BNY's $62.6 trillion custody network meets Galaxy's validator infrastructure in a staking service that keeps assets inside the bank's system. The deal targets pension funds and insurers that have avoided staking due to compliance costs.
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Bank of New York Mellon and Galaxy Digital are building a staking service for institutional clients that keeps digital assets inside BNY's custody system. The planned offering, announced Aug. 4, would combine custody, staking rewards, fund accounting, tax reporting and client reporting into one platform, subject to regulatory sign-off.
The structure attacks a problem that has kept pension funds and insurers on the sidelines of proof-of-stake networks. Those institutions often hold crypto through custodians like BNY but cannot stake without moving assets to a separate provider, triggering compliance reviews, new counterparty approvals and audit trail gaps. Galaxy's validator technology plugs into BNY's existing framework so clients never transfer assets out of custody.
Galaxy operates validators on Ethereum and Solana and reported roughly $3.2 billion in staked assets as of March 31. The firm will also serve as a design partner for BNY's broader digital asset platform, the companies said.
BNY already custodies bitcoin and ether and supports many U.S. spot crypto ETFs. It launched tokenized deposit services in January and added USDC custody in June. The bank managed $62.6 trillion in assets as of June 30. That scale gives the staking service a built-in distribution channel to the world's largest asset owners, assuming regulators clear the launch.
The service has not yet specified which cryptocurrencies will qualify or which clients get first access. Staking carries risks that institutions will need to accept: validator downtime, slashing penalties and lock-up periods that prevent instant redemption. Tax treatment of staking rewards varies by jurisdiction and remains unsettled in several major markets.
Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz called the partnership a step toward making digital assets "indistinguishable from traditional ones inside institutional workflows" in a statement. BNY did not provide a timeline for regulatory approval.
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