Today, Blockdaemon welcomes Alex Zinder as Chief Product Officer (CPO). This blog shares some of his professional background, focus at Blockdaemon in this new role, and a look toward building for the next wave of institutional blockchain adoption. 

Blockdaemon is now an official validator in the Fireblocks staking marketplace, bringing a one‑click staking experience to the industry’s leading digital‑asset platform trusted by more than 2,000 institutions worldwide. 

Learn about the core team of blockchain experts driving Blockdaemon's EMEA growth.

Understand how AI, MCP, and PQS will influence the institutional DeFi market's next phase of growth.

Welcome to this month's edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Blockdaemon has completed a SOC 2 Type II compliance examination, reinforcing our layered, standards-led security strategy. Learn how we protect $110B+ in assets for 400+ institutions.

The SEC has issued long-awaited guidance clarifying that not all staking is a securities offering. Learn what this means for protocols, validators, and staking providers.

Blockdaemon has closed its acquisition of expand.network, welcoming Demo Skalkotos as Chief DeFi & Protocols Officer and Varun Gyanchandani as Director of Engineering to accelerate institutional access to DeFi through a single, unified API.

Explore how new stablecoin laws in the U.S. and Hong Kong signal global regulatory momentum—and what it means for the crypto industry.

Announcing Blockdaemon's support for institutional ZKsync Stack solutions.

Welcome to the May edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Blockdaemon is excited to announce our participation in the premiere Ethereum Staking Rewards Insurance policy*, created by IMA Financial Group and Chainproof and benchmarked to CoinFund’s Composite Ether Staking Rate (CESR). This first-of-its-kind policy provides assurance to Blockdaemon’s institutional customers for capturing reliable and steady ETH rewards.

Firedancer is a new independent validator client for the Solana blockchain, developed by Jump Crypto in collaboration with the Solana Foundation. It is designed to replicate all of Solana’s functionality with dramatically higher performance and improved network resiliency. 

Welcome to the April edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Learn about Multi-Cloud Encryption with Blockdaemon’s Builder Vault and DuoKey.

Blockdaemon has launched a Stake for Builders Solana Validator to support builders, developers, and the broader SOL community.

Discover Blockdaemon's support for Haven1 mainnet. We provide essential node infrastructure & instant RPC access for developers building on this RWA and DeFi focused compliant L1.

EigenLayer slashing is LIVE on mainnet. Get insights for institutional ETH stakers on how to navigate this new landscape with Blockdaemon's reliable and insured services.

Learn how Blockdaemon acts as a trusted staking partner for Virtual Asset Trading Platforms (VATPs) following recent requirements published by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong.

Blockdaemon now supports Babylon Genesis as a Finality Provider (FP), providing industry-leading infrastructure support for the first standalone Layer 1 (L1) Bitcoin Secured Network (BSN).

Blockdaemon, an industry leading institutional staking operator, recorded strong Ethereum validator performance for the month of February, with a Protocol Reward Rate (PRR) of 3.45%. This was 5 basis points above Ethereum’s network average.

Welcome to the March edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Blockdaemon supports Walrus with validators as they launch their mainnet, now supporting data storage, scalability and development in the SUI ecosystem.

Blockdaemon announces plans to acquire expand.network, a premier DeFi API provider. This acquisition will strengthen institutional and wallet providers with access to DeFi with a unified API for seamless blockchain connectivity.

A deep dive into the Holesky and Sepolia testnet disruption during the Pectra upgrade, analyzing the technical root cause, impact on layer-2 scaling, and key takeaways for Ethereum developers and stakeholders.

Welcome to the February edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Blockdaemon Institutional Wallet has been renamed to Blockdaemon Institutional Vault to reflect the continuous feature enhancements making it more suitable for both institutional online and offline digital asset management and storage using MPC technology.

Uniswap’s Unichain joins the expanding L2 ecosystem. Discover how Blockdaemon powers L2s with sequencing models, shared infrastructure, and ethical compliance.

Unichain is a fast, decentralized Superchain L2 for DeFi. Get 20% off Unichain Nodes, MPC Wallet support, and RPC API with Blockdaemon. Learn more!