We are excited to announce that Kiln has partnered with OSL, the first insured and SFC-licensed digital asset platform in Hong Kong. As a trusted partner, OSL’s institutional customers can now enjoy enterprise-grade staking through a native integration on OSL’s custody platform, ensuring robust security and market-leading performance.
This partnership enables OSL’s institutional clients to seamlessly participate in securing the Ethereum blockchain and earn staking rewards directly from the safety of OSL’s platform.
Now that the SFC has provided clear guidance (see here) regarding the approval of staking products, we are very excited to build and offer access to protocol rewards together.
Kiln is committed to continue supporting OSL and the regulators on the important role of staking within the onchain economy. ETFs and ETPs indeed play a crucial role in bridging traditional finance and the digital assets market.
The staking opportunity
Staking is widely considered the safest and most predictable way to get rewarded in the digital assets space, as it is the native way to secure PoS (Proof of Stake) networks, and the rewards originate from the blockchain’s native currency inflation and network activity.
Financial institutions and digital asset owners use staking to safely optimize the return of their treasuries or funds and can get detailed oversight of the rewards thanks to Kiln’s reporting capabilities.
“We're excited to introduce our staking solutions, empowering investors with a secure and efficient on-chain tool to participate in blockchain networks. Partnering with Kiln reinforces our dedication to providing top-tier digital asset services beyond traditional custody. Kiln's unparalleled security practices, highlighted by their zero slashing incidents and widespread Ethereum community trust, ensure a robust and reliable staking experience for our clients, both within our current custody offering and for future ETF services.” - Eugene Cheung, Chief Commercial Officer of OSL
"The approval of staking in Hong Kong is a major milestone for the institutional adoption of digital assets in the region. With the future integration of staking into ETFs, these products will offer investors both exposure to ETH price movements and rewards for securing the Ethereum network. We’re excited to partner with OSL to prepare for this new integration.” - Laszlo Szabo, co-founder and CEO at Kiln
Why stake with Kiln?
Kiln is the leader in Ethereum staking, managing $11 billion in digital assets and a 5% of the Ethereum network. In 2024, Kiln validators consistently outperformed the Ethereum network, achieving an average staking GRR of 3.628% compared to the network’s 3.510%, due to our strong performance on the consensus layer, with higher uptime and consistent block production. To learn more about our Ethereum performance, check out our latest reports.
Kiln has maintained a zero penalties or slashing incidents track-record while validating on over 40 Proof-of-Stake networks for several years. The Ethereum Foundation has recognized our proactive risk management practices*. Additionally, Kiln is SOC 2 Type II compliant, underscoring our commitment to security and reliability.
About OSL Hong Kong
As a subsidiary of the publicly listed OSL Group (HKEX: 863.HK), OSL Digital Securities is Hong Kong’s first and most established SFC-licensed and insured digital asset platform. Operating since 2018, the platform provides institutional-grade digital asset services to corporations, financial institutions, professional and retail investors, combining regulatory compliance with cutting-edge blockchain technology.
OSL Hong Kong delivers services across five core domains: brokerage, omnibus solutions, custody, wealth management, and exchange. The brokerage services provide 24/7 high-liquidity crypto trading with fiat on/off-ramp services. Custody solutions feature client-asset segregated wallet management backed by US$1 billion insurance coverage. The wealth management suite includes innovative products such as tokenised money market fund, with parallel exchange services ensuring compliant market access for professional and retail investors.
As a pioneer in bridging traditional finance and the digital asset economy, OSL Hong Kong adheres to the “Open, Secure, Licensed” principles, serving as a cornerstone of Asia’s regulated digital asset ecosystem. In addition, OSL leads with compliance-first expansion—now in Japan, Australia, and beyond—delivering secure, tailored solutions worldwide.
For more information, visit osl.com.
About Kiln
Kiln is the leading staking and digital asset rewards management platform, enabling institutional customers to earn rewards on their digital assets, or to whitelabel earning functionality into their products.
Kiln runs validators on all major PoS blockchains, with over $11 billion in digital assets being programmatically staked and running more than 5% of the Ethereum network on a multi-client, multi-cloud, and multi-region infrastructure.
Clients of Kiln also enjoy a validator-agnostic suite of products for fully automated deployment of validators and reporting and commission management, enabling custodians, wallets, and exchanges to streamline staking or DeFi operations across providers. Kiln is SOC2 Type II compliant.
For more information, visit: kiln.fi
* Kiln’s best practices and research on Ethereum:
- Modelling correlated slashing risks on Ethereum
- Monitoring Ethereum infrastructure at scale
- Ethereum upgrades at scale
- Ethereum anti-slashing strategies
