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Ether.fi (ETHFI) is the ecosystem token of ether.fi, a decentralized, non-custodial suite of Ethereum-based products. The protocol lets users stake ETH and receive liquid restaking tokens such as eETH and weETH, while keeping positions usable across decentralized finance. ETHFI is the canonical token used to connect the protocol's community and governance functions.

ether.fi has expanded beyond staking into a broader crypto-finance platform. Its documented products include Stake for liquid restaking, Liquid for strategist-managed yield vaults, Cash for card spending and payments, and Borrow for collateralized liquidity. The current ether.fi website describes the platform as an account for holding, earning, borrowing, spending, trading, and sending crypto.

ETHFI is an Ethereum-based ERC-20 token with deployments on several networks, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and Scroll. The Ethereum token contract is 0xfe0c30065b384f05761f15d0cc899d4f9f9cc0eb. ETHFI is distinct from ether.fi's yield-bearing staking assets: eETH and weETH represent staked/restaked ETH positions, while ETHFI is the ecosystem and governance token.

Conventional Ethereum staking can lock capital, limit composability, and make it difficult for users to access additional DeFi opportunities. Separately, liquid-restaking designs that wrap existing liquid-staking tokens can introduce non-transferability and long unstaking or redemption delays. ether.fi addresses this by issuing liquid restaking tokens that remain usable while the underlying ETH is staked and natively restaked.

Crypto users also commonly need separate products for yield, transfers, borrowing, and everyday spending. ether.fi combines these functions in one non-custodial interface, aiming to let users put assets to work, access liquidity against them, and spend without first selling their holdings. ETHFI provides a community governance connection for the protocol, including governance over the treasury share of protocol revenue.

Users deposit ETH through ether.fi and receive eETH, a rebasing liquid restaking token, or weETH, its wrapped non-rebasing form. The assets are backed by ETH that is staked on Ethereum and natively restaked through EigenLayer. Because the receipt tokens remain transferable and composable, holders can use them in DeFi while retaining exposure to staking and restaking economics.

Base Ethereum staking rewards accrue to eETH/weETH, while restaking emissions are aggregated and converted to ETH; the documentation says these rewards are deposited into the LST liquidity pool, increasing token value through rebasing. ETH redemptions can generally be processed without EigenLayer's unstaking delay when ether.fi has sufficient liquidity, although timing can vary when liquidity is constrained.

Around this staking core, ether.fi offers curated Liquid vault strategies, collateralized Borrow markets, and Cash payment/card functionality. ETHFI token holders govern the treasury portion of protocol fees, which supports development, audits, and operations; ETHFI can also appear in ether.fi Season reward programs. The exact products, parameters, and supported chains are governed by their respective contracts and can change over time.