Tagged: staking

March 4, 2025 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Infrared has raised $16 million in funding as it aims to become the first liquidity staking protocol on Berachain. Framework Ventures led the $14 million Series A, and a previous $2.25 million strategic round led by Binance Labs, Hack VC, and NLH brings the total… Read More

February 28, 2025 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen is now a validator on Bifrost Network, further reinforcing their commitment to decentralized infrastructure and secure staking solutions. By joining Bifrost’s validator set, Nansen said they aim to “enhance network security, reliability, and transparency within the liquid staking ecosystem.” As explained… Read More

February 21, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sol Strategies Inc., a Canadian company dedicated to investing in and providing infrastructure for the Solana blockchain ecosystem, announced its selection as an approved staking provider for Tetra Trust, Canada’s First Licensed Digital Asset Trust Company. This integration reportedly enables Tetra’s institutional clients, “including 3iQ’s… Read More

February 7, 2025 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm Hex Trust has received “strategic” funding from Morgan Creek Digital in advance of a forthcoming Series C funding round. Other investors were said to also have participated in the funding. Hex did not disclose the details of the investment but shared that… Read More

February 6, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY) announced it is now included in the set of staking providers integrated with BitGo Trust Company, Inc., a provider of digital asset custody services, enhancing how investors optimize their staked digital assets. This partnership combines Galaxy’s blockchain infrastructure, lending… Read More

February 3, 2025 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BounceBit, the centralized Bitcoin restaking platform that provides “institutional-grade” DeFi investing products, introduced “dual-yield” opportunities by partnering with Hashnote, a Circle company, to integrate Hashnote’s yield-bearing USYC token into its platform. Institutions can use the tokenized money market fund as collateral for BounceBit’s delta-neutral trading… Read More

January 19, 2025 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Around a year after introducing the trading and custody of cryptocurrencies, PostFinance is expanding its offering to include the “staking” function. The banking services provider said this means that passive income can now be “generated by depositing cryptocurrencies.” PostFinance claims it is the first “systemically… Read More

January 14, 2025 @ 7:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Zodia Custody has announced a partnership with Kiln, a digital asset rewards management platform. Incubated by Standard Chartered, Zodia Custody focuses on institutions. The company is also associated with Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD. The partnership aims to offer institutional… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen is pleased to announce its partnership with HypurrCollective, a collaboration aimed at enabling innovation and governance within the Hyperliquid ecosystem. This partnership centers on a genesis validator—one of only 16 available—designed to drive “sustainable growth and empower community stakeholders.” Through the Nansen x HypurrCollective… Read More

December 21, 2024 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FalconX is pleased to be the first custodian to offer custody and staking support for Bittensor (TAO), providing institutional investors and ecosystem participants with secure, institutional-grade solutions for asset storage and earning staking rewards. This quick integration – completed in around two weeks – demonstrates… Read More

December 20, 2024 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse has announced its support for Babylon, an innovative protocol that expands Bitcoin’s utility by enabling it to secure Proof-of-Stake networks. This initiative provides Bitcoin Suisse clients with the chance to engage in the initial stages of Babylon’s development. Babylon addresses a key challenge… Read More

December 11, 2024 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Utila, the crypto operations platform and enterprise-grade MPC wallet provider, announced a partnership with Twinstake, an “institutional-grade,” non-custodial staking provider to offer TON staking solutions for institutions. This collab empowers institutional investors to participate in TON staking and generate yields on their digital assets. The… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce support for Liquid Collective’s Liquid Staked ETH (LsETH), providing institutions with a way to participate in ETH staking while maintaining access to liquidity. Institutions—including VC firms, wealth and asset managers, protocols, and others—can participate in liquid staking using ETH… Read More

November 30, 2024 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper, a digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services provider, has partnered with Marinade Finance, a self-custodial automation tool for Solana staking that helps SOL holders find the highest staking rate on Solana. This strategic partnership integrates Copper’s infrastructure “with Marinade Finance, one of… Read More

November 27, 2024 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Crypto, part of Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD), is announcing the launch of Ethereum (ETH) staking, enabling European customers to seamlessly earn rewards on their ETH holdings. For a limited time period, Robinhood Crypto is reportedly offering a “100% match” on staking earnings, up to… Read More

November 22, 2024 @ 6:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the crypto platform for institutions,  announced support for Bitcoin (BTC) staking on the Babylon bitcoin staking protocol, which is expanding its staking capacity with the beginning of Cap-3 in its mainnet Phase-1. Cap-3 reportedly removes limitations and enables institutional participation. BTC staking marks… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockdaemon has announced that they have joined the Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA). By becoming a member, Blockdaemon explained in the update that it now furthers its commitment to promoting “clear standards” as well as supporting the growth of proof-of-stake or PoS technologies. According to… Read More

October 30, 2024 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

VanEck says it will be working with Kiln to power institutional staking with Solana. Solana is a Proof of Stake blockchain, and its native cryptocurrency is SOL. VanEck is a financial services firm that mainly provides exchange-traded products. Kiln is a digital asset rewards management… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Greg Cipolaro, Global Head of Research at NYDIG, noted that the team has recently examined the various tradeoffs of the available options for bitcoin investors to generate yield on their digital assets holdings. The NYDIG researchers explained in their latest update that the new supply… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen has acquired Stakewithus, a non-custodial staking service provider that reports over $80m assets staked by 30,000+ users, supporting over 20 different networks, including Solana, Sui, Celestia, dYdX, and more. With this acquisition, Nansen users should gain access to blockchain data, the ability to monitor… Read More