Zodia Custody Launches Ethereum Pectra Staking Enabling Capital Efficiency and Management of Liquidity Risk for Asset Managers

London, UK, October 23 2025 – Zodia Custody, a leading institution-first digital assets platform backed by Standard Chartered, in association with Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, today announced the launch of support for Ethereum staking under the Pectra upgrade, in partnership with Blockdaemon and Twinstake.

This launch positions Zodia Custody among the first institutional custodians to deliver Pectra-capable staking infrastructure, marking a significant evolution in how institutional clients can stake ETH with greater autonomy, operational efficiency, and optimised returns.

Ethereum’s Pectra (Prague + Electra) upgrade is a dual-layer hard fork that fundamentally transforms the staking experience for large ETH holders. For institutional investors, asset managers, and financial institutions, these changes deliver tangible improvements across three critical dimensions:

1. Safer, more autonomous withdrawals and control: Clients can now initiate withdrawals or validator exits directly, reducing counterparty risk and eliminating dependency on operator behavior or pre-signed exit messages.
2. Reduced operational complexity: Rather than managing thousands of individual 32 ETH validators, institutions can consolidate stakes of up to 2,048 ETH into single validator nodes, dramatically lowering infrastructure costs and operational overhead while avoiding repeated gas fees through auto-compounding of rewards.
3. Optimised returns: Faster validator activations and partial withdrawals enable capital to enter the staking cycle quicker, while validator consolidation and compounding features create a structural uplift in net rewards for large ETH holders.

“We have all witnessed the size of the ETH entry and exit queues recently. As one of the first custodians to support the Pectra upgrade, we are making a tangible impact to our clients’ bottom line, with capital efficiency and liquidity risk controls. Our support marks a pivotal moment for asset managers who are staking with us,” said Anoosh Arevshatian, Chief Product Officer at Zodia Custody.

“Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade marks a major step forward in how staking is managed across the network,” Thomas Ozenda, Technical Specialist at Zodia Custody, added. “In partnership with Blockdaemon and Twinstake, we’ve enhanced the underlying infrastructure to make staking operations more resilient and streamlined. This ensures our clients benefit from network-level improvements while maintaining the security and control they expect from Zodia Custody.”

“Pectra represents the most significant change to Ethereum staking since the Merge, making staking more efficient and flexible while maintaining security. We view these changes as a clear indication of increased scale in institutional adoption”, said Alex Zinder, Chief Product Officer at Blockdaemon. “We are excited to continue our partnership with Zodia Custody and bring together market-leading custody with Blockdaemon’s new Earn Stack product line. An integration designed specifically to securely scale institutional Ethereum staking with Pectra and future upgrades.”

Working in close collaboration with Blockdaemon and Twinstake as launch partners, Zodia Custody has ensured its infrastructure is fully Pectra-ready, providing clients with an early-mover advantage while many other custodians continue to upgrade their systems. This partnership, and those coming soon with other providers, reinforce Zodia Custody’s commitment to delivering compliant and cutting-edge solutions that meet the needs of institutional participants in the digital asset ecosystem.

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