Hassan Maishera
On Thursday, the Optimism team announced via a blog post that the Optimism Collective has selected Ether.fi (weETH) as our strategic Liquid Staking partner on OP Mainnet.
Optimism chose Ether.fi because their proposal emphasized broadening access to weETH, deepening liquidity, and integrating high-quality staking collateral across core DeFi primitives such as DEXs, lending protocols, and custodial platforms.
With weETH serving as one of the core building blocks, OP Mainnet is positioned to unlock more resilient financial integrations and a stronger foundation for long-term ecosystem growth as a home for neutral blockspace.
Optimism’s main utility is to batch transactions on the Optimism network. Optimism allows users to enjoy lower gas fees on their transactions executed on the Optimism network through optimistic roll-up technology. OP is trading at $0.3164, up 2% in the last 24 hours.
