Private sale, $5.4M, locked, 12 month vesting schedule from TGE
- February 2024: Private sale, $27.3M, locked, 12 month vesting schedule from TGE
Transparent Market Maker Deals & Exchange Listings
Projects must disclose key details of market making and centralized exchange agreements affecting token liquidity, including: names of all market makers & centralized exchanges involved, the token allocation for each (as % of total supply), and the duration of each agreement.
The ether.fi Foundation has made native token loans to several firms that provide CeFi liquidity. Total loans outstanding are approx. 11M ETHFI with counterparties Amber, Pulsar and Selini. Liquidity is provided on the following exchanges such as Binance, OKX, Bybit, Coinbase, Gate, and MEXC. These agreements have a duration of 1-1.5 years from present (08/06/25). ether.fi has never directly allocated any tokens to centralized exchanges for market making. Strict monitoring by a third-party specialist (Coinwatch) is in place to verify use of loan capital including idle tokens
Financial Disclosure
Disclosure of Assets and Cash Flow
The Project commits to providing updates to token holders on a quarterly basis via forum posts, live dashboards, or reports that cover core project KPIs, changes to Token supply or allocations, and disclosure of top line revenue and expenses. The Project may engage third-party contractors to prepare and deliver these updates.
The project commits to disclosing Token Holder Relations Reports. This is completed through the ether.fi analyst calls - held quarterly and are open to all community members. We announce these through our social channels well in advance to ensure allmembers can attend. In addition, information on revenue can be found here - https://dune.com/ether_fi/ethfi-dao
Public Token Holder Relations Reports
The foundation's assets or working capital are held onchain and publicly labelled, providing the ability to track asset holdings, revenue, and expenses. Or, the foundation publishes a quarterly, publicly available financial report of its assets, working capital, revenue and expenses.
Foundation assets are held within the following addresses 0x7a6a41f353b3002751d94118aa7f4935da39bb53 0x7d4bbe471369a066186c18baf33622796a08d5cd 0xe4439b1d150ab2febd72d699954c7b4dde2b66e2 0x5ec5e6b4eb6827914ca8bc3ae02c39417242adde 0x3fb6784e263643656f386a0371644931133d7b78 0xe67a6ccc7ded59ef055194ed6402465e738339a8 0xbe2cfe1a304b6497e6f64525d0017abab7a5e8cb
This Token Transparency Filing is provided for general informational purposes only. Blockworks reviews completeness only and does not verify or warrant the accuracy of individual answers. Ether.fi is solely responsible for the content, accuracy, and legality of its disclosures.
