Anchorage Digital Adds Support for Institutional Liquid Restaking Through New Integration with Puffer Finance

Anchorage Digital, home to America’s first federally regulated crypto bank, now supports institutional access to liquid restaking through an integration with Puffer Finance, a leading Ethereum-native liquid restaking protocol and infrastructure provider. This integration provides institutions with a secure, regulated, and operationally seamless way to participate in Ethereum staking and restaking while maintaining liquidity.

Through this integration, institutions can stake ETH held on the Anchorage Digital platform and receive pufETH, Puffer’s liquid restaking token, directly into their Anchorage Digital accounts. This enables institutions to earn Ethereum staking rewards alongside restaking rewards while retaining flexibility to manage, transfer, or deploy their positions within supported onchain ecosystems.

“Restaking is rapidly becoming a foundational primitive for the next phase of institutional participation in crypto markets. By integrating with Puffer, we’re giving institutions a regulated and secure path to access liquid restaking without taking on additional operational or security complexity. This is another step in making advanced onchain infrastructure institution-grade.” — Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital.

Bringing liquid restaking to institutions 

Liquid restaking builds on traditional staking by allowing staked ETH to be reused to secure additional onchain services, while still remaining liquid. With pufETH, institutions gain exposure to Ethereum staking and restaking rewards without locking up capital or managing validator infrastructure themselves.

Puffer’s protocol is designed to reduce operational risk while expanding validator participation, enabling institutions to access restaking through a liquid token rather than running or directly managing validators. For institutional participants, this approach offers improved capital efficiency and simplified access to emerging restaking ecosystems.

“Puffer was built to make Ethereum staking and restaking more accessible, secure, and capital-efficient. Anchorage Digital’s integration brings the regulatory rigor, custody protections, and institutional controls that large allocators expect, making pufETH a compelling option for institutional restaking participation.” — Amir Forouzani, Co-Founder and CEO, Puffer 

A secure path to onchain participation

Anchorage Digital’s integration with Puffer provides institutions with a compliant gateway to liquid restaking while benefiting from Anchorage’s custody, governance, and security infrastructure. Institutions can participate in restaking without fragmenting operations across multiple platforms or introducing additional counterparty risk.

This integration reflects Anchorage Digital’s broader commitment to expanding institutional access to emerging onchain primitives, including staking, restaking, governance, and settlement, within a regulated and secure framework.

If you would like to learn more about institutional liquid restaking with Puffer through Anchorage Digital, please get in touch.