Staking with Helius and hSOL are Now Supported on BitGo

Institutional clients holding Solana (SOL) with BitGo can now earn significantly higher staking yields by delegating SOL directly to Helius’s 0% commission validator from the BitGo dashboard.

This streamlined process eliminates complexity for stakers holding large quantities of SOL, while maximizing staking returns.

In addition to native staking through Helius, BitGo also supports Helius Staked SOL (hSOL) for secure custody.

hSOL is a Liquid Staking Token (LST) that automatically accrues and compounds staking rewards. LSTs like hSOL provide institutions seamless access to Solana staking rewards while enhancing liquidity, enabling greater capital efficiency through DeFi composability (e.g. borrowing stablecoins against hSOL), and offering instant unstaking.

Institutions can now hold and manage hSOL alongside their other Solana assets using BitGo’s regulated wallet infrastructure.

To learn more about staking your SOL with Helius or custodying hSOL with BitGo, reach out to your BitGo representative or contact us directly.

How to Stake with Helius using BitGo

Staking to Helius through BitGo’s dashboard is simple:

1. Sign in to BitGo at https://app.bitgo.com
2. Go to “Stake”
3. Choose SOL
4. Click “Stake SOL”
5. Select Helius
6. Click “Approve”

Alternatively, you can create SOL staking requests through BitGo’s staking API.

How to Custody hSOL using BitGo

To custody hSOL with BitGo, simply create a new wallet and select Helius Staked SOL from the asset dropdown menu.

Maximize Your Institutional Solana Staking Rewards

Traditional staking-as-a-service providers generate revenue by charging commission fees (typically 5%-8%) on Solana inflation rewards, MEV tips, and keeping block rewards.

Due to these fees, institutions are losing significant SOL staking rewards each year compared to the yields they could earn by staking with a 0% commission validator like Helius.

For example, applying a 7% fee to both issuance rewards (e.g., 7.06%) and MEV rewards (e.g., 0.64%) would reduce total APY by approximately 53 basis points, decreasing it from 7.70% to 7.17%.

When staking millions of dollars worth of SOL, even small fees add up and compound quickly.

Unlock Higher Solana Yields with a White label Validator

Institutions seeking even higher Solana staking returns can run a SOC 2-compliant white label validator with Helius and delegate their SOL directly through BitGo.

With Helius’s Validator-as-a-Service offering, institutions can not only keep 100% of their inflation rewards and 100% of their MEV rewards, but also earn Solana block rewards.

Block rewards are transaction fees collected by the validator, which are not typically shared with stakers. Through block rewards, institutions running their own Solana validator could boost their total annual percentage yield by an additional ~0.5-1.5%.

Why Institutions Select Helius

With Solana ETFs actively being reviewed by the SEC, the rapid growth of real-world assets issued on Solana, and enterprises adopting stablecoins at breakneck speed, institutions increasingly need reliable and trustworthy infrastructure partners.

When you stake with Helius, your success is our top concern. In addition to passing back 100% of your inflation and MEV rewards, you receive:

• Best-in-class SLAs
• White-glove service
• 24/7 customer support
• Direct lines of communication to our engineering team

We are committed to stakers and the long-term health of the Solana ecosystem as demonstrated by our focus on validator performance, compliance, and reporting.

Validator Performance

Your staking rewards are directly connected to your chosen validator's performance. If a validator misses slots or experiences downtime, you miss out on potential rewards.

As Solana’s leading node provider, we know what it takes to run high-performance validators. We have 100% validator uptime and a slot success rate over 99.9%. Our fault-tolerant nodes mean your staking potential is being maximized.

Compliance

Security and compliance are table stakes. We adhere to strict security best practices and are proud to be SOC 2 compliant. We take your security and data privacy seriously.

Reporting

Tracking your staking yields, calculating staking taxes, and monitoring your accounts can be a time-consuming process.

We provide all institutional staking clients with custom, real-time dashboards that break down staking rewards by epoch, month, stake account, and other relevant metrics.

About BitGo

BitGo is the leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions, offering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing and settlement out of regulated cold storage. Founded in 2013, BitGo is the first digital asset company to focus exclusively on serving institutional clients. BitGo is the world’s largest independent digital asset custodian with multiple regulated entities across the globe and over 2,000 clients across 90 countries. For more information, please visit www.bitgo.com.