Overview
This document is a request for a grant of $98,000 to become a Sponsor of Aleph March. In detail, it outlines Lido’s strategic participation in Crecimiento’s March Pop-Up (March 5–28, 2025) to increase brand awareness, foster relationships with key regulatory players, and support the next generation of builders integrating liquid staking into Web3 applications.
Lido is already the leading liquid staking provider—this activation is about deepening its presence in Argentina, engaging directly with regulators, developers, and founders, and
ensuring long-term visibility in the region.
Introduction
At Crecimiento, we believe Lido’s focus on Latam should be:
- Brand Awareness – Expanding Lido’s recognition in Argentina’s Web3 ecosystem through key events and discussions.
- Regulatory Engagement – Establishing Lido as a trusted partner for policymakers and institutional players.
- Developer Ecosystem Growth – Supporting builders integrating stETH and inspiring new staking-based use cases.
- Long- Term Partnership with Crecimiento – Strengthening ties to ensure continued collaboration on key initiatives.
To support these priorities, Lido will participate in high-impact activations throughout the
Pop-Up, including keynotes, regulatory discussions, and hackathon sponsorship.
TL;DR – A Multi-Activation Approach
1. Silver Sponsor at Aleph ‘25 pop up.
As a Silver Sponsor, Lido will have a strong presence throughout the Aleph ‘25 Pop-Up, ensuring brand awareness, ecosystem engagement, and developer adoption. This includes logo placement in key assets, participation in the opening ceremony, social media amplification, and an exclusive opportunity to host a side event leveraging Crecimiento’s network and support.
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Be part of the opening ceremony, and have your logo featured in pop up assets.
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Social media presence across the pop up, sponsor presentation and feature in email blasts.
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Include items in the swag bag.
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Opportunity to organize a side event leveraging Crecimiento’s support.
2. Liquid Staking Keynote & Panels (March 5–28, 2025)
Lido will take center stage during Infrastructure Day, delivering a keynote on the future of liquid staking and participating in high-impact panel discussions. These sessions will focus on stETH adoption, staking security, and institutional integration, ensuring Lido’s technology and vision are showcased to Argentina’s Web3 community, developers, and investors. Additionally, content from these sessions will be recorded and repurposed for long-term visibility through Crecimiento’s media channels.
- Keynote talk on the future of liquid staking and its role in decentralized finance (Infrastructure Day).
- Panel discussions on stETH adoption, staking security, and institutional integration.
- Content production to ensure long-term reach beyond the event.
Success Metrics:
Up to 150 attendees engaging with Lido’s keynote and discussions.
High-quality brand exposure through Crecimiento’s media channels.
Long-form content repurposed for ongoing awareness - talks recorded and added to youtube channel.
Regulatory Sponsorship & Policy Engagement (Week 3)
We want Lido to be the main sponsor of the third edition of our Regulation Day. This event has already become a symbol of Crecimiento’s efforts to improve the regulatory landscape for crypto, tech and startups in Argentina. In the last 2 editions, held in August and December, we hosted the leaders of the most relevant regulatory institutions in the country, including CNV (Argentinian SEC), UIF (Anti Money Laundering) and BCRA (Central Bank). The event has had so far +480 attendees, +30 speakers, and brought speakers and attendees such as ex-president Mauricio Macri, Major of Buenos Aires Jorge Macri and Milei’s top advisor Demian Reidell. Also, Roberto Silva (President CNV); Daniel Vítolo (Inspector General de Justicia IGJ); Juan Jara (Director de Análisis UIF); Mario Adaro (Juez de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Mendoza), Mariano Biocca (Exec Director Cámara Argentina Fintech) and others.
- Lido as a key sponsor of Regulatory Day, ensuring visibility in discussions on staking policy.
- Private event with key regulatory players to introduce Lido’s approach to liquid staking compliance.
- Panel collaboration with local policymakers, exchanges, and DeFi leaders to align on staking regulations.
Success Metrics:
Participation in at least one high-profile panel on staking regulations.
Engagement with up to five key regulatory figures.
+150 high profile attendees involved with Argentina’s regulatory landscape
Lunch / dinner with top 10 figures participating in the event
4. Hackathon Sponsorship: Building with stETH.
Lido will be a featured sponsor of the Aleph Pop-Up Hackathon, providing bounties and technical mentorship to builders working on real-world stETH integrations. This sponsorship ensures that developers actively explore new use cases for liquid staking within DeFi, wallets, institutional staking solutions, and more. The hackathon will include workshops, technical support, and a submission analytics report to track engagement and results.
- Position Lido as a Silver sponsor of the hackathon encouraging builders to develop real stETH integrations.
- Dedicated Lido bounties (up to 10k) for innovative use cases in DeFi, wallets, and institutional staking solutions - tracks to be determined by Lido team.
- Technical mentorship & onboarding sessions to guide developers through Lido’s ecosystem.
Winning teams fast-tracked into Lido’s grant pipeline for continued development.
Success Metrics:
Up to 7 teams working on stETH-based projects.
Ongoing engagement with top teams post-hackathon.
Sponsorship Agreement
Total Budget: $98,000