Ripple has expanded its institutional custody platform by introducing new staking and security integrations, strengthening its push into regulated digital asset infrastructure beyond payments.

The company announced that it has integrated Securosys and Figment into its custody stack, enabling banks and custodians to offer secure digital asset custody and staking services without the need to operate their own validator or key-management infrastructure.

Institutional-Grade Security and Staking

As part of the upgrade, Ripple is adding hardware security modules (HSMs) that allow institutions to securely manage cryptographic keys using either on-premises or cloud-based environments. These integrations make it possible for regulated financial institutions to deploy custody services more efficiently while embedding compliance checks directly into transaction workflows.

Building on Ripple’s recent acquisition of Palisade and its integration of Chainalysis compliance tools, the expanded custody platform enables institutions to offer staking on major proof-of-stake networks such as Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), while meeting regulatory and operational requirements.

Ripple said the enhancements are designed to reduce deployment complexity and support faster rollout of institutional custody services, as demand continues to grow for compliant digital asset infrastructure.

Expanding Beyond Payments

Ripple has been steadily broadening its scope beyond cross-border payments, positioning itself as a full-stack blockchain infrastructure provider. The company now offers custody, treasury, and post-trade services tailored for regulated financial institutions.

The latest update follows Ripple’s recent launch of a corporate treasury platform, which integrates traditional cash management systems with digital asset infrastructure, further signaling its ambition to serve institutional clients across the entire asset lifecycle.

Ripple is a US-based blockchain infrastructure company and the issuer of the XRP (XRP) token, as well as the dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD, which launched in December 2024.

Institutional Staking and Yield Products Gain Momentum

Institutional interest in staking continues to accelerate as proof-of-stake networks mature and regulatory clarity improves.

In October, Figment expanded its integration with Coinbase, allowing Coinbase Custody and Prime clients to stake additional assets beyond Ether. This update provided institutional access to staking on networks including Solana (SOL), Sui (SUI), Aptos (APT), and Avalanche (AVAX).

In November, Anchorage Digital introduced staking support for the Hyperliquid ecosystem, enabling HYPE staking through Anchorage Digital Bank, its Singapore entity, and its self-custody wallet Porto, with validator operations supported by Figment.

While staking remains a core yield strategy for proof-of-stake networks, institutions are also exploring yield opportunities tied to Bitcoin, which does not natively support staking.

Earlier this month, Fireblocks announced an integration with Stacks, allowing institutional clients to access Bitcoin-based lending and yield products. The solution leverages Stacks’ fast block times while settling transactions on the Bitcoin ledger for finality, addressing long-standing latency challenges in Bitcoin-based decentralized finance.

A Growing Institutional Infrastructure Race

Ripple’s latest custody expansion highlights the broader industry trend toward building institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure, as banks and asset managers seek compliant, scalable ways to custody, stake, and generate yield from crypto assets.

As institutional adoption accelerates, custody platforms that combine security, compliance, and yield generation are increasingly becoming a critical pillar of the evolving digital finance ecosystem.

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