Anchorage Digital has integrated Marinade Finance into its platform to support Solana staking for institutional clients.

Cointelegraph reported on April 23 that the move lets clients stake within Anchorage Digital Custody and wallet infrastructure without transferring assets to an external application.

Institutional clients can directly use Marinade staking strategies on the Anchorage Digital platform and on Porto, a self-custody wallet. Staking, custody and asset management functions are provided through a single interface.

It also lets institutions keep control of their assets while taking part in validator selection and yield generation.

Clients can choose one of two staking strategies. One allocates assets across about 30 KYC-verified validators and targets demand aligned with regulated financial products such as exchange-traded funds. The other dynamically spreads staked amounts across hundreds of operators to support yield optimisation.

Institutional investors are expanding ways to generate returns without moving cryptocurrencies out of custody. In February, Ripple enabled banks and custody firms to offer staking services without directly running validators or managing keys by integrating with SecurOSys and Figment.