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January 2025

Announcement

We hope you had a refreshing break! Once again, we are immensely grateful for your support throughout 2024 — we couldn’t have achieved this without you.

Before the year ended, we hit a new all-time high of $13 billion in staked assets, a remarkable 271% increase from the previous year, and welcomed new partners like VanEck. If you missed it, here’s our retrospective.

We look forward to seeing you this year, whether at our new office or during events, as we continue building the future onchain together!

Crypto 101

Introduction to Solana clients

The Solana network is rapidly advancing toward its goal of becoming a "decentralized NASDAQ at the speed of light." At Kiln, we are excited to support this network, operating 2.5% of it, and to share our insights with you. In our latest blog post, we delve into the world of Solana validator clients—the software that powers the network's nodes.

We clarify the distinction between validators, which verify transactions and secure the network, and validator clients, the software they use to operate.

For a detailed exploration of these clients and their impact on the Solana network, check out our full blog post.

To learn more about Solana and why you should stake with Kiln, download our latest 1-pager here.

Product - new integration

We are excited to announce a strategic partnership between Kiln and Zodia Custody to provide enterprise-grade staking services for institutional clients.

Through this collaboration, Zodia Custody’s clients can now securely stake TON and other major Proof-of-Stake (PoS) assets including ETH, DOT, ADA, BNB with more protocols planned for future integration.

This partnership opens up new staking opportunities while allowing institutional investors to play a key role in securing these networks and earning staking rewards.

Events

Let’s meet at the upcoming events

🇨🇭 Co-hosted with Fireblocks, Solana, and more, we’re excited to host a meetup in Zurich on Thursday, January 16th to discuss institutional adoption. If you’re in the area, please register here.

🇺🇸 Our team will be in Miami from January 27 to January 30 for Global Alts 25. Come meet us there if you’re around!


🇫🇷 Kiln is excited to host its first hackathon from January 31 to February 2 in our new office, aiming to raise awareness about staking and DeFi among the next generation of builders. Sign up here!

Have a great start to the year, and we look forward to meeting you in person!

Thank you for reading,

Marie, Head of Marketing

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