Blockdaemon Bulletin | October 2025

By: Conor Keville

Welcome to the October edition of the Blockdaemon Bulletin.

Company Updates

The Institutional Staking Landscape

The market has grown fast with Ethereum’s move to Proof-of-Stake and clearer rules in the U.S. The Institutional Staking Landscape report covers institutional staking trends, regulatory updates, and competitive dynamics. Institutions want clear, reliable rewards with real controls. This report shows the models, the tools, and the trade-offs. The full report is available from Blockworks Research.

How Institutions Should Evaluate Validators

Not all validators are equal. Our latest blog outlines four key factors for institutional staking: fees, performance, security, and ethos. Learn how Blockdaemon applies these on Aptos with 99.99% performance and 0% commission. Read the Blog.

Blockdaemon x Aave Labs Partnership

We’ve partnered with Aave Labs to expand secure, institutional access to DeFi lending markets. This collaboration strengthens our Earn Stack, enabling seamless movement of staking rewards and idle balances into Aave’s trusted lending protocols. Find Out More.

Blockdaemon Strengthens Ethereum Staking with Obol DVs

Blockdaemon expands ETH staking through Lido’s Curated Module with Obol Distributed Validators, which enhances security, resilience, and decentralization for institutions. Discover the Integration.

MPC Transaction Governance & Validation - Scaling Out The Single Point Of Trust

Alexandre Karlov, Blockdaemon's Director, Cryptography and Security Engineering, explains how MPC transaction governance and validation scales out the single point of trust in his latest blog.

Event Recap

Digital Asset Summit, London

Our CEO & Founder, Konstantin Richter, shared insights on “Onchain Capital Formation & The Next Wave of Institutional Crypto Products”. Onchain infrastructure is unlocking new efficiencies in capital markets and paving the way for more transparent, programmable, and institution-ready financial products.

Watch The Session.

Staked & Stirred

This year, we hosted an exclusive VIP Lunch, a lively Staked & Stirred Reception, and brought the Blockdaemon Breeze to the Official VIP Dinner, giving the DAS community a true taste of what decentralized infrastructure and good company can deliver.

Future Blockchain Summit

Andrew Vranjes, Blockdaemon’s CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) shared insights with Mario Casiraghi (SingularityNET) and Saloi Benbaha (XDC Network) on "What DeFi Infrastructure Will Power the Next Financial Era?"

Merge Madrid

Blockdaemon Head of Sales, Europe & UK, Danny Bailey, spoke on the panel: "2025 in Review: Real-World Applications that Defined the Year" with fellow speakers: David García (The Arbitrum Foundation), Jaime de Mora (Microsoft), Javier Pastor (Bit2Me), Paula Pascual (Merge Madrid).

Blockdaemon Head Of EMEA Taking The Stage In London

Chanchal Samadder, Blockdaemon Head of EMEA, at Digital Assets Week London opening panel: "Commercial Opportunities Driven By Global Digital Asset Regulatory Change" with Colin Payne (FCA), Kushal Balluck (Bank of England), Max Heinzle (21X).

At the CFA UK Technology & Innovation – New Investment Order event, we’re proud of Chanchal for joining an inspiring panel with Kim Hochfeld and Russell Barlow to discuss the future of digital assets, blockchain, and AI in finance.

Chanchal also shared insights at the Capital Pioneer Digital Assets Summit with Andrew Douglas and Janet Du Chenne on how traditional capital markets embrace blockchain and tokenisation while staying interoperable with legacy systems.

Upcoming Events

Money 20/20: The Stablecoin Speakeasy by Blockdaemon, Canton, Bitwave
27 October 2025, Monday
16:00 - 18:00
https://luma.com/a8msyqjv.