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🌐 VanEck clients can now benefit from Kiln’s high-performance and secure staking services, backed by our SOC 2 Type 2 certified infrastructure. Key Benefits:  🔒 Maximum security & uptime 📈 Seamless institutional integration  💼 Effortless exposure to Solana for institutional investors 🤝 This partnership is a big step forward in driving institutional crypto adoption!

🤝 We’re thrilled to welcome Dan Biton to our team. As a seasoned entrepreneur in blockchain and gaming, he brings a strong entrepreneurial mindset to drive new initiatives. Dan’s mission is to structure and accelerate high-impact initiatives that drive Kiln’s expansion into new markets. 👋 Join us in congratulating Dan—welcome aboard! https://lnkd.in/e64kMVye

Teddy Fusaro, President of Bitwise Asset Management, will join us at Convergence in New York on March 17th. With a proven track record in scaling ETF issuers into multibillion-dollar franchises, he brings deep expertise in institutional investment strategies. Teddy Fusaro will share his perspectives on the "Integrating staking, the future challenges of ETH ETFs?" panel. Join us to connect with him and other leaders in this exclusive setting: https://lnkd.in/eCBPK965

We're proud to announce the Lombard Security Consortium, a decentralized consensus mechanism securing Bitcoin liquidity at scale—starting with 14 industry-leading digital asset institutions. Galaxy Wintermute Amber Group OKX ANTPOOL Technologies Pte. Ltd. Chorus One Cubist f2pool Figment Kiln Informal Systems Nansen P2P.org Through collective consensus from independent parties with uncorrelated security setups, the Consortium facilitates every transaction on the Lombard protocol, including mints, redemptions, staking and bridging. The design eliminates single points of failure, while transparency is achieved by recording all activities on the Lombard Ledger, a Byzantine fault-tolerant blockchain, which provides a verifiable and immutable record of operations. The unification of leading digital asset institutions around the Lombard Protocol establishes LBTC as a shared financial primitive and sets a new standard for security and transparency in Bitcoin finance—a market in desperate need of security best practices. Today, we take a major step toward unlocking Bitcoin’s full potential. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eFrJFkqb

ETHDenver is coming soon! Keep an eye out for Sébastien Rannou, William Bailey, Edgar Roth, Elsa S., Grégoire G., John Mulreany, Donald Chua, and Gwenall P. from Kiln. They'll be chatting about DeFi, staking, restaking, and the upcoming upgrades on Ethereum. 👋 DM them or say hi if you see them.

We’re excited to announce 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, our initiative to back and partner with the next generation of onchain builders. As a trusted platform in digital asset infrastructure and builders ourselves, we’re bringing more than just capital: 🧑🔧 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 from our world-class engineering team 📈 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗧𝗠 through our extensive institutional and investor networks 🤝 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 focused on staking, Ethereum, Solana, new Layer-1s, DeFi & stablecoins, restaking, and more We’re already partnering with amazing teams like Reown (prev. WalletConnect Inc.), Cede Labs, Raiku, FastLane Labs, 𝗣𝘆𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 and Dexari, and now we want to hear from you! If you’re building innovative onchain products, let’s explore how Kiln Ventures can help. Check out our blog post for more details: https://lnkd.in/edQ-Pq5r

🎙️ Our latest Kiln Restaking Rendez-Vous podcast episode is live, featuring Murat Akdeniz, CEO and Co-Founder at Primev! 👀 Murat shares his expertise on pre-confirmations, the role of validators, and how Primev is improving block validation mechanisms on Ethereum. 🎧 Don't miss this insightful episode! Tune in now: https://lnkd.in/e2WYqhMx

🤝 Joining us at Convergence by Kiln in New York is Matthew Sigel, recovering CFA, Head of Digital Assets Research at VanEck. 🔍 As a leading voice in the digital assets ecosystem, his research and analysis provide critical insights into disruptive business models emerging in this space. 🎤 Matthew will share his expertise, especially during our panel on ETH ETFs. Join us to connect with him and other industry leaders at this unique gathering: https://lnkd.in/eCBPK965

🚀 We're all set! ꧁IP꧂ 🙌 With the recent launch of the Story protocol Mainnet, we are happy to be among the inaugural group of validators. 🖼️ Story is a purpose-built layer 1 blockchain designed to tokenize any type of IP; whether that’s an idea, an image, an AI model, or a real world asset. 🌐 You can now begin staking IP through Kiln Validators. 👉 Discover more about Story Protocol in our latest blog post: https://lnkd.in/eg2dkkqk

🙌 Join us tomorrow for an insightful episode of the Kiln Restaking Rendez-Vous podcast, featuring Murat Akdeniz from Primev with Sébastien Rannou and Edgar Roth from Kiln by his side. 🔍 We'll dive into the world of pre-confirmations, MEV, and the solutions Primev is bringing to the Ethereum ecosystem. ➡️ Tune in tomorrow to hear the full conversation and gain insights into the evolving landscape of pre-confirmations and MEV.