Collateral Pool

Resolv maintains collateral pool consisting of ETH, including staked ETH, hedged by short futures positions on ETH. Hedges closely track quantity of ETH, so that sensitivity of the collateral pool to changes of ETH prices is close to zero (collateral pool forms a delta-neutral portfolio).

Collateral pool is comprised of on-chain and off-chain parts. Off-chain part is required in connection with maintenance of futures positions.

Protocol handles a few aspects of the collateral pool:

• Maintains futures positions

• Manages inventory allocation

• Handles staking and unstaking ETH

• Manages short-term liquidity requirements.