what's figment?
Figment is a cryptocurrency infrastructure company specializing in institutional-grade staking services for digital assets. It provides secure, scalable staking solutions across more than 40 blockchain protocols, enabling institutions to earn rewards while maintaining custody and reducing operational risks. Key features include optimized reward strategies, enterprise-level security, and tools like Figment Prime for portfolio management and monitoring. Figment partners with major players such as Crypto.com, Grayscale, and various networks including Ethereum, Cosmos, Avalanche, and IOTA, managing over $18 billion in assets under stake.
Figment discontinues Initia staking support Feb 1, requiring stakers to unstake or redelegate.
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x.com/figment_ioDiscontinuing support for Initia staking on 2025-02-01, requiring stakers to unstake or redelegate to a different validator.
Participates as a panelist in Stacks' Bitcoin Capital Markets webinar on December 17, 2025, focused on Dual Stacking and Self-Custodial sBTC.
Opens two senior remote positions in the US: Global Sales Engineering Manager ($190K-220K) and Senior Global Partnerships Manager ($200K-225K).
Figment takes the #1 position in Solana validator rankings, moving up from the #2 spot it held on December 3rd.
Announces 0% ETH staking service fees through December 31, 2025 via Ledger Wallet app integration for ETH and SOL staking opportunities.
Figment flips Hyperliquid and Pumpfun in revenue metrics.
Announces partnership with regulated ETF issuer Fonte Capital to provide staking services for Kazakhstan's first Solana ETF (SETF), representing first ETF client in Central Asia.
Head of marketing Sabrina Tricarico, who led institutional go-to-market strategy, has left to become marketing director at another company.
Figment's firedancer validator jumps to #2 position on Solana with 12.346 million SOL stake.
Bhutan's Royal Government sends 320 ETH ($920K) to stake through Figment's platform, per Onchain Lens.
Partners with Ledger Wallet to enable ETH staking through Ledger's hardware wallet infrastructure, offering zero fees through December 31, 2025.
FG Nexus holds $118M in ETH (~40,000 ETH) staked through Figment's services, with these addresses publicly identified by Arkham for the first time.
Hiring for two senior remote positions: Global Sales Engineering Manager ($190K-220K) and Senior Global Partnerships Manager ($200K-225K).
Partners with Crypto.com alongside OpenTrade to offer 15% stablecoin yield product for institutions.
Launches OpenTrade Stablecoin Staking Yield product delivering ~15% average APR on stablecoins, powered by institutional-grade infrastructure and OpenTrade's yield engine.
Joins Raiku as a launch partner to enable guaranteed transaction inclusion and new revenue opportunities for validators on Solana.
Partners with Ledger Wallet to offer zero-fee ETH staking through December 31, with users keeping 100% of rewards during the promotional period.
Powers staking infrastructure for Grayscale Solana Trust ETF ($GSOL) alongside Galaxy and Coinbase Institutional, offering 7.23-7.6% staking rewards with 95% pass-through to holders and 0% management fee with waiver.
Acquires Rated Labs as part of 2025's crypto M&A activity.
Records 75% growth in staked ETH supply over the past year, contributing to a 1.28 million ETH increase across specialized institutional staking providers ahead of expected staking-enabled ETF approvals.
Achieves $2B+ in staked assets and partners with Grayscale for the first U.S. ETH ETP with staking capabilities.
Expands institutional staking through Coinbase Prime partnership, adding support for Solana, Cardano, Sui, Avalanche, and Polkadot networks.
Selected as first genesis operator for Zama Protocol, participating in decentralized MPC network that secures private FHE keys for confidential smart contracts alongside 17 other operators.
Expands staking services to Europe through partnership with Deutsche Börse Group subsidiary Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, providing infrastructure to power their new service.
The Rated Labs acquisition forms part of a $200 million acquisition strategy to expand coverage across major blockchain networks including Ethereum and Solana.
Acquires Rated Labs to enhance staking data and analytics services for institutional clients, with co-founder Andrew Cronk indicating additional M&A activity is planned.
Fireblocks recognizes the company as Security Champion of the Year for strong security practices and industry excellence.
Company prices IPO above high end of $20-22 range and upsizes deal to $693M with notable $50M participation from Druckenmiller.
NEAR staking launches on platform with institutional-grade infrastructure.
Two Prime partnership expands institutional service offering to include Bitcoin and 40+ PoS protocols.
Critical Alpenglow protocol update (SIMD-0326) enters validator voting phase with major validator support.
Institutional client stakes 41,452 ETH ($148M) through platform since August 1, with latest deposit of 15,846 ETH ($55.34M), demonstrating significant institutional adoption of staking services.
Token launches at $33 IPO price, immediately trades at 3x value suggesting significant undervaluation.
Named in CNBC's Top 20 Digital Asset Fintech Companies for 2025 alongside Fireblocks and Chainalysis.
Q2 2025 validator metrics show 3.15% avg SRR with 99.9% participation rate and zero slashing events.
SOL staking now available on Ledger Live with MEV rewards tracking and non-custodial capabilities.
Strategic expansion into Bitcoin staking services announced through Babylon protocol integration, discussed at NYC Digital Asset event with Solana Foundation and Lombard Finance representatives.
Major crypto investment firm commits $20.97M in ETH staking through institutional platform.
Crypto.com integration launches to provide institutional staking services through their custody solution.
Institutional $STRK token staking now available through established validator platform.
Canadian ETFs now offer staking capabilities, with potential expansion to US market discussed at Consensus 2025.
Strategic partnership launches to provide compliant staking infrastructure for institutional clients through Taurus custody platform.
Staking infrastructure platform serves 500 institutional clients and expands Solana development team.
Q1 validator metrics show 3.34% SRR, 99.9% participation rate, and zero slashing events.
CoinDesk hosts regulatory discussion on April 17th at 10 AM ET focusing on staking regulations and institutional investors in US/EMEA markets.
Actively expanding Solana development team with high-level engineering hire, offering C$200K-230K compensation.