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stakefish completes SOC 2 Type II certification for Non-Custodial Blockchain Staking Services

At stakefish, we take the non-custodial, web2 security, and compliance of our clients' data seriously. That's why we are thrilled to announce that we have successfully completed SOC 2 Type II examinations, further demonstrating our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security and compliance in the blockchain industry. The

stakefish announces support for Protocol Staking on Sui Network

stakefish is excited to announce its support for Protocol Staking on Sui. Following a comprehensive Testnet composed of three phases, Mysten Labs declared that Sui officially launched on 2023-05-03. What is Sui? Sui is an unrestricted Layer 1 blockchain designed to empower creators and developers to construct experiences tailored for

Ethereum Fee Schedule - Zero Protocol Fees

Effective from the Shanghai hardfork on April 12, 2023, stakefish will implement a zero protocol fee for Ethereum staking, allowing stakers to earn 100% of protocol rewards and up to 75% in priority and MEV fees.

ETH Withdrawals for Validators: Your Go-To Guide After Shanghai

Dive deeper into the changes that will be included in the Shanghai upgrade, what it means for stakers, and why it is an important step for the Ethereum blockchain.

stakefish: providing safe and secure staking amidst recent SEC activity

Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reached a settlement with Kraken and its staking program. We wanted to highlight several features that differentiate Kraken’s staking program from proof-of-stake crypto staking provided by a non-custodial staking service like stakefish. We believe that stakefish, a protocol-level non-custodial proof-of-stake

Ethereum Consensus and Execution Layer Rewards

A relevant explanation of our staking protocol incentives.

Introduction to Chainlink and Chainlink Staking

stakefish recently joined the Chainlink blockchain as a validator. The aim of this article is to cover the Chainlink blockchain basics for new users by providing a brief overview of its history, tokenomics, and its availability of public staking. What is Chainlink? Chainlink started in 2017 and is a blockchain

Validator NFT Security Audit Report by BlockSec

We are thrilled to announce that our latest Validator NFT product contract has just undergone a full security audit by BlockSec, a well renowned and trusted entity in the blockchain security space and has been given a clean bill of health. The report is a major milestone in our groundbreaking

stakefish Ethereum Validator NFTs are coming.

Stake 32 ETH and receive your own stakefish NFT Receipt representing 32 ETH, protocol rewards, and MEV fees to use in DeFi, and earn additional yield.

In It to Win It: The Celebrities Embracing The Metaverse

The metaverse and famous people go together like tar and feathers. Numerous celebrities from Hollywood and beyond have used Twitter to discuss their preferred metaverse platform, their extensive NFT collection, or their preferred cryptocurrency. Most normies have, however, had a mixed reaction to this metaverse celebrity onslaught. Certain projects have

Polygon's next chapter for Ethereum. Here's what's happening.

Circle increase USDC’s native availability, ETH post-Merge update, Cosmos Q3 report

Upgrades on Upgrades - The Merge, Vasil hardfork, ATOM 2.0, and Kathmandu

Despite the bear market, it has been an eventful few weeks in the cryptoverse - but then again, when isn't something happening?

What is The Merge?

The Ethereum network’s transition to proof-of-stake (PoS), or its new “consensus mechanism,” for verifying cryptocurrency transactions, is symbolized by The Merge. Proof-of-work (PoW), the more power-hungry process invented by Bitcoin, will be replaced by the new system. This article is a basic Q&A on The Merge. For more

The Merge, Robinhood and Matic, Cardanos's Vasil hard fork and Cypher wallet comes to EVMOS

Ethereum * The Final Countdown to the Ethereum Merge Has Officially Begun * Snippet: Ethereum’s Bellatrix upgrade, the network's final hard fork before the Merge, went live successfully. The upgrade prepares the Proof of Stake Beacon Chain, also called Consensus layer, for a Merge with the mainnet Execution layer, which is

The Merge update for Ethereum stakers

It happened. The Merge is live. The Merge is a groundbreaking achievement that switches the entire security layer of a live network from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake. There are a ton of great materials out there covering the details of this event, so we won’t go

The Bellatrix Upgrade

The system-wide transition known as the Merge is set to begin on September 6th, according to the Ethereum Foundation. During the Merge, Ethereum's existing execution layer (the Mainnet we use today) and its new proof-of-stake consensus layer, the Beacon Chain, are combined. With the activation of the Bellatrix upgrade on

Eminem and Snoop,Coinbase intros liquid staking token and Polygon intros GameSwift Chain

Ethereum Ethereum Foundation confirms merge will happen Sep. 10 – 20 Snippet: The Ethereum Foundation confirmed that the mainnet merge to Proof-of-Stake will be at a specific Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD), which is scheduled to happen between Sept. 10 and Sept. 20. In addition, the Foundation revealed a $1 million reward

Ethereum Goerli successful, Coca-Cola Polygon NFTs & Instagram supports Flow NFTs

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum’s 10th Shadow Fork, Vitalik Buterin shares roadmap & Solana physical stores

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

stakefish Announces Support for MEV-Boost

Today, we’re announcing our support for MEV-Boost, a proposer-builder separation solution developed…

What is The Metaverse?

Even if you’ve just started to venture into the crypto space, you’ve probably already heard the term The Metaverse. It has become…

Is this the Best Metaverse Experience? The stakefish world in The Sandbox

The stakefish world is a set of hubs and experiences that combines creativity, design, and gameplay to bring the most exciting gameplay in…

Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet merge, Brave supports Solana & Polygon Web3 phone

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ebay buys NFT marketplace, Solana mobile phone, Coinbase supports Polygon & Solana

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Consensus 2022 Recap

In the first in-person Consensus since 2019, 17,000 builders and crypto-enthusiasts swarmed Austin for the four-day event after two years…

Ethereum Testnet successful, USDC on Polygon & Cardano launches EVM side chain

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Consensus 2022, USDT launches on Polygon & USDC bridge is live on Cardano

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum testnet merge, a solution for Solana downtime & Lens Protocol launches on…

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum delays difficulty bomb, Solana Pay transaction requests & Polkadot launched…

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

NBA Playoffs NFTs, Rarible adds Solana & Tether launches on Kusama

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Non-Custodial Staking

Staking allows you to receive rewards, just by owning crypto. Anyone can help maintain the security of a Proof of Stake network and…

What Is Staking Crypto?

Cryptocurrencies have come a long way since the advent of Bitcoin. One of the latest innovations in the industry is called staking. This…

Visa launches NFT program, OpenSea supports Solana and ESPN debuts NFTs on Polygon

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

stakefish supports Archway

We’re excited to be supporting Archway in its journey to paving the way as an incentivized smart contract platform that prioritizes dApp…

HSBC on The Sandbox, Coinbase Wallet adds Solana & Cardano $200 LTV milestone

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ukraine Crypto donations, The Sandbox & NFTs on Solana and Flow

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum Staking Services — Alex Wykoff | ETHDenver 2022

Increasing Access While Keeping Stake Decentralized

JP Morgan enters the metaverse, DeFi on Solana and Polygon, Tendermint rebrand

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Chun Wang Interview — Staking Rewards

Read the full Staking Rewards interview with stakefish CEO Chun Wang covering underrated projects, the future of DeFi, PoS vs PoW, and…

Ethereum-NFTs in the Super Bowl, NFT user verification on Solana, Polygon raises…

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

ETH 2.0 rebranding, Adidas+Prada NFTs on Polygon, Solana Hacker House

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

stakefish’s new Ethereum staking service is live on Mainnet

We are excited to announce that the new version of our non-custodial Ethereum staking service is live on Mainnet.

NFTs on Samsung TVs, Cardano 1M tree milestone & Moonbeam launches on Polkadot

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum update Bellatrix, Cardano 2022 plans & Solana is carbon neutral in 2021

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Buterin outlines ETH2 roadmap, NFTs on Moonbeam & Micheal Jordan on Solana

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

EIP-4488, Moonbeam wins Polkadot parachain, Cardano dApp partners with NEAR

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

stakefish supports Flashbots Eth2 Working Group

Stakefish is proud to announce our support for the Flashbots Working Group!

Introducing stakefish Ethereum staking 2.0

We are happy to unveil a new version of our non-custodial Ethereum staking service. This new version enables anyone to stake as little as…

Ethereum NFT music group, Moonriver multi-chain NFTs, Solana & Reddit fund

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum Altair Upgrade, Sushi on Moonbeam and Solana’s IGNITION winners

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

NFTs on Coinbase, Polkadot parachain auctions, Lisbon blockchain conferences

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Visa’s Universal Payment Channel, fashion NFTs on Polygon and Flow partners with NFL

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum goes mainstream and Cardano Smart Contracts

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum scaling solutions and Cardano Alonzo update

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

NFTs go mainstream and Kusama’s 6th parachain auction

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

The bridge to London crossed and DeFi’s largest hack in history

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Merged EIP3675 Upgrade to Proof-of-Stake

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

The London upgrade is ready

The PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Over 6 million Ether are now locked in

The PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum is marching on towards the London hardfork!

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Cardano staking pool downtime post-mortem

We wanted to provide a post-mortem on our staking pool’s downtime from May 28th to June 5th.

Kusama Parachain Slot Auctions for voting

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum on the way to turning off PoW

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

Ethereum’s Berlin hard fork is live

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

grant.fish Update: Chainapsis

Since our last interview, Chainapsis has continued to pursue more adoption in the Cosmos ecosystem with their now very popular Keplr…

grant.fish Update: Confio

Since our last interview, Confio has been hard at work building out CosmWasm and engaging in developer evangelism.

Ethereum’s Berlin hard fork two days away

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Open Sourcing Our Eth2 Monitor Tool

We have always been proponents of open sourcing projects and tools we think might have value for the wider community, such as our Eth2…

Mina is live, IBC token transfers enabled on Cosmos

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Ethereum community pushes for Proof of Stake

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Optimistic Rollups: How They Work and Why They Matter

If you’ve used the Ethereum network at all in the past few months — especially if you’ve used it to interact with DeFi protocols or other…

We Have Lift-Off: Stargate and the Internet of Blockchains

With the Stargate upgrade and the implementation of Inter-Blockchain Communication, the Cosmos roadmap is complete.

Cosmos Stargate is live, Eth2 hits 100,000 validators

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Cosmos Stargate upgrade two days away 🚀

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Lido & liquid staking

What is Lido, and what problems does it solve?

Eth2 reaches 75,000 validators, The Graph explores other blockchains

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

Halting our validator on The OAN

We have some news to share with our community today. After some consideration and closely reviewing publicly available information, we…

[PoS Round-Up] Cosmos Stargate upgrade is ready, voting underway

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

[PoS Round-Up] Polkadot launches new parachain testnet, Cosmos community discusses marketing…

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

stakefish in 2020

It’s been a pivotal year for us here at stakefish! Looking back at this incredible year, we wanted to share some of our highlights.

[PoS Round-Up] The Graph launches, Cosmos IBC release candidate announced

The Graph is live, IBC is one step closer to becoming a reality, and Ethereum 2.0 is running smoothly.

[PoS Round-Up] Ethereum 2.0 is live!

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

[PoS Round-Up] Ethereum 2.0 deposits reach launch threshold 🚀

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

Launching stakefish’s Eth2 staking platform

We are happy to finally announce the launch of stakefish’s Eth2 non-custodial staking platform. We have been working tirelessly to present…

Launch of the Oasis Mainnet

We’re excited to be part of the mainnet launch of the Oasis Network, a privacy-enabled blockchain platform for open finance and a…

Getting closer to launch: The stakefish Batch Deposit Contract audit is complete

We are happy to announce that the Batch Deposit Contract has officially been audited by Runtime Verification. Specifically, we have worked…

[PoS Round-Up] Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract released

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

Announcing stakefish’s early-bird Ethereum 2.0 staking service fees

A one-time flat fee of 0.1 ETH for each validator until withdrawals are enabled.

[PoS Round-Up] eth2 deposit contract expected mid-November, Cosmos Stargate developments

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

[PoS Round-Up] Vitalik rolls out rollup plan, Major releases for Oasis and SKALE

A focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

Staking 101

If you follow crypto at all, you’ve probably come across the terms “staking” and “Proof of Stake.” If you’re new to crypto or getting back into it after a break, you might not have a strong understanding of what these terms mean. While the idea has been around

[PoS Round-Up] Uniswap airdrops governance token, NEAR decentralizes

Ethereum

[PoS Round-Up] USDT launches on Solana, SushiSwap saga continues

Ethereum

Proof of Stake: A Brief History

While the rise to prominence of Proof of Stake networks is relatively recent, the idea isn’t. The first public mention of the idea was…

[PoS Round-Up] Ethermint Released for Cosmos, Price Oracles Come to Tezos

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

[PoS Round-Up] YAM Implodes, Prysm Bug Crashes Medalla Testnet

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

[PoS Round-Up] Ethereum’s Medalla Testnet Launches, Cardano Releases Shelley Mainnet

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

[PoS Round-Up] Polkadot Goes Permissionless, Cosmos Stargate Upgrade Gathers Steam

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

[PoS Round-Up] SKALE Mainnet Launches, Elrond Announces Launch Date

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

Thank you, Alexandre!

Thank you, Alexandre!

How We Built Our GoZ Tamagotchi Zone

Plus Strategies We Used and Lessons We Learned from the Competition

[PoS Round-Up] Reddit Partners With The Ethereum Foundation, Polkadot Transitions to NPoS

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

How We Designed GoZ Tamagotchi Zone

In late 2018 and early 2019, stakefish became infamous for our unique contribution during the Cosmos Network Game of Stakes (GoS), the…

[grant.fish grantee Vol. 4] Chainapsis

Chainapsis is working hard to increase adoption and provide public goods to the Cosmos ecosystem. The team’s goal is to smooth the process…

How to Choose a Validator

With so many validators out there, it can be hard to choose the right one to delegate your tokens to. In this article, we’ll give you an…

[grant.fish grantee Vol. 3] CosmWasm

If you follow the Cosmos ecosystem, you’ve probably heard of CosmWasm, the project aiming to bring cross-chain smart contracting to Cosmos…

[PoS Round-Up] Centrifuge and Matic Launch Mainnets, Band Protocol Launch Approaches, Wrapping Up…

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

[PoS Round-Up] Polkadot, NEAR & Celo Launch Mainnets

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem

Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins

If your crypto is stored in a wallet you don’t have the private keys for, like a wallet on an exchange, is it really yours? Many will say…

Running validators on Kusama

Our experience validating on Kusama and looking forward

Join the stake.fish Translation Bug Bounty!

Feed us your bugs! 🐛🐛

stakefish is now a partner with Band Protocol

We are happy to announce today that we will support Band Protocol as a validator node. We are committed to providing our leading node…

[grant.fish grantee Vol.2] Unslashed

Welcome to the interview with our second grantee, Unslashed! If you are part of any staking related chat rooms or Cosmos groups, you will…

[grant.fish grantee Vol.1] Everett Protocol

Hi Cosmonauts and welcome to these written interviews with our grantees of grant.fish!