Blockdaemon Bulletin | March 2026

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Conor
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Welcome to the March edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Company Updates

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Blockdaemon Adds Morpho Vaults Curated by Gauntlet to Earn Stack for Institutional Yield Access

Blockdaemon is adding Morpho vaults, curated by Gauntlet, to Earn Stack to give institutional clients access to onchain stablecoin, ETH, and BTC yield across Ethereum Mainnet, Base, and Arbitrum. At launch, this will cover the full range of Gauntlet-curated Morpho vaults on those networks, totaling 50+ vaults.

This gives institutions a simpler way to access DeFi yield through one platform instead of navigating a fragmented market across many protocols, strategies, and risk profiles. More information is available in the full blog.

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Expanding Institutional Access to Solana Staking with Blockdaemon Earn Stack

Blockdaemon now enables institutional access to Solana staking through its Earn Stack and validator infrastructure. This further grows the opportunity for institutions to participate in Solana with secure, non custodial solutions built for scale. The full overview is available here.

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Ethereum Validators Performance - February 2026

Ethereum staking conditions remained confident in February as validator entry pressure eased from January highs and execution-layer rewards strengthened further.

Blockdaemon’s validator fleet delivered a 3.23% Protocol Reward Rate (PRR) versus the 2.90% CESR, outperforming the network by 33 basis points and ranking 2nd among institutional staking providers for the month. Outperformance was driven primarily by the execution layer, where rewards rose ~55% month-over-month and recovered ~130% versus December’s lows.

Download the February 2026 Ethereum Validators Performance Report for a detailed analysis of validator queue dynamics, execution-layer and MEV trends, protocol roadmap updates, and Blockdaemon’s performance relative to network benchmarks.

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Solana Validator Performance - February 2026

Solana staking conditions remained steady in February, and Blockdaemon’s validator continued to outperform. We delivered a 7.00% Protocol Reward Rate (PRR), finishing 33 basis points above the ~6.67% network average. This marked Blockdaemon’s highest reward rate in eight months, and Blockdaemon ranked second across all monitored institutional operators.

February also brought meaningful ecosystem progress, including continued advancements in the validator client landscape as delay games became a frequent occurrence, alongside consistent U.S. SOL ETF inflows with total U.S. SOL ETF AUM now at approximately $1 billion. Institutional momentum also grew following Morgan Stanley’s S-1 filing for a Solana ETF.

Download the full February Solana Validator Performance Report for detailed metrics and market insights.

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Institutional RWA Tokenization

Tokenization is a hot topic right now. We have updated our website to include a full knowledge base for institutions looking to jump into the real-world asset tokenization space.  

You can expect to find answers to the Why Now and How it Works, as well as a deeper understanding of more complex topics like Strategic Tokenization choices and How to Operate and Audit Tokenized Assets.

Event Recap

Future of Finance Digital Asset Exchanges 2026

Blockdaemon's Danny Bailey, Head of Sales, UK & Ireland, spoke at the Digital Assets Exchange in London alongside Archax, Bullish and Republic. See some of the key takeaways from this Chatham House Rules event.

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Digital Asset Summit NYC

CEO & Founder, Konstantin Richter, took the stage at Digital Asset Summit 2026 in New York for the session "Stablecoins, Wallets & the New Global Payments Stack", joined by Tom Zschach, Chief Innovation Officer at SWIFT, to explore digital transactions as payments and the wallet infrastructure powering the next generation of global payments.

Blockdaemon and VerifiedX brought together a select group of institutional leaders at an exclusive happy hour on the sidelines of DAS for an evening of high-level conversation, good food, and great company.

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Upcoming Events

EthCC

The team will be attending RWA Summit and The Agora in addition to EthCC.  

Meet the Blockdaemon team - book time with us in Cannes!

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Paris Blockchain Week

Blockdaemon will be attending Paris Blockchain Week. Stay tuned for more details on where to find us - or book time with us now for Paris!

We're continuously expanding our team.

Visit our careers page and apply today!


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