Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., has integrated with Marinade Finance to provide two distinct Solana (SOL) staking strategies for its institutional clients, keeping the assets within its regulated custody platform. The move, announced on April 24, 2026, allows institutions to earn yield on the Solana network without managing private keys or moving assets out of a secure environment.
"Institutions need digital assets that fit within existing legal and operational frameworks, not outside them," Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO at Anchorage Digital, said in a related announcement. This ethos is reflected in the new offering, which separates staking delegation from withdrawal rights, a critical distinction for institutional risk management.
The integration provides clients with two automated staking options accessible through Anchorage's Porto wallet. The first is a curated strategy allocating SOL across approximately 30 KYC-verified validators, designed for compliance-centric institutions and regulated products like ETFs. The second is a dynamic strategy that spreads stake across hundreds of operators to optimize for the highest possible yield, according to details from the announcement.
This partnership highlights a significant trend in digital assets: enabling institutional yield generation within a custodial framework. Asset managers are increasingly seeking to earn rewards on their holdings without the operational risks of moving assets to DeFi protocols directly. This model has been gaining traction across the industry, with Ripple recently expanding its custody platform with Figment and Securosys to offer staking, and Fireblocks integrating Stacks to provide access to Bitcoin-based yield. Anchorage itself previously integrated with Puffer Finance to bring liquid restaking to its Ethereum clients.
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