Explore recent U.S. regulatory changes for digital assets, including the repeal attempt of SAB 121 and the passage of FIT21, and what they could mean for the industry in 2025.

This month’s newsletter explains why Distributed Validators offer added resilience for ETH staking, a restaking roundup, Singapore Event Recap from an ETH perspective, and the benefits of Liquid Staking for institutions.

In this blog, we feature a Q&A with Chris Spannos, Blockdaemon Blockchain R&D Engineer, to learn more about his work on Ethereum scaling to date.

Presented at Daemon Day 2024, this overview highlights how institutional stakers and node operators can evaluate Actively Validated Services and Liquid Staking Tokens.

In this blog, we recap the key themes and highlights of Daemon Day, a gathering of industry experts and leaders, which took place on the 17 September, 2024.

Welcome to the September edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Learn more about the key insights from the, "State of Staking Infrastructure" panel at this year's European Blockchain Convention.

Distributed Validators (DVs) add greater resilience to Ethereum staking - learn why, the benefits of DVs, and Blockdaemon's role in testing this technology, in this blog.

MPC is the acronym for secure multi-party computation, which is a specialized subfield of cryptography used to protect digital secrets. MPC wallets protect the secret private key used to digitally sign and authorize digital asset transactions. For cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, protecting the private key is paramount to secure digital assets.

Stacks Nakamoto upgrade boosts transaction speed and Bitcoin finality. Blockdaemon supports the transition as a network Signer.

In this month's newsletter, we take a look at the competitive restaking space, the Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS), and how to meet the Daemons at Token2049, ECB, Mainnet and Devcon.

Exchanges and Custodians face the requirement to support mainstream coins, new tokens, and niche protocols. Wallets often struggle to keep up with token trends, especially when supporting niche or out-of-favor tokens, which can delay upgrades to more efficient solutions. Fortunately, you can now take control of your wallet priorities more easily than ever before.

Discover how Flow's innovative modular design tackles the blockchain trilemma, offering scalability, security, and decentralization for Web3.

Welcome to the August edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Blockdaemon joins NORS to enhance security and trust in Ethereum staking for institutions, setting a new standard for operational risk management.

Learn more about Blockdaemon's invitation-only Daemon Day on September 17, 2024, at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore, focusing on blockchain infrastructure, staking, and DeFi with industry leading event partners AWS and Zodia Custody.

This month's newsletter focuses on the categorizing of the modular rollup landscape, understanding the effects of EIP-7251 “maxEB”, outperforming staking rate benchmarks, and a recap of the high-caliber EthCC conference in Brussels.

Learn how Japan's new crypto regulations impact custodial services and how Blockdaemon's Institutional Wallet offers a compliant and secure solution for institutions.

Welcome to the July edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Announcing Blockdaemon's partnership with Narval, integrating Builder Vault™ to improve internal operations.

Periodic hacks of crypto exchange, token issuers and other institutions show that multisig wallets may not protect against advanced threats. Multi-party computation (MPC) wallets face similar issues, as decentralized key protection alone is insufficient. Blockdaemon recommends a multi-layered defense, as used by the Blockdaemon Institutional Wallet, to maximize digital asset security while maintaining accessibility and operational efficiency.

Institutional self-custody has become the preferred custody model following the turbulent events of 2022. Blockdaemon Institutional Wallet has added multiple features to make self-custody easier and more compelling than ever before. Check out these features and the latest version of our Institutional Self-Custody Planning Guide for more insights.

This month's Blockdaemon Ethereum newsletter discusses trade-offs in the rollup space, the topic of removing centralized sequencers on L2s, and answers the question, "when does exited validator collateral become liquid?"

Discover how Blockdaemon's Wallet Transact API now supports Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Dogecoin, simplifying transactions and reducing development effort for developers.

Proof-of-Stake (PoS) chains require expensive capital for security. Bitcoin, a $1T+ billion asset, mostly sits idle. Babylon's protocol allows Bitcoin holders to stake their BTC to secure PoS chains and secure rewards, trustlessly, and without bridging. 

Welcome to the June edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Blockdaemon joins Liquid Collective's active set as the first new Node Operator since mainnet launch, enhancing network resilience.

This month's newsletter explores what the Ethereum ETF means for staking, why EigenLayer has room to grow but at higher risks, and a recent Ethereum vs. Solana debate hosted by Bankless.

Learn more about the latest improvements to the Blockdaemon Institutional Wallet™, including cold staking, transaction risk assessment, Android Approver App support, and more.

Blockdaemon Institutional Wallet combines these capabilities with the introduction of cold staking support. Stake and unstake directly from your air-gapped cold wallet without bringing your private keys online.