Marinade vs Obol

Marinade4.3/5

VS

Obol3.9/5

Feature	MarinadeVisit	ObolVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	3.9/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Yield	4.5	3.5
Security	4.5	4.5
Liquidity	4.0	3.5
Decentralization	4.5	4.5
Ease of use	4.0	3.0
Specs
KYC required	No	Not disclosed
Type	Liquid staking, Native staking	Staking pool
Stakeable assets	SOL	ETH
Receipt token	mSOL	stOBOL
Chains	Solana	Ethereum
Node operators	Automated delegation across hundreds of Solana validators via Stake Auction Marketplace	Distributed validator clusters
Audited	Yes	Yes
Restaking	No	Not disclosed
Typical reward rate	5.04% - 7.6%	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2021	2021
Headquarters	United States	—
Investors	Not disclosed	Pantera Capital, BlockTower Capital, Blockscape Lab, Coinbase Ventures +12
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Supports native staking without smart contract custody exposure Liquid staking via mSOL is widely integrated across Solana DeFi Smart contracts audited by Neodyme, Ackee Blockchain, and Kudelski Security No identity verification or KYC required for retail staking	Eliminates single points of failure by distributing validator duties across independent nodes Supported by audits from Trail of Bits, Nethermind Security, and Zach Obront Live day-one integration powering multi-operator vaults in Lido V3 Built-in fault tolerance keeps validators proposing even if individual nodes go offline
Cons	Limited entirely to the Solana blockchain mSOL trades at market rates and can temporarily depeg from redemption value Instant unstaking requires secondary market liquidity or pool reserves Standard native unstaking remains subject to Solana epoch withdrawal delays	Adds network latency requirements across distributed nodes during threshold signing Operates exclusively on Ethereum consensus infrastructure Introduces middleware software exposure via the Charon client
Best for	Solana DeFi liquidity providers, Users avoiding smart contract risk, Institutions using qualified custodians	Ethereum solo and squad stakers, Liquid staking node operator sets, Institutional validators requiring high uptime

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