First, the majority of institutions hold their assets with a qualified custodian or trusted institutionally-focused wallet provider. However, the primary delegation flow for restaking with EigenLayer is through their UI and requires a connection to DeFi wallets such as Metamask, Trust, or Rainbow. Institutions therefore require their custodian or wallet provider to build the necessary integrations into the EigenLayer ecosystem so that their institution’s staking provider, such as Twinstake, can also be integrated into the flow. However, to date, most institutionally-focused custodians have limited EigenLayer integrations, blocking access to the ecosystem.
