Woofun AI reports that Anchorage Digital has integrated native TRX staking capabilities into its institutional custody framework, marking a significant deepening of its engagement with the Tron ecosystem. This strategic expansion allows institutional clients to secure protocol rewards directly from the company’s custody platform or via the Porto self-custody wallet, eliminating the need to transfer assets outside their existing secure environments. The initiative underscores a growing demand for regulated access to staking services within one of the most active networks for stablecoin settlement.

The decision to support Tron is heavily influenced by the network’s unparalleled dominance in USDt (USDT) transactions. During the first quarter of 2026, the Tron network processed approximately $2 trillion in USDT transfers, establishing itself as the primary rail for stablecoin liquidity. This volume was supported by an average of 10.9 million daily transactions and 3.2 million active addresses, reflecting sustained user engagement.

Furthermore, transparency data from Tether indicates that nearly $90 billion of USDT currently circulates on the network, reinforcing Tron’s critical role in the global stablecoin infrastructure and justifying Anchorage’s targeted expansion.

Woofun AI data shows that Anchorage’s move into TRX staking follows a pattern of broadening its institutional staking partnerships throughout the latter half of 2025. In November, the firm partnered with Figment to introduce HYPE staking, thereby extending custody-integrated yield opportunities to the Hyperliquid ecosystem. This trend mirrors actions by other major infrastructure providers; in October 2025, Coinbase and Figment expanded their collaboration to allow Coinbase Prime clients to stake proof-of-stake assets—including Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), Sui (SUI), and Aptos (APT)—directly from custody. Such integrations enable investors to generate returns on digital assets while remaining within regulated custody environments, addressing a key pain point for institutional allocators.

The industry-wide pivot toward integrated custody and staking solutions extends beyond traditional custodians to include payment processors and corporate treasuries. Four months after the Coinbase expansion, Ripple integrated Figment and Securosys into its institutional custody platform, enabling banks and custodians to offer staking services without maintaining their own validator infrastructure. Similarly, in February, BitGo expanded its partnership with 21shares to provide regulated custody and staking for the firm’s US exchange-traded funds and global exchange-traded products through its regulated US and European entities. These developments highlight a structural shift where infrastructure providers are bundling security with yield generation to meet institutional compliance requirements.

Corporate crypto treasuries have also embraced this model, leveraging internal validator infrastructure for external monetization. Bitmine launched its MAVAN staking platform in March, initially building the infrastructure to secure its own Ether treasury before opening it to external institutions and custodians. As of Monday, Bitmine reported holding 5.77 million ETH, representing approximately 4.8% of Ether’s total supply, with 4.92 million ETH actively staked through MAVAN. This convergence of custody, staking, and treasury management illustrates how institutional crypto infrastructure providers, banks, custodians, validator infrastructure operators, asset managers, US exchange-traded funds, global exchange-traded products, and corporate crypto treasuries are increasingly aligning to create a more cohesive, regulated yield ecosystem.