Since launching over two years ago, the Index Coop has established itself as the leader in on-chain structured products. With over 80% of the market share of on-chain index products, we’ve experienced first-hand the many trends and cycles of DeFi. During this period, our thesis has remained the same: on-chain products are the future and it’s up to us to make sure it includes everyone. To that end, we’ve remained committed to building products that are accessible, secure, and simple to use.

As this industry has grown, the definitions of “simple” and “secure” have become ambiguous. Is DeFi simple when it takes ten steps to complete a transaction or must be monitored daily? Is it secure when promised yields disappear or when pegs falter?

The next wave of DeFi will not look like the days of old. Traditional retail buyers and institutional capital will not behave like the degens of the past. Crypto must be held to a higher standard in order to onboard the next wave of users. Veteran DeFi users and traditional buyers alike expect performance. So, we must build for both performance and for sustainability. The question then becomes: how does our industry deliver on the advancements and efficiencies of the on-chain world while still being simple and safe enough for the average user?

Index Coop bridges this gap, allowing anyone to access sophisticated strategies. Our upcoming roadmap of products and enhancements capture the best advantages of DeFi while being secure and easy to use.

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Crypto sectors are rapidly evolving. Yields are constantly changing. Risks are sometimes immeasurable. Diversification has long been a pillar of financial risk management. And in this new crypto world it has become clear that automated strategies are not only more efficient, but also more resilient in turbulent markets. Building diversified and automated strategies allows Index Coop products to offer sustainable advantages over the long term. So with that said, we’re delighted to introduce two new products in our pipeline:

• Our Diversified Staked ETH token is intended to earn staking yield on your ETH with built-in diversification making the token safer and contributing to the decentralization of Ethereum. Based on the number of active node operators and validators, dsETH allocates to the strongest liquid staking protocols.

• Our Diversified Stablecoin Yield token will enable buyers to gain access to the largest and most reliable yields in DeFi in a single token. We’ll source yield from dozens of protocols and strategies; including, but not limited to, variable rate lending, fixed rate lending, liquidity providing, and real world assets. Diversified into the largest stablecoins and most sustainable protocols, this token will provide durable yield to holders across various market conditions.

Finally, in order to build these and other forthcoming products, the Index Coop has taken significant strides in strengthening our tech stack. Index Coop will now be launching products on a fork of Set Protocol AND on Managed Balancer Pools. This combined stack creates increased flexibility, adding and combining strategies to create automated products never before seen. We’ve also taken steps to cut costs and lengthen our runway. We now have 21 months to collaborate, innovate and build. Like many of our partners in the DeFi ecosystem, we’ll be heads down through this bear market, working to launch these and other products that make DeFi secure, accessible and simple to use.