BitGo and Jupiter Launch Institutional Solana Staking From Regulated Custody

BitGo and Jupiter have opened a validator that lets eligible institutions stake Solana (SOL) straight from their existing BitGo custody accounts, the two companies announced on October 28, 2026. The “Jupiter x BitGo” validator means a regulated custodian’s clients can delegate SOL and earn native staking rewards without moving the asset to an external staking provider or opening a second custody relationship, according to the BitGo announcement. BitGo Bank & Trust, N.A., an OCC-regulated national trust bank, supplies the custody layer. Jupiter, the Solana swap and DeFi aggregator, runs the validator itself. The pairing targets a specific operational problem for institutional holders: native Solana staking has normally required delegating stake through a wallet or staking provider outside the custodian’s control, which forces a compliance team to weigh custody integrity against yield. What Staking From Custody Changes Native SOL staking runs through stake accounts. A holder delegates SOL to a validator, the stake activates at the start of the next epoch, and rewards compound into the stake account every epoch. An epoch runs roughly two to three days on Solana. Unstaking reverses the flow with a deactivation delay of about one epoch before the balance can be withdrawn, and the network caps how much stake can activate or deactivate in a single epoch at 25% of total active stake to guard against sudden swings in security. The integration keeps that mechanism but moves where the stake sits. Instead of a client withdrawing SOL from BitGo and sending it to a provider, the delegation happens inside the existing custody account. “Staked SOL is delegated to the validator and is not transferred to Jupiter’s custody,” BitGo’s announcement states. That distinction is the product. Staking without transferring assets removes the custody hand-off that stalls most institutional staking decisions during compliance review. The asset stays inside BitGo’s cold storage and its insurance program, which covers up to $250 million subject to the policy’s terms, conditions, limits, and exclusions. “Most people know Jupiter for swaps, perps, and lending, but none of that works without a network that’s secure and fast underneath it,” said Kash Dhanda, Jupiter’s chief operating officer. “Running a validator is how we invest in that base layer, and partnering with BitGo brings institutional SOL into it on terms those institutions already trust.” “Staking is an important part of how institutions manage their SOL holdings, and it needs to fit into their existing custody and approval processes,” said Abel Seow, managing director and head of APAC sales at BitGo. Jupiter framed the same idea on X as “Solana’s leading DeFi platform, meet the custodian institutions trust.” The Numbers Behind Solana’s Staking Market Solana is already one of the most staked major networks.