Luganodes x Ledger Enterprise: Expanding Institutional Staking Excellence

Introduction

In December 2024, Luganodes and Ledger Enterprise formalised a strategic partnership to advance secure, compliant, and yield-optimised institutional staking. In the years since, both teams have moved to deepen the technical integration and broaden the scope of supported networks. This case study outlines how the collaboration has matured and the standards it continues to set for institutions allocating to staked assets.

The shared mandate is unambiguous: deliver institutional-calibre security, compliance, performance, and operational assurance to enterprises participating in staking. Combining Luganodes' validator infrastructure with Ledger Enterprise's self-custody platform gives institutional clients an operating model in which private keys remain under client control and staking rewards are generated without compromising custody, segregation, or auditability.

About Ledger Enterprise

Founded as part of Ledger's mandate to secure the digital asset economy, Ledger Enterprise is the institutional arm of the global leader in crypto security. Drawing on Ledger's integrated hardware, software, and firmware stack, Ledger Enterprise operates an end-to-end security Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform purpose-built for regulated businesses.

The model is structurally different from a custodian. Ledger Enterprise enables institutions to retain direct control of their private keys while accessing enterprise-grade operational tooling, removing third-party custody risk from the balance sheet. The platform supports treasury management, staking, and digital asset service delivery for clients across financial services, fintech, and corporate treasury.

Core capabilities include:

• Self-Custody and Security: clients retain sole control of private keys, eliminating exposure to third-party custodial failure.
• Comprehensive Web3 Coverage: support for treasury operations, DeFi access, and tokenised asset workflows within a single governance perimeter.
• Certified Controls Environment: SOC 2 Type 2 certified, with ISO 27001, ISO 22301, and CSPN V4 certifications in progress.

Institutional Staking Within a Self-Custody Perimeter

Ledger Enterprise provides institutions with a compliance-ready route to participate in staking, whether deploying proprietary capital or offering staking products to downstream clients.

By integrating staking natively into the Ledger Enterprise self-custody environment, clients capture protocol rewards without ceding control of underlying assets. The workflow is engineered to compress operational overhead while preserving the security posture, governance controls, and audit trail required by regulated entities participating in network validation.

Luganodes & Ledger Enterprise: A Strategic Alignment

The alignment between Luganodes and Ledger Enterprise is structural rather than circumstantial. Both organisations operate to institutional standards and hold the relevant industry certifications, including SOC 2 Type II, GDPR compliance, and ISO/IEC 27001.

Since the December 2024 launch, the partnership has deepened across Ethereum and Solana, the two largest proof-of-stake networks by staked value, with tighter integration into Ledger Enterprise's staking interface. Luganodes contributes 99.9% uptime, 24/7 validator monitoring, institutional compliance posture, Data API access, and white-label staking provisioning tailored to Ledger Enterprise's client base.

Luganodes has also embedded Ledger hardware into its own operational stack, from secure key management for validator operations to its flagship ETH Staking dApp, which is fully Ledger-compatible.

Client Impact and Outcomes

Since launch, institutions accessing Luganodes through Ledger Enterprise have realised measurable operational benefits:

• Expanded network coverage supporting diversified staking allocations across major proof-of-stake networks.
• Native Ledger integration for end-to-end hardware-secured workflows from key generation to reward distribution.
• Enterprise SLA framework covering contractual uptime guarantees, continuous security monitoring, slashing protection protocols, incident response, and audit-ready reporting aligned with internal risk and compliance functions.

Enterprise Grade Client Experience

At Luganodes, institutional partnerships are governed as long-term operating relationships rather than vendor engagements. The Ledger Enterprise collaboration is supported by a structured feedback loop, ensuring integration enhancements track directly to client requirements and that product decisions are co-developed with the counterparties using them in production.

Luganodes' business, SRE, marketing, and client support functions operate in continuous coordination with Ledger Enterprise, providing transparent operational visibility and structured input on network expansion. As an enterprise client, Ledger Enterprise contributes to roadmap discussions that shape how Luganodes serves institutional staking demand at scale.

Work with Luganodes

Institutions seeking the same standard of institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure can engage Luganodes directly. We continue to expand our network of enterprise partnerships and welcome conversations with organisations evaluating staking operations.

Reach us at hello@luganodes.com to discuss how we can support your staking programme.