Taurus adds staking backbone to its custody system via Everstake integration

Taurus just dropped a major upgrade for institutional crypto players. The Swiss FINMA-regulated digital asset infrastructure provider has integrated Everstake's non-custodial staking services into its custody stack. Translation: banks and big-money clients can now delegate assets like SOL, NEAR, ADA, and XTZ to Everstake's validators while keeping their private keys and operational control locked down in Taurus' regulated custody workflows.

Everstake brings serious validator muscle to the table — they support over 80 proof-of-stake networks and report approximately $7 billion in staked assets. This isn't just a tech integration; it's a regulated pathway for institutions to tap into yield generation across major PoS networks without compromising security or compliance.

Taurus, founded in 2018, has been building out its digital asset infrastructure empire for banks and institutions, covering custody, issuance, trading, and tokenization. They've been expanding their reach too — back in May, they partnered with Parfin to bring tokenization services to financial institutions across Latin America.

Staking is officially going mainstream for the big players. What started as DeFi territory is now getting wrapped in regulated infrastructure that institutions can actually use. This isn't Taurus' first rodeo in this space — they're riding a wave of institutional adoption that's been building all year.

Remember when Lido dropped v3 back in February with those new stVaults? That let institutional ETH stakers customize their setups for compliance and operational control. Coinbase followed suit in October, expanding their integration with Figment to let institutional clients stake a wider range of PoS assets directly from their custody arm.

Anchorage Digital has been on the same track too — they expanded their Hyperliquid offering by adding HYPE staking through their US bank and Singapore entity, powered by Figment's validator infrastructure. And just in September, they added custody and staking for Starknet's STRK token, giving institutions another yield-generating asset to play with.

The message is clear: staking isn't just for crypto degens anymore. Regulated infrastructure providers are building the bridges that let traditional finance institutions safely enter the yield game. Taurus + Everstake is just the latest power move in this institutional staking arms race.