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August 2026 Solana Report

Blockdaemon outperformed the Solana network average with a 5.98% PRR.

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September 16, 2026

August 2026 Ethereum Report

Blockdaemon delivered a 2.63% PRR vs. a 2.62% CESR in August 2026.

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September 15, 2026

Announcing Blockdaemon As a Day 1 Launch Partner for Arc

Blockdaemon is a Day 1 Launch Partner for Arc. Our node and data infrastructure is live on Arc, and our managed validator services give institutions a direct path to network participation.

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September 14, 2026

Verification Is the New Frontier

The AI labs have concluded that capability has outrun verification. Finance reached that conclusion a century ago and built an industry around it.

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August 21, 2026

What Is EIP-8363, and Why Does It Matter for Ethereum Staking?

EIP-8363 proposes burning a rising share of Ethereum staking rewards, cutting issuance from about 2.6% to 1.2% of staked ETH and to zero at half of supply.

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August 21, 2026

What Is SIMD-0553, and Why Does It Matter for Institutional SOL Holders?

SIMD-0553 would price Solana fees by computing resources and burn them, lifting daily burns from about 648 SOL to an estimated 7,500 to 9,000 fully phased in.

Staking
August 21, 2026

What Is SIMD-0550, and Why Does It Matter for Institutional Staking?

SIMD-0550 proposes doubling Solana's disinflation rate, cutting baseline staking rewards faster and reaching the 1.5% inflation floor in 2029 instead of 2032.

Staking
August 4, 2026

Agentic AI hasn't created a new attack class. It's created a faster one.

A customer asked us recently how we think about agentic and LLM-driven cyberattacks against our infrastructure. It's a fair question, and one we're getting more often — for good reason. The evidence is no longer hypothetical. Over the past few months, security researchers have documented autonomous AI agents actually carrying out intrusions, not just simulating them.

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July 17, 2026

The Wallet Infrastructure Behind DTCC's Tokenization Milestone

An overview of Blockdaemon's role in DTCC's tokenization milestone by Konstantin Richter, Founder and CEO, Blockdaemon.

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July 17, 2026

Securing the Future of Institutional Tokenization

Blockdaemon and MPCH Deliver Enterprise-Grade Key Management for the Canton Network

MPC Wallets & Vaults
July 10, 2026

Tokenized Deposits: What Infrastructure Do Institutions Need?

A practical guide to tokenized deposit infrastructure: network access, transaction controls, event visibility, and production readiness for institutions.

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July 10, 2026

Tokenized Deposits: Tokenized Asset Settlement

How tokenized deposits provide the payment leg for tokenized asset settlement, supporting DvP-style workflows for asset managers, brokers, and custodians.

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July 10, 2026

Tokenized Deposits: 3 Use Cases

Explore three practical tokenized deposit use cases: internal treasury movement, institutional payments, and corporate platform payments, with real examples.

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July 10, 2026

Tokenized Deposits vs Stablecoins

Compare tokenized deposits and stablecoins: who issues them, where each fits in institutional workflows, and why the distinction matters for risk and settlement.

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July 10, 2026

Tokenized Deposits: Commercial Bank Money in Token Form

Learn how tokenized deposits represent commercial bank money on distributed ledgers and why institutions are paying attention.

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July 8, 2026

What is Firedancer’s status and what does it mean for Solana?

A clear look at Firedancer and Frankendancer on Solana mainnet, including deployment status, stake distribution, client diversity, and what operators should monitor next.

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July 2, 2026

Robinhood Chain: Infrastructure for 24/7 Tokenized Markets

A look at the infrastructure requirements behind Robinhood Chain’s always-on tokenized markets, including validator operations, RPC APIs and dedicated node deployments.

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July 2, 2026

Robinhood Chain: Protocol-Level Compliance for Financial Institutions

A look at Robinhood Chain’s protocol-level compliance model, including KYC, AML, jurisdictional controls, validator operations and managed RPC access for financial institutions.

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July 2, 2026

Robinhood Chain: An Intro for Financial Institutions

A review of Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 network designed to support tokenized financial assets, regulated access, faster settlement and institutional blockchain infrastructure.

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July 1, 2026

Announcing Institutional RPC & Dedicated Node Access to Robinhood Chain

Blockdaemon offers institutional infrastructure support for Robinhood Chain, delivering the compliance alignment, reliability, and performance that regulated tokenized finance needs.

Nodes & APIs
June 30, 2026

Blockdaemon Bulletin | June 2026

Welcome to the June edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

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June 30, 2026

Crypto Demystified Part 1: Wallets, Keys, and Transaction Control

A finance-friendly guide to crypto wallets, keys, MPC, transaction signing and controls for institutions exploring digital assets.

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June 29, 2026

Blockdaemon Achieves NORS Certification for Ethereum

Blockdaemon has successfully completed the Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS) certification, affirming that its Ethereum validator operations meet enterprise-grade standards for risk management, operational security, and validator reliability.

Staking
June 22, 2026

What is Harmonic and Why Does It Matter for Institutional Solana Staking?

Learn how Harmonic gives Solana validators more control over block-building, builder selection, scheduling strategy, and staking reward economics.

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June 22, 2026

ETHConf 2026: What institutions need from ETH staking infrastructure

At ETHConf 2026, held June 8-10 in New York City, Demetrios Skalkotos, Chief DeFi & Protocols Officer at Blockdaemon, spoke about the next phase of institutional ETH staking.

Staking
June 18, 2026

Blockdaemon and Hyperion DeFi Partner to Expand Institutional Hyperliquid Staking Infrastructure

Blockdaemon has partnered with Hyperion DeFi to support Blockdaemon’s Hyperliquid staking operations through the Kinetiq X Hyperion Validator.

Staking
June 3, 2026

Blockdaemon Builder Vault Integrates the Aleo Signing Curve Supporting Regulated Stablecoin Issuer Use Cases

Blockdaemon has added support for Aleo’s elliptic-curve-based signature requirements across Builder Vault and its SDKs.

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May 29, 2026

Fireblocks Clients Can Now Stake ETH with Blockdaemon

Fireblocks clients can now stake to Blockdaemon validators through the Fireblocks UI and API, accessing institutional-grade ETH staking infrastructure.

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May 28, 2026

Blockdaemon Bulletin | May 2026

Welcome to the May edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

News
May 26, 2026

Crypto Finance Forum 2026: Tokenization’s Next Phase is Operational

Insights from Crypto Finance Forum 2026 on why tokenization’s next phase depends on operating models, controls, data, wallets, and production-ready infrastructure.

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May 20, 2026

Simplifying Institutional ETH Swaps with Transaction Batching in Blockdaemon Earn Stack

Learn how Blockdaemon supports EIP-5792 and EIP-7702 batching to make ETH swap flows faster, simpler, and more efficient for institutions.

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