Anchorage hands institutions the keys to TRX staking — and the rewards stay put 🔐

Anchorage Digital has rolled out native TRX staking for institutional clients, letting them earn protocol rewards on the Tron blockchain directly from the company's custody platform or its Porto self-custody wallet. The custodian said the service allows clients to stake without moving assets outside their existing custody environment, addressing demand from institutions seeking regulated access to staking yields.

The launch extends Anchorage's Tron footprint, which began earlier this year with institutional custody for TRX, the network's native token. Anchorage cited growing institutional interest in Tron, which it described as one of the largest networks for USDt (USDT) settlement. According to the company, Tron processed roughly $2 trillion in USDT transfers during the first quarter of 2026 while averaging 10.9 million daily transactions and 3.2 million active addresses. Tether's transparency data shows nearly $90 billion of USDT currently circulates on the network.

The Tron addition follows a broader expansion of Anchorage's institutional staking services. In November, the company partnered with Figment to add HYPE staking, extending custody-integrated staking support to the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

Other institutional infrastructure providers have also moved beyond custody into staking. In October 2025, Coinbase and Figment expanded their institutional staking partnership, allowing Coinbase Prime clients to stake proof-of-stake assets including Solana ($SOL), Avalanche ($AVAX), Sui ($SUI) and Aptos ($APT) directly from custody. Four months later, Ripple integrated Figment and Securosys into its institutional custody platform, enabling banks and custodians to offer staking without operating their own validator infrastructure.

Asset managers and corporate treasuries have pursued the same integrated approach. In February, BitGo expanded its partnership with 21shares to provide regulated custody and staking for the firm's US exchange-traded funds and global exchange-traded products through its regulated US and European entities. Bitmine launched its MAVAN staking platform in March, having initially built the validator infrastructure for its own Ether ($ETH) treasury before opening it to external institutions and custodians. On Monday, Bitmine said it holds 5.77 million $ETH, representing about 4.8% of Ether's total supply, and has staked 4.92 million $ETH through MAVAN.