Anchorage Digital Enables Institutional Solana Staking with Marinade Finance
Anchorage Digital now supports institutional staking with Marinade Finance, the leading decentralized staking protocol on Solana.
With this integration, clients can stake SOL through Marinade directly within Anchorage Digital’s platform and Porto, Anchorage Digital’s self-custody wallet, without relying on external applications or relinquishing control of their assets.
For the first time, institutions can access Marinade’s automated staking strategies, designed to optimize yield and distribute stake across a diverse set of validators, while maintaining assets in qualified custody with Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S. approved to offer staking.
Optimized staking, without giving up control
Staking on Solana has traditionally required institutions to make tradeoffs between yield, operational complexity, and control.
Selecting and managing validators can be resource-intensive, and delegating stake across a broad set of validators can introduce additional operational complexity
Marinade addresses these challenges by automatically distributing stake across a broad set of high-quality validators, spanning hundreds of operators in its native strategy, as well as a curated set of ~30 KYC-verified validators in Marinade Select, improving both performance and decentralization. Through this integration, Anchorage Digital clients can access these benefits while retaining full custody of their assets.
This is made possible via an onchain mechanism that separates staking authority from withdrawal authority, allowing clients to delegate staking operations to Marinade while Anchorage Digital maintains custody and control of the underlying assets.
“Anchorage Digital is committed to providing institutions with secure, flexible ways to participate in onchain networks. By integrating Marinade, we’re expanding access to optimized Solana staking strategies—while maintaining the custody, control, and regulatory standards institutions require.”– Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO, Anchorage Digital
Flexible staking options for institutional needs
Clients can choose between two Marinade strategies, depending on their objectives:
- Marinade Select: A compliance-focused staking strategy that utilizes a curated set of KYC-verified validators, designed for institutions with specific regulatory or risk requirements, including ETF issuers and regulated financial products.
- Marinade Max Yield: An automated strategy that dynamically allocates stake to optimize yield across Marinade’s validator set.
“Marinade was built to make staking more efficient and decentralized. Bringing Marinade to Anchorage Digital allows institutions to access these benefits within a trusted, regulated environment—helping scale participation across the Solana network.” – Michael Repetný, Co-Founder and CEO of Marinade Labs
Both options are available directly within Anchorage Digital’s platform, enabling seamless participation in Solana staking without additional integrations or workflows.
A growing suite of institutional staking solutions
This integration adds to Anchorage Digital’s existing staking capabilities, providing institutions with multiple ways to deploy capital across digital assets while maintaining security, compliance, and operational simplicity.
If you would like to learn more about Anchorage Digital’s staking offerings, please get in touch.
About Anchorage Digital
Anchorage Digital is a global crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through trading, staking, custody, governance, settlement, stablecoin issuance, and the industry’s leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, which is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore; Anchorage Digital NY, which holds a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services; and self-custody wallet Porto by Anchorage Digital. Anchorage Digital Bank also offers fiat custody services through the use of an FDIC-insured, licensed sub-custodian. Anchorage Digital is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with a valuation of $4.2 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
This post is intended for informational purposes only. It is not to be construed as and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities in Anchor Labs, Inc., or any of its subsidiaries, and should not be relied upon to make any investment decisions. Furthermore, nothing within this announcement is intended to provide tax, legal, or investment advice and its contents should not be construed as a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security or digital asset or to engage in any transaction therein.
Anchorage Digital Bank National Association offers fiat custody services through the use of an FDIC-insured, licensed sub-custodian.
